326 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Ocroper, 1913. 
and at a Special General Meeting held on April 3rd, 1913, the Herbarium 
was offered to Kew. The offer was accepted, and the transfer of the 
Herbarium took place on July 11th last. The mahogany-faced cabinets in 
which the plants were contained were the property of the Society, but these 
were transferred to Kew in consequence of the generous gift, by Sir Frank 
Crisp, Bart., of the sum at which they were valued by the Council, and 
this gift allowed the Herbarium to be transferred intact. It forms a very 
valuable addition to the Kew collections. 
ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
CYPRIPEDIUMS are making quite a bold display, especially in the Warm 
division, where a number of species and hybrids are in flower. The 
charming C. Maudie (Lawrenceanum Hyeanum xX callosum Sandere) 
attracts much attention. Another hybrid which should be useful 
commercially is C. gigas, as it is very floriferous, and the flowers are bold 
and the dorsal sepal very large and good in shape and colour. C. 
Franconia (callosum x Rothschildianum) is another splendid example, the 
latter parent being decidedly favoured, and, like C. gigas, it is usually twin- 
flowered. C. Minnie (Curtisii x concolor) is much like C. Curtisii in 
shape, but has more of the colouring of C. concolor. Among. other 
good things in the same house are C. Veronicus, St. Alban, Rossetti, 
Kubele, Bella, Asburtoniz and Harrisianum superbum. A nice batch of 
Phalznopsis Esmeralda are flowering freely, and these plants do best near 
the glass of the warm Intermediate house. 
In the Cool house there are some good forms of Cypripedium Charles- 
worthii, Niobe Westonbirt var., Baron Schréder, Charlesianum, and 
several plants of the beautiful C. insigne var. Sandere. Lelia monophylla 
is a very useful subject for the Cool house, and is easily grown. The 
flowers are bright orange-scarlet, and will last quite six weeks in perfection. 
A good specimen of Pleurothallis pulchella is flowering freely, producing 
two and sometimes three spikes at the apex of each growth, with numerous 
pale green flowers. Several Miltonias are in bloom, the richly-coloured 
M. Cognianxie being especially fine, while the variety bicolor has the 
sepals and petals almost white, and the lip prettily suffused with purple. 
Two plants of M. candida promise a fine display of bloom, and one 
specimen has twenty-two good spikes. One or two other plants which 
brighten the Cool house just now are Miltonioda Ajax (Cochlioda 
Neetzliana X Miltonia Schroederiana), two plants of Odontioda Charles- 
worthii, one being a remarkably fine variety. Several Odontoglossums are 
in flower, including some good plants of the popular O. grande and the 
diminutive O. Krameri. 
In the Cattleya house a numerous series of showy Cattleyas and 
