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flowered scapes of brown and yellow flowers. P. velatipes, with long 
racemes of green flowers, is also in bloom. Od re K i 
is a dwarf and pretty little species from Costa Rica, and O. auriculatum a 
rare plant, which came home with O. nevium some years ago. Oncidium 
pumilum has small dense panicles of yellow flowers. The pretty little 
Sigmatostalix radicans is a very interesting and pretty little species belong- 
ing to this group. Trichopilia hymenantha, one of the smallest species of 
the genus, is also in flower. 
Of Catasetums may be mentioned C. macrocarpum and C. fimbriatum, 
the latter a very interesting plant; and of the Dendrobium group, D. 
alpestre and Cirrhopetalum guttul two pretty little Himalayan species, 
Bulbophyllum vitiense, a native of Fiji, and the pretty little Siamese Trias 
disciflora, the largest-flowered species in the genus. Ccelogyne corrugata 
and Gongora galeata are also among the interesting Botanical Orchids of 
this season. 
ORCHIDS UNTRUE TO NAME: A LAWSUIT. 
A casE which is important both to purchasers and vendors of Orchids came 
before his Honour, Commissioner Kerr, at the City of London Court, on 
Tuesday, August 4th. The plaintiff was Mr. D. B. Rappart, Promenade, 
Liscard, Cheshire, and the defendants the Executors of the Estate of the 
late Mr. G. D. Owen, of Selwood, Rotherham. The former gentleman 
purchased at the auction sale of this well-known collection of Orchids 
several choice and valuable species and varieties, part of which upon 
flowering proved untrue to name, and of little value; and not feeling 
disposed to stand by such a bargain, he made application for the high 
Prices paid to be refunded. This request being met by refusal, the plaintiff 
decided to bring an action to recover his rights. For the plaintiff there 
appeared two well-known and qualified experts, who testified to seeing the 
Plants in flower, and that they were not true. A third expert also appeared, 
who could testify that no variety of Orchid would alter its character by 
changing into another variety. Verdict for the plaintiff, with costs. 
The Orchids mentioned in the case were three :—Cattleya Skinneri alba, 
Which proved to be an ordinary coloured form of the species ; Ses 
glossum x elegans, which turned out a poor form of O. Hallii; and 
Dendrobium x plendidissi g i said to have been only D. 
x Leechianum. Generally speaking, mistakes of this kind are acknow- 
ledged by the seller, and compensation in some form or another given, and 
had the defendants been well advised, the present case should not have been 
allowed to come into Court, 
H. A. B. 
