244 THE ORCHID REVIEW. {Nov.-Dec., 1917- 
FTER spending just on twelve months on the plains of India, we were 
sent to Jalapahar, a station about one and a-half miles from Darjeeling, 
a nice cool change from Allahabad. To one who is interested in the 
subject, the district, which is between seven and eight thousand feet 
elevation, proved to be very attractive, a number of Orchids being noted. 
Pleiones occupy the foremost position, and to see them in full bloom 
among the rocks was indeed a treat. The principal one in flower was P. 
preecox. I have searched diligently for a white variety, so far without 
success, but I see in the O.R. that there is a white variety at Kew. 
Satyrium nepalense has pretty pink flowers, and is very showy in a mass, 
and the same remark applies to Anthogonium gracile, with its white variety 
alba. Spiranthes australis is another pretty little plant. 
Most of the European. bungalows in and around Darjeeling have their 
quota of Orchids, and at present Dendrobium chryanthum and D. Hooker- 
ianum are furnishing a fine display. Ccelogyne cristata is a great favourite, 
and is grown in quantity. 
ORCHIDS AT DARJEELING. 
Recently I paid a visit to Mr. P. T. Russell-at Mungpu. He is 
Superintendent of the Government Cinchona Plantations, and he possesses 
quite a unique collection of Orchids. On my way through the jungle I saw 
a number of Orchids, but very few were in bloom. Cymbidium elegans, 
however, was an exception, and made quite a show on its own account; 
but the gem was Arundina bambuszefolia, which was growing by the side of 
streams, and was some ten feet high, and blooming profusely. In the 
Lloyd Botanic Gardens, Darjeeling, where Mr. Cave is Curator, will be 
found a collection of choice and rare plants. 
Another unique collection can be seen with Messrs. G. Ghose & Co.; 
collectors and exporters, Townend, Darjeeling. Many of the plants are 
attached to trees on the hill side, and others are grown in greenhouses, 
where very little fire heat is used. A large number of genera are represented, 
but many are of botanical interest only. Among the showy kinds are the 
Cypripediums, such as C. Charlesworthii, C. venustum, and C. Fairrieanum 
which is in the rudest health. They are grown cool, and Mr. Ghose told 
me that the temperature often falls to 38° Fahr., and a moderate quantity 
of drainage is incorporated with the loam and fibre. 
A few of the plants noted were Calanthe Masuca, with its violet 
flowers, the ochraceous yellow C. biloba, and C. herbacea, of which 
I enclose a photograph. It is found in Sikkim, from four to six thousand 
feet elevation, and is closely allied to C. chloroleuca. The sepals and petals 
are greenish, and the lip is pure white, except its callus, which is yellow- 
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