THE ORCHID REVIEW. 313 
THE WEST ORCHID BASKET. 
We have received from the Leeds Orchid Company, Roundhay, Leeds, 
a specimen of a new Orchid basket, which has been invented by Mr. C. E. 
West, and for which, we understand, a patent has been secured. It differs 
from the ordinary type of basket in several particulars, which strike us as 
being decided improvements. In the first place, the bars are not square, 
but nearly triangular in section, which enables an additional pair to be 
mitred in at the top, forming a complete rim, and thus preventing the water 
from running off at the two low sides. The same arrangement also enables 
the bottom to be mitred in, which thus becomes additionally secure; and 
as the bars are held together at each corner by a wire, the basket becomes 
Fig. I13.—THE WEST ORCHID BASKET. 
quite rigid. The bevelled edges serve to deflect the water inwards, and 
also give a little additional space for the compost. Basket culture is the 
most suitable for certain kinds of Orchids, and the improvements introduced 
in the present one should ensure its favourable reception by Orchid growers. 
The above figure, which will serve to render the preceding remarks more 
intelligible, has been extracted from an advertisement which appears on 
another page. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ANGUSTATUM AND O. CLAVICEPS. 
A few plants of Odontoglossum are scattered about in various collections 
under the above names, though the difference between the two has never 
been -satisfactorily made out, and a re-examination of the question in 
connection with specimens from the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch 
& Sons, of Chelsea, shows that O. claviceps is only a a © 
