FEBRUARY, IgIo.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 39 
of which a fine group of some sixty plants is indistinctly shown in the back- 
ground of a photograph of Crinum Moorei published some years ago 
(Gard. Chron., 1887, 1. pp. 499, 500, fig. 101). These were suspended at 
various heights on the glass partition of an Orchid house. In the cultiva- 
tion of the species of the Cypripedium bellatulum group he was also very 
successful. Among species described from his collection we may recall 
Dendrobium Stricklandianum, a Japanese species described by Reichenbach 
in 1877, and Bulbophyllum Berenicis, three years later. Unfortunately 
they are still only known to us from description. There were few phases 
of horticulture in which Sir Charles was not interested, and we have seen 
some hybrids raised by him, among which we recall the interesting 
Cypripedium xX conco-bellatulum (0O.R., iii. p. 187). 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle for January 22nd gives (page 59) an excellent 
portrait of the deceased gentleman, sitting beneath a fine group of Odonto- 
glossum Rossii, one of his favourite Orchids. It is remarked that 
‘“Odontoglossum Rossii, O. Cervantesii, O. citrosmum, and Cattleya 
citrina all flowered profusely in Sir Charles Strickland’s garden, the 
personal attention given to them by their owner accounting, in a large 
measure, for the success.” It concludes by saying: “The delights of 
gardening have rarely been demonstrated so clearly as in the case of this 
gentleman, who derived from his en one of the greatest So of 
his long life, which reached ninety years.” 
PHALAENOPSIS FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 
WE have received from Messrs. McRorie & McLaren, of San Francisco, 
two photographs showing a fine importation of Phalznopsis as received 
from the Philippines. The plants are fixed to rafts for facility of transit, 
and these are packed in suitable crates. One photo shows a large mass of 
plants and the other a single raft. The plants appear to have travelled 
very well, and look quite healthy. The photographs were accompanied by 
the following letter :— 
“The accompanying photographs show a large consignment of 
Phalznopsis Aphrodite (amabilis) which was received by the well-known 
McRorie McLaren Company of San Francisco, California, who make a 
speciality of Philippine Orchids, and who guarantee one hundred per cent. 
of their shipments to Europe, so that European growers can have every 
plant in good condition when received by them. 
‘‘ Messrs. McRorie and McLaren have built up a large and flourishing 
business in Philippine Orchids, and at the present time, 13th of January, 
they have over 30,000 Phalznopsis and over a thousand Vanda Sanderiana 
in Manila ready to be shipped to their Nurseries in California.—Wwm. M. 
Brown.” 
