THE ORCHID REVIEW. 3rr 
ppeutissinium in the same importation is, perhaps, not without significance 
‘ oe connection. Lastly, ifthe recorded occurrence of C. X Sallieri in the 
: asia. Hills (0.R., Ves p- 52) is correct, C. villosum ought also to occur 
ere, a point which it would be interesting to have confirmed. 
A. R. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x SHILLIANUM. 
Wiru reference to our note of the above at page 253, Messrs. Charlesworth 
“a a Heaton, Bradford, write that it was not derived from C. 
eneesnum and Rothschildianum, as suggested, but from: Ci x 
| neg and Rothschildianum, and was raised in their establishment. 
4 ee ee Messrs. Charlesworth’s records are very carefully kept, and 
ee omen is half Lawrenceanum, the resemblance to that 
a, : in C. X Shillianum is easily accounted for. The influence 
€ aan parent of C. X Gowerlanum, namely, C. Curtisil, is not so 
apparent in C. x Shillianum as might have been expected. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER. 
By H. A. BURBERRY, Orchid Specialist, King’s Heath, Birmingham. 
THE temperatures of the different departments should now be kept about 
the following figures, of course allowing a few degrees fluctuation in accord- 
ance with the conditions of the weather outside :— 
Coot House.—Day, with sun, 60° to 65°; without sun, 55° to 60°; 
night and morning, 50° to 55°- 
s ‘Saigo House-—Day, with sun, 70° to 75°5 without sun, 60° 
5°; night and morning, 55° to 60°. 
STovE or EAsT INDIAN House.—Day, with sun, 75° to 80°; without 
sun, 65° to 70°; night and morning, 60° to 65°. 
Oe mc beautifully long and—for Orchids—most beneficial summer is 
ts. ing of the past, and with October we shall, no doubt, receive 
Baca: samples of more or less dull, wet, cold, and wintry weather, 
ae us of what we may expect In the near future, and our system of 
on should be shaped accordingly. The heating apparatus will now 
if not already done, no time should be 
play a most important part, and, 
and seeing that they are in thorough 
] . “oe ‘ 
ost in oiling and packing the valves, 
working order. 
: a... heat will now b 
es late houses for the greater part of the time. 
command all that is necessary, but never more, 
e required in the Warm and Inter- 
Make a practice of having 
for too much is as 
