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remarking that it was not the law of “ Paul Priority” that caused the 
untimely end of Paphiopedilum, but just common sense, a fine virtue which 
kept the name Cypripedium in general use. He also says that we shall 
never see Cordula employed in the place of Cypripedium. But such a 
change was never proposed, for their still remain thirty species of Cypri- 
pedium—or Cypripedilum, if one were permitted to write the word correctly. 
Perhaps, if someone were to name a genus, or species, after our critic, 
omitting a single letter which changed the whole meaning of the name, his 
views about common sense might be expressed differently. Our critic omits 
all the essential facts of the article, at the same time indulging in a general 
charge of juggling —‘ Botanists have juggled with Pleione and Ccoelogyne, 
Cattleya labiata and its varieties,” &c.—which we would remind him is 
calculated to give his readers an incorrect impression of the matter under 
discussion, to say the very least. 
A correspondent writes to us from abroad suggesting that we should 
devote more space to the biological side of Orchidology, remarking that 
there are many matters which are of the greatest interest and even import- 
ance to cultivators, for example, Fungus-cooperation in Orchid roots, and 
the peculiar conditions under which certain Orchids grow, a knowledge 
of which is useful in their successful culture. Also notes of the Orchids of 
different countries, when papers respecting them appear in botanical 
journals. And he suggests that space for this might be found by curtailing 
to some extent the reports of the different Shows, in which there appears 
to be a great deal of repetition, from group to group and from meeting to 
meeting. One even wearies of reading that the most beautiful of Orchids 
appeared in half the groups at any particular Show. 
‘We may point out in reply that the reports are already enormously 
condensed, and that nearly all the meetings are Shows nowadays. One 
‘cannot compress an account of some of the fine groups which appear into 
half a dozen lines without omitting most of the detail, though this often has 
to be done, and as a matter of fact new hybrids frequently appear at meetings 
which, for a variety of reasons, are not recorded. A great deal of interest 
is taken in these reports, and probably exhibitors think that the limit of 
‘compression has already been reached in some cases. The suggestions, 
however, shall not be lost sight of, and articles of the kind mentioned 
are constantly appearing in our pages. 
By an unfortunate error, at page 35, the printer made us speak of the 
arrival of an ‘instinct,’ when “insect” was intended. And the last 
‘sentence should read, ‘‘ And species are adaptations.” 
