ge THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JANUARY, IQII. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA PAULINE.—A handsome hybrid raised in the collection 
of Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, by Mr. H. G. 
Alexander, from L.-c. Ophir. x C. labiata alba, which received an Award 
of Merit from the R.H.S. on December 2oth last. °“A flower has been 
kindly sent, whose characters are given at page 26. 
OBITUARY. 
FREDERICK ADoLpuus PHILBRICK.—We regret to hear of the death, at the 
age of 74, of His Honour Judge F. A. Philbrick, Bodorgan House, 
Bournemouth, an old cultivator of Orchids. He was the son of a former 
Town Clerk of Colchester, and was educated at London University, and 
called tothe Bar in 1860. He became Recorder of Colchester in 1874, and 
Judge of the Dorset County Court in 1895. When resident at Oldfield, 
Bickley, Kent, his collection was well known, and of late years he formed 
another collection at Bournemouth, and has sent us a number of very 
interesting flowers, some of which have been noted in our pages. His 
name is commemorated in Leliocattleya Philbrickiana, a hybrid raised by 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons from Cattleya Aclandiz and Leeliocattleya 
elegans. It was described by Reichenbach in 1879 as Lelia Philbrickiana, 
and a figure is preserved in Day Orchid Drawings, xxx. t. 41. 
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PLEIONES. 
AT this season most of the Pleiones will have completed their pseudo- 
bulbs, and as the period of rest is only of short duration, new growth will 
soon commence, from the centre of which is produced the brightly-coloured 
flowers on rather short stems. This by no means detracts from their beauty 
or decorative value, but to keep the blooms in perfection for any length of 
time it will be necessary to place the plants where the atmosphere is fairly 
dry. For buttonholes each flower readily comes away with a longer stalk 
if gently pulled with the thumb and finger. After flowering, the repotting 
should be done, arranging them about 2in. apart in well-drained pans 6in. 
or 8in. in diameter. A suitable compost consists of the best fibrous loam, 
peat, or osmunda fibre, and chopped sphagnum moss in equal parts, with 
sufficient crushed crocks or silver sand to render the whole porous. Water 
will only be needed in small quantities during the winter months, but as 
growth advances with the lengthening days, so must the supply be 
increased, and more air admitted, particularly from the top ventilators, 
whenever the weather is favourable. The Intermediate house is best 
adapted for Pleiones, such as a shelf, or a light position near the glass. 
All the species mentioned are natives of northern India, and embrace P. 
Hookeriana, precox, with its variety birmanica, humilis, maculata, and 
lagenaria.—T. Anstiss, in Journal of Horticulture. 
