186 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (Aucust, 1916. 
take warning by the mistakes of botanists, who in floral handbooks have 
almost invariably failed to add the brief glossary needed to make clear the 
meanings and origin of specific names,’”’ suggests that he has been a little 
unfortunate in his incursions into this subject. 
HE sale of the Brackenhurst collection, formed by the late Mr. J. 
Gurney Fowler, for many years Chairman of the R.H.S. Orchid 
Committee, was held at Pembury, on June 21st and two following days, 
and was well attended by amateurs and the trade, and realised the sum of 
£6,200. As is well known, the collection contained a large number of 
choice things, and for some of these the competition was keen. The -top 
price realised was for a good plant of Cattleya Warscewiczii alba Firmin 
Lambeau, for which Messrs. Armstrong & Brown paid 210 guineas, Brasso- 
cattleya Cliftonii albens coming next at 150 guineas, followed by Odonto- 
glossum memoria J. Gurney Fowler, O. illustra Europa, and Leeliocattleya 
J. F. Birkbeck at 105 guineas each. a 
Choice Odontoglossums sold well, and included O. crispum solum, 
bearing a seed capsule, 80 guineas, O. Mars and O. Georgius-Rex, 70 gs. 
each, O. President Poincare, 60 gs., O. Princess Mary, 52 gs., c. Aquitania 
and O, Pembury, 50 gs., O. Clovis, 40 gs., O. Pescatorei Charlesworthii 
and O. Armstrongiz, 35 gs., O. crispum Fowlerianum, 21 gs., &c. Among 
Odontiodas we note O. Latona Fowler’s var., go gs., O. Charlesworthii 
Fowler’s var., 50 gs., O. Cooksoniz Fowler’s var., 45 gs., and O. Coronation, 
21 gs. 
Of Cattleyas and allies which commanded good prices, Cattleya 
Mendelii Stuart Low went for 65 guineas, C. labiata alba and C. Hardyana 
Countess of Derby, 50 gs., C. Luegeze Fowler’s var., 45 gs., C. Oriflamme, 
35 gs, C. Transylvania, 22 gs., C. Suzanne Hye de Crom, 20 gs., Leelio- 
cattleya Mrs. Evelyn Norrie 40 gs., Sophrolelia Felicia Fowler’s var., 40 
gs., and Sophrocattleya Sylvia 35 gs. A plant of Cypripedium mirum 
fetched 45 guineas, Miltonia vexillaria Rev. W. Wilks, 24 gs., M. v- 
memoria G. D. Owen, 17 gs., and Cymbidium Woodhamsianum Fowler’s 
var., 14 gs., while the unique Dendrobium fimbriatum Fowler’s var., with 
fringed petals, went for as low as 5 guineas. 
SALE OF MR. J. GURNEY FOWLER'S ORCHIDS. a 
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STANHOPEA COSTARICENSIS, Rchb. f.--It was inevitable that something 
further should be heard about Stanhopea costaricensis, Rchb. f. (see O.R., 
1913, p. 299), but the information comes in a somewhat unexpected form. 
A Stanhopea has just flowered at Kew which was sent from Costa Rica by 
