306 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Ocroper, 1914. 
Mr. White at pp. 83-85 of our first volume. They are apt to get neglected 
during the resting season, and probably this is cne of the chief causes of 
failure to keep them for any length of time. They should be grown in 
good loam, with a little fibre to keep it open, and require the temperature 
of the Warm house, with plenty of moisture and moderate shade when 
growing, and somewhat cooler and driér conditions when at rest. 
HABENARIA SUSANN# (fig. 37) is a well-known Indian species, which 
was known to Linnzus under the name of Orchis Susanne, and to Lindley 
as Platanthera Susanne, the latter, considering that Habenaria had become 
too large and polymorphic, a view that finds acceptance among modern 
Orchidists. It has long been known in cultivation, and is figured at t. 
3374 of the Botanical Magazine. In August, 1894, it received a First-class 
Certificate from the R.H.S., when exhibited by Messrs. Sander. It is 
widely diffused, being found in North and South India, South China, and 
in some of the Malay Islands. The late Major-General Berkeley once sent 
us a very interesting account of it. He remarked: ‘I have met with it 
both in India and Burma, and it was always a great delight to come across 
a group of it. It is found in very warm, sheltered, moist places. It is too 
soft and succulent a plant to grow under any conditions, and should do well 
in a shady corner in the stove. The flowers are not always pure white. I 
have found spikes of it with a dash of green, but all the varieties are 
beautiful” (O.R., ii. p. 331). The beautifully fringed lip and long spur 
always render it a striking object. 
HABENARIA MILITARIS (fig. 38) is a very brilliant species, which was 
discovered by M. Godefroy Lebeuf in the mountains south of Phu Quoq, in 
Cambodia. It was originally described by Reichenbach in 1870, from 4 
dried specimen, under the name of. H. pusilla (Otia Bot. Hamb., p- 33): 
M.A. Regnier afterwards obtained it from Cochin China, probably from the 
mountainous region of Tay-ninh, and in 1896 he sent a living plant to 
Reichenbach, who recognised it as H. pusilla, but considering his original 
name too inappropriate, renamed it H. militaris, in allusion to the brilliant 
colour of the lip, resembling a soldier’s jacket. We may add that 1 
October, 1893, Sir Trevor Lawrence was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for 
a large pan of it, over two feet in diameter, containing several fine plants. 
HABENARIA CARNEA (fig. 39) is a native of Perak, where it grows 0? 
limestone rocks, and was sent home by Mr. C. H. Curtis, of the Forest 
Department. _ It flowered at Kew, and with Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, in 1892. The leaves are suffused with pinkish brown 0” @ 
grey ground, and mottled with white, while the flowers are of a delicate 
shade of flesh pink. It is a charming little plant, and was awarded a First 
class Certificate by the R.H.S. in October, 1893, when exhibited by 
Messrs. Sander. It may be pointed out that the black spots seen 09 the 
