AucustT, 1916 ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 187) 
Mr. C. H. Lankester, which may represent the imperfectly described and 
long-lost plant. At all events there is a curious sac beneath the hypochil 
of the lip which gives it the appearance of being bigibbous, and which 
would indicate an affinity with S. graveolens rather than S. Wardii. The 
flowers are larger than in either, and the ground colour is yellow, with the 
purple ring-like spots seen on many of the species, and some purple-brown 
at the base of the hypochil. And it appears in a new réle, for Mr. 
Lankester has sent a photograph to Kew which he suggests is a natural 
hybrid between S. ecornuta and S. costaricensis. It is remarked that it 
strongly resembles the former, but the leaf is more robust, and it has short 
horns and the spotting of S. costaricensis. S. ecornuta is unspotted, and 
without the horns of the other species. It has all the appearance of being 
a hybrid with the parentage suggested.—R.A.R. 
Rieck | OBITUARY. Beers) 
E regret to learn from our American contemporary, Horticul/ure, that 
Mr. GEORGE SHOEMAKER, Orchid grower to Mr. S. C. Briggs, of 
Washington, U.S.A., passed away at the George Washington University 
after having been confined to that institution for less than a week. Death 
was caused by stomach trouble which necessitated an operation from which 
he failed to recover. He was twenty-nine years of age, and had been in 
the employ of Mr. Briggs for ten years. His widow and two children 
survive him. Mr. Briggs is an old subscriber to the Orchid Review, 
Orcuips at Kew.—The Orchid houses at Kew are always gay, and, as 
usual, include a number of very interesting things. The remarkable 
Coryanthes macrantha has produced another fine bloom, while the allied 
genus Stanhopea is represented by examples of S. saccata, tigrina, inodora, 
and eburnea. Near by is a plant of the distinct Grammangis Ellisii, 
Cycnoches pentadactylon bearing a female flower, a fine plant of 
Renanthera Storiei, Vanda Parishii, while clumps of Dendrobium regium 
and Deari have flowered very freely. A plant of Cypripedium Parishii is 
carrying no fewer than four racemes, and with it are several other summer- 
flowering species and hybrids. In the Cool house a good plant of Calanthe 
Dominii, the earliest hybrid Orchid of artificial origin, is bearing a 
dozen spikes, accompanied by two examples of C. veratrifolia. And here 
are many hybrid Odontoglossums, with examples of O. Harryanum’ 
platychilum, and the usual familiar species, brightened up with plants of 
Cochlioda Neetzliana and several of the Odontiodas, while a plant of 
Pleurothallis hamata, Rolfe, a native of Costa Rica, is blooming very freely.. 
In the Cattleya house also there is a good display of bloom. 
