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after having passed the spot, perhaps, some thousand times. The dwarf 
had a most powerful smell of violets, and its appearance appeared an 
unsolvable riddle. It was a beloved pet of the Rev. C. S. Parish. And 
now the very same plant has appeared in the big town, with Mr. B. S. 
Williams. I obtained the gem as a present, and during several weeks I 
had the finest perfume of violets as soon as we had warm weather. Mr. 
Consul Kienast admired the plant with me. Ah! we should no longer 
want those old-fashioned violets, provided we had a large stock of 
Saccolabium fragrans. But how came it at those places? Nothing easier 
than to spin out an explanation theoretically, fantastically. Some millions 
of years ago—no, that will not do !—since Rev. C. S. Parish, whose days 
may still be numerous, to the happiness of his friends, lived only eighteen 
years in Burma. Well, some years before leaving, Mr. Parish had his 
elephants near his door, laden with baskets of Saccolabium giganteum. 
Now, seeds of Saccolabium fragrans fell on a wall, or a little plant of it fell 
down, and one of the brown servants felt some pity for the dwarf, and put 
it on a wall to surprise its master. Mr. B. S. Williams imported the lovely 
gem with some Saccolabium giganteum, and it is to be hoped that Rev. C. 
S. Parish may now feel satisfied to know how the plant came into his hands.” 
The stem is very short, and bears a few oblong acute very rugose 
leaves, about half an inch long, dark green above and dull purple beneath, 
and very short racemes of small purple flowers, the segments of which are 
white at the base. The lip is pandurate-lanceolate in shape, longer than 
the other segments, and the spur is broadly clavate, and borne at right 
angles to the limb. Such a plant would easily be overlooked, and is 
probably not so rare as has been supposed. 
R.A.R. 
THE R.H.S. ORCHID SHOW AND CONFERENCE. 
THE following is the Schedule of the Special Show of autumn-blooming 
Orchids to be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, West- 
minster, on November 5th and 6th next, in connection with the Orchid 
Conference of which particulars were given at page 190. There are thirty- 
two classes, as follows :— 
1. Effectively arranged group of Orchids.—Open. 
2. The same.—Amateurs. 
3- Group of Orchids arranged in a space not exceeding 150 square 
feet.—Amateurs. 
4. The same.—Nurserymen. 
5. Group of Orchids arranged in a space not exceeding I00 square 
feet.—Amateurs. 
6. The same.—Nurserymen. 
