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Tye Orchid ‘Review . 
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VoL. XXIII. SEPTEMBER, 1915. No. 273. 
b. 6o 
EA OUR NOTE BOOK. | Bec] 
eo month, in speaking of an Orchid now believed to be extinct in 
Britain (p. 226), we alluded to a press cutting that had reached us, 
but that was not available at the moment. Here it is :— 
RARE ORCHID IN KENT. 
Not long ago it was announced that the ‘‘ Botanical Fugitive ” had 
been found in Northern France, and this week a very fine specimen has 
been discovered in East Kent, on land adjoining Lord Kitchener’s estate 
near Canterbury. The remarkable double appearance of this Orchid, 
which at one time was believed to be entirely extinct, is creating great 
interest in botanical circles. 
We missed that announcement, but have little doubt that it refers 
to the Lizard Orchid, Orchis hircina, which, by the way, is common in 
certain Continental localities, and not so rare in south-east England as is 
sometimes supposed, as a recent discussion in the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
shows. Mr. F. Brock records (p. 77) that a fine specimen of the Lizard 
Orchid was found growing in a chalky pasture near the gardens at Good- 
wood on June 30th, and remarked that he had not found a previous record 
for Sussex. The note elicited three replies (pp. 108, 122), in which the 
British records are dealt with very fuliy. It appears that there are three 
or four earlier records for Sussex, and something like twenty for Kent, 
while the plant has also been found in Surrey, East Suffolk, Hampshire, 
and Wilts. It appears to be increasing in Kent, and is said to occur every 
year in a locality where it is preserved. It is said to have been known in 
Kent ever since 1641, and until 1858 was fairly well known, but for the 
next forty years it was feared that it was extinct in this country, when, in 
1898, to everyone’s delight, a specimen was discovered on the Wye Downs. 
Since then the numbers appear to have been increasing, and let us hope 
will continue to do so. 
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