8 THE ORCHID .REVIEW. [Jan.-Fes., rgtg. 
Orchids in lone glory at home. But they have their friends and admirers 
amongst lovers of flowers, if not among lovers of Orchids, as I have proved 
by the test of an occasional group at Vincent Square. However, let no one 
introduce Blue Orchids into their garden in the fond hope that they will 
bring fame and fortune. Their very name invites disappointment. ... . 
They must be numbered among the many beauties in nature which are 
lovable for their modesty; subdued and delicate in colour, and graceful in 
pose; they are essentially flowers for those of zsthetic and refined’ tastes, 
who find joy and rest in the contemplation of the unobtrusive.” 
Ina later note, Sir Jeremiah alludes to Acacallis cyanea, which Mr. 
R. Windsor Richards, Usk Priory, Mon., informs him that he saw ina 
garden at Rio in 1g14, and which was very nearly pure blue in tone and of 
great beauty. 
Blue Disas are the subject of a note by Mr. Watson, who remarks : 
** When I was at Cape Town, in 1887, I heard much about the Blue Disas of 
Table Mountain, and I planned an excursion to see them growing there, but 
this had to be abandoned, as during the few days at my disposal. the 
‘table cloth,’ a dense white fog which spreads over the top of the 
mountain when the wind is in a certain direction, made the climb too 
hazardous. I had the pleasure, however, of seeing the Disas and other 
beautiful flowers which had been gathered by flower-sellers, who hawked 
them about in Cape Town, and I purchased several bunches of them, which: 
afterwards adorned the table of the saloon of the steamer in which I returned 
to England. That was in February, when most of these flowers are at 
their best on the mountain. Disa graminifolia, also called’ Herschelia 
ceelestis, was the pick of the lot, and if a bunch of its flowers, such as I 
possessed, could be shown in London, blue Disas would be in demand.” 
In connection with the possibility of raising a blue Vanda we would ask 
if the cross between V. ccerulea and V. ccerulescens has been tried. The 
original type of the latter is equally blue, and of a darker shade. The 
flowers are smaller, but the two are nearly allied and would probably unite. 
Acacallis cyanea, Lindl., is certainly a very charming Orchid, recalling 
Vanda ccerulea to some extent in delicacy of colour. Its general character 
may be sgen at t. 374 of the Orchid Album, where it is figured under the name 
of Aganisia coerulea, Rchb. f. The Botanical Magazine figure, t. 8678, 
represents a paler form; one would hardly call it blue. Unfortunately, it is 
difficult to cultivate in England. 
Among the Blue Disas there are some that thoroughly deserve the title. 
Bolus classifies the Orchids of the Cape Peninsula with regard to colour, 
and enumerates 14 as having blue or blue-purple flowers, Of Disa 
