132 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Before my next notes appear, the Temple Show will again be over, and 
I notice that a little novelty will be introduced into the proceedings by the 
competition for the Sherwood Silver Cup, which on this occasion is to be 
awarded to the best group of Orchids staged by an amateur in a space not 
exceeding one-hundred square feet. 
ARGUS. 
THE HISTORY OF ORCHID CULTIVATION 
(Continued from page 72). 
WE have spoken of the prominent part which Messrs. Loddiges, of Hack- 
ney, took in popularizing Orchid culture in the early part of last century, 
and before proceeding further we may mention a few striking species which 
were figured in their Botanical Cabinet during the period treated in our last 
paper. 
Stelis tubata (t. 1601)—which shortly afterwards became the type ofa new 
genus, when Lindley re-named it Physosiphon Loddigesii—was collected at 
Xalapa, Mexico, in 1828, by Deppe, who sent it to Messrs. Loddiges, and it 
soon afterwards flowered in their collection. ; 
The now well-known Stanhopea oculata was also figured, under the 
name of Ceratochilus oculata (t. 1764), when Messrs. Loddiges remarked :— 
‘© We received this extraordinary plant in 1829 from’ Mr. Deppe, at Xalapa, 
in New Spain: it flowered in June, 1831,” the author further alluding to 
its remarkable structure, the curious ring-like spots on the sepals and petals, 
and the eye-like spots at the base of the lip from which its specific name 
was derived. 
Zygopetalon maxillare (t. 1776) was described as “a native of Rio de 
Janeiro: we received it in 1829 from our valued friend Mr. F. Warre: 
it flowered in 1831.” The author then remarked :—‘“‘ Almost every impor- 
tation from South America contains something new in this increasingly 
interesting family. A few years since only two or three species were in 
cultivation, and now thay are almost innumerable, while each newly 
discovered kind is as diversified from every other, and as marvellous in 
its form, as the very first.” 
Oncidium crispum (t. 1854) was described as follows:—“ This is a 
native of Brazil: it has been lately introduced, and in June, 1832, flowered 
with us for the first time, being about two feet in height. The flowers are 
elegant in form and of an unusual colour.” ‘ 
Dendrobium pulchellum (t. 1935) is said to be a native of India which — 
had been cultivated for three or four years, ‘and flowered with us for the 
first time in February and March, 1833.” It would appear, however, that, 
there is some mistake in the record, for the plant is not the D. pulchellum 
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