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should be chosen for the plants. There are also a number of showy hybrids 
which flower at this season. 
Coelogyne cristata and its varieties are now flowering, and no plant is 
more deserving of attention by the amateur, being easily grown and remark- 
ably floriferous under suitable conditions. One can have three quite 
distinct forms of this beautiful plant, the typical C. cristata, with orange- 
yellow markings and fringes on the lip, the variety Lemoniana in which 
these parts are citron-yellow, and alba, in which the entire flower is pure 
white, one of the few really pure white Orchids in cultivation. 
Another very graceful and easily-grown Orchid is now flowering freely, 
namely Dendrochilum glumaceum, and itsdelightful heliotrope-like fragrance 
should secure it a place wherever a Warm or Intermediate house is available. 
Good specimens are easily grown in moderate-sized pots, and such plants 
will yield a profusion of graceful spikes of white flowers. D. filiforme, 
which has long pendulous spikes of greenish yellow flowers, and is some- 
times known as the Golden Chain Orchid, is equally worthy of attention. 
In the Cool house a number of beautiful Odontoglossums are in bloom 
and numerous spikes are developing. ©. crispum seems to bloom at all 
seasons, though the maximum display is seen during the two following 
months. A few plants are already out, and with O. Pescatorei, O. X 
Andersonianum and a few other hybrids are already brightening up the 
house. O. Edwardii is throwing up stout spikes, and the charming little 
O. Rossii and O. Cervantesii will soon be in bloom. The pure white 
Masdevallia tovarensis is now a picture where it succeeds well, and a few 
blooms of the scarlet M. ignea are already in evidence. A touch of colour 
is also supplied by the brilliant Sophronitis grandiflora, now flowering 
freely. It grows best in the Intermediate house. 
A period of activity is setting in, and for some time the amateur will find 
his hands pretty full with potting, topdressing, and generally looking after 
the wants of his favourites, but these details are dealt with in the Calendar 
of Operations for the month. 
As a regular subscriber to the Orchid Review, I was very pleased to see in 
recent issues (vol. xvii. pp. 292, 369) articles on the Amateur’s Collection, 
and noted that in all probability it would be continued each month. Being 
an amateur myself, I should like to see at least a page each month in this, the 
only magazine devoted entirely to Orchidology.. Your Orchid Stud-Book is 
of great value, and I am looking forward to future supplements with 
pleasure. With reference to the naming of Orchids, I am of the opinion 
that the large growers when compiling their Catalogues could now 
to a great extent remedy the growing confusion, of which I may give 
three instances. Comparing the Stud-Book with Catalogues, I find 
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