192 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (June, rore. 
FERTILISATION OF ARACHNANTHE Lowi1.—M. Schwarz, Chef de Culture 
at Ferrieres-en- Brie, Seine et Marne, has succeeded in self-fertilising both 
the orange-coloured and the red-blotched flowers of this remarkable plant, 
and also succeeded in cross-fertilising them, both ways, and the capsules 
are now developing. It will be interesting to watch the development of the 
seedlings of this remarkable plant.—Journ. Soc. Nat. Hort.Fr., 1912, p. 146- 
ORCHID PORTRAITS. 
ANGRECUM SESQUIPEDALE.—/Journ. Hort., 1912, 1. pp. 393, 394, with fig. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA LG eee WESTONBIRT VAR.—Gard. Chron., 
May 25, 1912, Suppl., p. vil., ; Journ. Hort., 1912, i. p. 464, with fig. 
CYMBIDIUM slice (‘‘ Woodhamensis’”’) FoWLER’S VAR.— 
Gard. Mag., 1912, p. 391, with fig. 
CYPRIPEDIUM RoyAL GEORGE.—Gard. Mag., 1912, p. 379, with fig. 
CYPRIPEDIUM RoyaL SOVEREIGN.—Gard. Mag., 1912, p. 357, with fig. 
DENDROBIUM APOLLO ALBENS.—Gard. Chron., May 25, 1912, Suppl., 
p- Viil., fig. 4. 
DIsA SAGITTALIS.—Gard. Chron., 1912, 1. p. 312, fig. 154. 
LALIOCATTLEYA CANHAMIANA.—Gard. Chron., May 25, 1912, Suppl., 
p. Vig fi. 2. 
L#LIOCATTLEYA GLADIATOR.—Gard. Chron., May 25, 1912, Suppl., 
p- ix, fig. 5. 
LA#LIOCATTLEYA HELIuS.—Gard. Chron., 1912, i. p. 333, fig. 165. 
LA@LIOCATTLEYA SALOME.—Gard. Chron., May 25, 1912, Suppl., p. x., 
fig. 6. 
ODONTIODA QUEEN Mary.—Gard. Mag., May 25, 1912, Suppl., p. 28, 
with fig.; Garden, 1912, p. 263, with fig. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ARMSTRONGIZ.—Gard. Mag., 1912, pp. 378, 379, 
with fig. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM UROSKINNERI BURFORD VAR.—Gard. Chron., 1912, 
i. p. 307, Ne. 754. 
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
rchids are named and questions aoe here as far as — Correspondents ave 
veques kote to Pig the native country or parentage of plants sent. An RESSED postcard must be 
sent if a reply by post is desired Sadar bi postcards should be oat, See of special interest 
mill be dealt with in the body of the 
R.K.; W.W.B. ; BEC Hed: over until next month owing to pressure on our space 
W.B.— We do not recognise the Cattleya. It looks like a hybrid, but you do not state 
whether it is an im : 
Photogr saan received, with thanks.---H.G.A. ; W.B. & Sons. 
E.O. ssibly the reference to Osmunda regalis fibre was only an_ inference, that 
being the Fag species here, but we have never heard of its native fibre being used- 
Indeed it is too rare, and very local. We have a strong plant, but it does not look like 
ee much fibre * Orchid culture. We should much like to have the promised note- 
ALOGUE REC ait e have received the Classified and Descriptive Price List 
of Orchids issued by ies r & Hurrell, Summit, New Jersey, containing an exten- 
sive selection of Orchids, oo pile illustrated. 
