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plants, there are many intermediate forms that it is almost impossible to say 
to which of the above kinds they belong. This, in my opinion, is one of the 
intermediate forms.”’ 
What is evidently the same thing was described by D. Moore, in the 
Irish Farmers’ Gazette, under the name of O. latifolia var. Bartoni, as a quite 
novel and very remarkable form, recently discovered by the Hon. Mrs. 
Barton, Straffan House, Kildare, in a meadow near Glenade, Co. Leitrim, 
at the base of the Benbullen range of mountains. The finder forwarded to 
Dr. Moore the only specimen removed, and he regards it as being the most 
beautiful of all our Irish Orchids. The plant was 14 in. high, and had a 
close raceme of flowers 5 in. long. The leaves are short and stout, fully 3 in. 
wide, and beautifully spotted with purple. Only two plants were met with 
by the finder when botanising in that rich district.—Garden, 1876, il. p. 75: 
The preceding records belong to Orchis Braunii (see p. 164) and form an 
important addition to its history. As to its decorative value, Miss Wardie’s 
remarks may be summarised : In 1877, the average length of spike in a bed 
of seventy-two was seven inches, some with over nine inches of inflorescence. 
A bed of this is faultless; no staking is required. From the first peeping 
through the ground the extra dark markings of the leaves of the Kilmarnock 
Orchis make the bed an attractive one for weeks before the flowers make 
their appearance. R.A.R 
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Bez] oncimps oF Panama, Bue 
OMPARATIVELY little is yet known about the Orchids of Panama, 
and we were therefore the more pleased to receive a few flowers and 
photographs from Mr. C. W. Powell, of Balboa, Canal Zone, and to find 
that he is paying attention to them. Mr. Powell has been on the Isthmus 
for twelve years, and in February, 1916, he moved to Balboa, where he has 
established a garden, not as a commercial proposition, but because of his 
Personal love of flowers, and as an exposition of the Orchidacez of Panama. 
He remarks : “ My Orchid sheds cover some 2,500 square feet—we do 
not need glass houses with steam heat here. They are built on the arbour 
style, and are covered with a thin cotton drill to protect the plants from 
the burning sun. Panama is a great country, and possesses @ great many 
Varieties that I have been unable to identify. There is no Botanical 
Garden here, and no one has made a serious attempt to classify the 
Orchids, I am sure that Panama will prove to be quite as prolific as — 
Rica, and perhaps more so. Looking at the map, one may ats eat 
Panama runs in a generally north-west and south-east direction. The 
winds are all from the north and south, and I am of the opinion that the 
