46 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [APRIL, 1918. 
Gardening World. He married a daughter of the late Mr. A. J. Bruce, of — 
Chorlton-cum- Hardy, a well-known specialist in hardy insectivorous plants, — 
and leaves a widow and one daughter. 
Root-FunGI oF OrcHIDS.—With respect to the seedling of Phalaenopsis 
Sanderiana X rosea, mentioned at page 55, M. Fernand Denis writes that — 
it was sent to him direct by M. Noel Bernard in an aseptic tube, and he 
has never doubted that the germination was effected without the presence — 
of any Rhizoctonia. We fully accept the history of the plant, and recognise 
that M. Bernard was an expert in the art; still the experiment is rather 
opposed to M. Bernard’s previous experience, and we wondered whether 
the fungus might not have obtained access to the tube by some accident, as 
is sometimes the case with bacteria. A microscopic examination of the 3 
roots might afford some definite evidence. 
HEXADESMIA CRURIGERA.—Mr. C. H. Lankester writes from Cartago, 
Costa Rica. I am pleased to see a figure of Hexadesmia crurigera (0.R., § 
xxv. p. 128). It is the best hedgerow Orchid of this district, and quite — 
abundant, usually on Erythrina Corallodendron. : 
The economic use of Orchids are not numerous, but we have just come 
across a record that in the Bahama Islands the tubers of the indigenous 
Bletia purpurea, when made into tea, are good for fish poisoning. The 
source is, Gardiner & Brace, Provisional List of the plants of the Bahama 
Islands, p. 355, and it is added that in Andros. they are used for cuts, and 
called wild ginger. 
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