3o 4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Mr. Blandy, of Reading, at a price of about £900. Also (p. 676) that the 

 Rev. J. Clowes had willed his collection to the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 where they were then being taken. Mr. Lyon's slate baskets for Orchids 

 were also figured and described (p. 31) as the " best in the world." 



Perhaps the most remarkable addition of 1847 was the beautiful 

 Cymbidium eburneum, which flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, and was 

 figured in the Botanical Register for that year (t. 67). Lindley remarked : — 

 " The flowers of this charming plant are not only among the largest of the 

 genus, but among the sweetest. Not a spot interferes with the pure ivory 

 white petals, except one long yellow stripe along the middle of the lip." 



Eriopsis biloba (t. 18) also appeared in a rather mysterious way. 

 Lindley remarked : — " The history of its introduction is unknown. It has 

 been flowered by J. T. Blandy, Esq., of Reading, who, in September last, 

 favoured us with a specimen ; it had been acquired by him among many 

 rare species forming the late Mr. Barker's collection, which Mr. Blandy 

 purchased, and is possibly some western plant. We do not, however, find 

 any trace of it in books, or among our own unarranged collections." 



Other interesting things were : — Brassia brachiata (t. 29), which had 

 flowered with Messrs. Rollisson and Mr. Bateman ; Calanthe curculigoides 

 (t. 8), from Messrs. Loddiges ; Ccelogyne speciosa (t. 23) from Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Exeter; Saccolabium miniatum (t. 58) from Mr. Rucker, and Mr. 

 C. B. Warner ; Dendrobium chrysotoxum (t. 36) from Messrs. Henderson ; 

 Cattleya bulbosa (t. 42) from Mr. Rucker — which afterwards proved 

 identical with C. Walkeriana, then only known from dried specimens ; 

 Epidendrum plicatum (t. 35) from Messrs. Loddiges; Dendrobium 

 cretaceum (t. 62), and Oncidium curtum (t. 68), from Messrs. Veitch, of 

 Exeter; O. amictum (t. 66) and O. pelicanum (t. 70), from Messrs. 

 Loddiges. We also find notices of Dendrobium Veitchianum (sub. t. 25), 

 Bulbophyllum Lobbii (sub. t. 29), both from Messrs. Veitch, and Odonto- 

 glossum maxillare (sub. t. 62), from Mr. C. B. Warner and others. Thus 

 the volume had been specially interesting, and we find no explanation as 

 to why the work should have suddenly ceased, as it did at the end of the 

 year. It concluded with Oncidium pelicanum. 



The Gardeners 1 Chronicle for 1847 contains (p. 100) a description of a 

 remarkable plant of Laelia superbiens in the Horticultural Society's garden, 

 about four feet across and bearing nine handsome spikes of ten to thirteen 

 flowers each— certainly a noble specimen. Dendrobium speciosum was 

 also bearing sixteen spikes. We also find an account of a sale of M. J. 

 Linden's Orchids from Cuba and New Granada, at which good prices were 

 obtained. 



