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is capable of. It represents one of two beautiful plants in the collection of 
G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow, which the other day we had 
the pleasure of seeing. It seems almost incredible that so small a plant 
should be capable of bearing three racemes of 26 and 28 flowers each, yet 
it is a picture of health and vigour, and its grace and beauty will be 
universally admitted. For the opportunity of figuring it we are indebted 
to Mr. Ball’s son, who has secured a very successful photograph. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM AT HOME. 
HERE is another interesting note respecting Odontoglossum crispum in its 
native habitat, which once more emphasizes the necessity of cool treatment 
for this lovely species. M. André, alluding to the habitat of this Orchid 
(Revue Horticole, 1888, p. 133), says :—‘‘ After we had attained an elevation 
of 1,623 feet above Pasca, a poor village of the Eastern Cordilleras, nearly 
25 miles from Bogota, and at an elevation of about 6,933 feet, the slopes 
became steeper and. steeper, and the ‘ paramo,’ or the cold upper region of 
the Andes, generally covered in fogs, was visible beneath its veil of mist. 
The mules were confided to the care of a peon, and our ascent commenced. 
After two hours’ walking through these ‘lomas,’ or mountainous prairies, 
covered with short grass, with here and there bushes of Rubus bogotensis, 
we entered the forest of Orchids. This was quite within the cold region. 
The arborescent vegetation was meagre and poor, covered with moss, lichens, 
and Hepaticas, which gave a green appearance to the branches in this 
region of perpetual damp. There were no flowers, with the exception of 
the beautiful clusters of white and pale rose of Odontoglossum crispum 
growing in the forks of the branches, of which plant I took a good supply. 
Certainly, this species is the Queen of Orchids in the region of Pasca.” , 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
OrcHips were fairly well represented at the Drill Hall, James Street, 
Westminster, on April toth, and the quality was excellent, the awards 
including two First-class Certificates and five Awards of Merit. The 
members of the Orchid Committee present were: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., 
in the chair, and Messrs. H. Ballantine, H. J. Chapman, N. C. Cookson, 
‘De B. Crawshay, J. Douglas, J. T. Gabriel, E. Hill, J. Jaques, H. Little, 
C. J. Lucas, H. T. Pitt, F. Sander, H. A. Tracy, R. B. White, W. H. 
White, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien (Hon. Sec.). 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), staged a 
very fine group, containing good forms of most of the showy species of the 
season, and to which a Silver Flora Medal-was given. Specially noteworthy 
