FEBRUARY, 1912.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 43 
old position, and our readers will join us in wishing him health and 
strength to carry it on for many years to come. 
Our figure is from a photograph of the subscription portrait in oils 
which was presented to the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society in. 
January, 1910, a replica being also presented to Mrs. Veitch. 
ORCHIDS: A DELIGHTFUL HOBBY. 
WE have received from Mr. Edward Clements, the author of the note given 
at page 8 of our last issue, an interesting photograph of the house described 
by him. He writes: ‘“‘I am sending you herewith a photograph of the 
interior of my small house, taken this afternoon at three o’clock. I thought 
it would serve to give you some idea of what the house is like, although the 
photograph, being so small, and in monochrome, does not show the flowers 
up much. I wish you could see the house just now. With a hand lens 
you may be able to identify Cattleyas, Cypripediums, Odontoglossums, 
Lelias (in bud), Vanda coerulea, Cymbidium Tracyanum with twelve 
flowers, and Zygopetalum Mackayi. The Phalznopsis at the far end is in 
spike, but does not show in the photograph ; it is hanging from the roof. 
I should like to say how particularly helpful I have found the monthly 
Calendar of Operations in the Review.” 
[The photograph gives a good idea of the interior of the house, and 
shows that the plants are in thriving condition, and producing a good 
display of bloom.—ED.} 
THE GENUS XYLOBIUM. 
XYLOBIUM is a small American genus of Orchids, allied to Bifrenaria, several 
species of which are occasionally met with in gardens. They have very 
similar, elliptic or lanceolate, strongly plicate leaves, and the flowers are borne 
in short erect or spreading spikes or racemes. Curiously enough, they have 
generally been referred to Maxillaria, though so different in habit. About 
twenty-five species are known, of which X. squalens, the original species 
(Bot. Mag., t. 2955), and X. leontoglossum (B.M., t. 7055) are frequently 
seen in cultivation. A few others are occasionally met with, chiefly in 
botanical collections. There are six species of Xylobium which are at 
present referred to Maxillaria, namely X. Coelia (Maxillaria Cecelia, Rchb.. f. 
Warscz.), a native of Venezuela; X. hypocritum (M. hypocrita, Rchb. 
f.), a Brazilian plant, which is figured in Gartenflora (t. 1053, fig. 2); X- 
miliacea (M. miliacea, Rchb. f.), a Bolivian species; X. ornatum (M. 
ornata, Klotzsch), a native of Peru; X. truxillense (M. truxillensis, Rchb. 
f.), a Venezuelan plant ; and X. undulatum (M. undulata, Ruiz Pavon), 
a native of Peru. Most of these have not appeared in cultivation. 
R. 
