326 THE ORCHID REVIEW. | NOVEMBER, IgI0- 
access to the sun and the southerly winds. The land is situated about a 
mile and a quarter from the Forest of Havre, and part of the soil is of the 
same nature, but much more humid, and doubtless without calcareous 
matter, because heather (Calluna vulgaris) is found there. On the west the 
next woods are those of Baudour, which are situated about six miles away. 
At the commencement the land only produced a little coltsfoot (Tussilago 
Farfara), but from that period the author’s attention was directed to the 
appearance and dissemination of indigenous plants, and particularly to the 
appearance of Orchids, whose culture often presents such difficulties in our 
gardens. He was not only astonished at the number of individuals and the 
species which appeared on so small a space, but also at the fact that several 
of them only occurred at stations some six to ten miles distant. The author 
gives particulars of the appearance of eight different species, which we may 
now summarise. 
EPIPACTIS LATIFOLIA.—About eight years ago the first plant of this. 
Orchid was found in a hedge of hornbeam, having possibly arrived as a 
seed attached to the roots of the hornbeam, which had been brought from 
Namur. It has since spread and multiplied, and now occurs in hundreds, if 
not thousands, in the woods and glades, in exposed places, and on all the 
soils. This species proves very variable in the size and colour of the 
flowers, the form of the leaves, and in the time of flowering. In 1909 three 
examples of E. latifolia atrorubens were found. It differs much from the 
type, having smaller, coloured flowers, which are about over at the end of 
June, when the type is just beginning to flower. 
In 1904, when the largest trees were about 15 to 20 het high, a specimen 
of Orchis Morio was found, on sandy clay facing west in half shade. Its. 
nearest station is over three miles to the northward. Three years ago the 
author found nearly 300 plants of Ophrys apifera on a bare summit, exposed 
to the east wind, in stony soil, so dry and sterile that the elms could not 
develop, and where the herbaceous plants are scanty and scorched up in 
July. In 1909 another stony but less sterile summit produced a smaller 
colony. Its nearest stations are some six to ten miles to the west and 
In 1907 a tuft of Neottia Nidus-avis was found with six stems, but it has. 
not re-appeared since. Last year about seven examples of Anacamptis 
pyramidalis were observed. This year about a hundred have been found. 
The species grew in a wood some six to ten miles to the north-west. In 
1909 Listera ovata, Orchis militaris and O. maculata, were detected, the 
latter common less than two miles to the north. 
These eight species of Orchids have thus appeared spontaneously in a 
very few years, on an area of comparatively limited extent, forming about a 
fourth of the estate. It is remarked that there are few localities in Belgium 
