THE ORCHID REVIEW. 303 
A SUMMER CAMP FOR ORCHIDS. 
AN illustration of a Summer Camp for Orchids at Troy, New York, U.S.A., 
is given in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for September 19th last (p. 337, fig. 62), 
together with the following note :—* In climates having more summer 
warmth than the warmest parts of these islands, cultivators of Orchids find 
it beneficial to these plants and other inmates of warm houses to place 
them out of doors during the summer months, taking care not to expose 
without shading plants liable to injury by direct sunshine, and to keep the 
ground moist on or above which they are placed. Mr. A. Dimmock, of 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., The Nurseries, St. Albans, Herts, to whom our 
thanks are due for the use of the photograph from which our illustration 
(p. 337) was taken, sends us the following note :—‘About May 1st 
A. R. Smith, Esq., removes all his plants from the houses into the open air, 
and places them on wooden stages, where at all times they are surrounded 
with pure air and ample shade from the trees. The collection includes 
some magnificent specimens of Ccelogyne cristata hololeuca (three feet 
across), and a quantity of small plants, fine examples of C. ocellata maxima 
(about 100 plants), C. Massangeana, C. Sanderiana, C. flaccida, C. Dayana, 
and others. Vandas and Aérides thrive well, and several may be noticed 
in bloom. Cymbidium eburneum and C. Lowianum, &c., also make very 
vigorous growths, and at the rear a fine lot of Cypripediums in bloom make 
an extraordinary display. They all remain outside until the end of 
September, and are afterwards removed to their winter quarters, and grown 
comparatively cool, which enables the plants to pass through the excessive 
winter months without any difficulty.’ ” 
BOTANICAL ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
Amonc the interesting Botanical Orchids flowering in the Kew collection 
three species of Cycnoches may first be mentioned, the handsomely spotted 
C. pentadactylon with its five-toothed lip, the striking Cc, Loddigesii, and 
C. chlorochilon, the best-known species of the genus, in each case the 
flowers being exclusively males. It is only occasionally that the females 
occur. Another remarkable species of the same group is Mormodes 
Cogniauxii, a recent addition to the genus. A collection of these plants 
and the allied Catasetums would be extremely interesting. Oncidium 
dichromum, which under its old name of Odontoglossum bicolor remained 
a mystery for so many years, but which was eccreat sr fs - 
is also flowering, but very weakly at present. ; : 
Siven (supra, ie p- 363). Again, O. trulliferam and O. cesium, with 
