324 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
NOTICE OF BOOK. 
Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidées. Direction et redaction par A. 
Cogniaux ; Dessins et Aquarelles par A. Goosens. Brussels, A. Goosens. 
WE have received the first number of the above work, whose object, 
briefly stated, is to take cognisance of interesting Orchids, and to facilitate 
their determination and the verification of the names of those which 
amateurs possess in their collections. The first part contains Cattleya x 
Brymeriana, Lelia purpurata, Miltonia vexillaria and varieties superba and 
radiata, M. spectabilis and varieties bicolor and Moreliana, Odontoglossum 
crispum and varieties Bousiesianum, Madame Madoux and stellatum. The 
plates represent a single flower, and each plate is wrapped in a sheet or 
more of text, containing a short description and history of the species, in 
French, and sometimes wood-cuts of the whole plant, each sheet being 
loose, so that they can be kept in alphabetical order as later parts appear. 
The size of the work is about 54 inches deep by 7} wide, the shape not 
being the one best adapted to the library shelves, and, unfortunately, the 
Lelia plate is folded across the middle. The plates are faithful repre- 
sentations of the plants intended, and this is a point which is emphasised 
in the prospectus, where it is remarked that too often in analogous publi- 
cations, edited by horticultural establishments, the plates are highly 
fantastical, or the beauty or dimensions of the flowers are exaggerated 
without measure in the interest of the sale—a remark not altogether without 
justification, though we are glad to think that it does not apply generally. 
It was intended to commence with the genus Odontoglossum, but owing to 
certain difficulties this part has been deferred fora short time. We cordially 
wish the new venture success. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x REGALE. 
A FLOWER of the above has been sent from the collection of Reginald 
Young, Esy., Sefton Park, Liverpool, together with one of C. purpuratum, 
one of its reputed parents. It was raised by the late Mr. J. C. Bowring, of 
Windsor, and is said to have been a seedling from C. insigne Maulei crossed 
with the pollen of C. purpuratum. It was sent out by Mr. Bull, and we 
have found a brief record of it in 1889, though when it was raised and when 
it flowered for the first time we have not succeeded in tracing. The flower 
most resembles C. insigne, particularly in shape, though the dorsal sepal is 
nearly orbicular, the petals broader, and the staminode almost exactly 
intermediate in character. In colour the influence of the pollen parent 5 
more apparent, for the petals are distinctly suffused with light purple, and 
at the extreme base occur a few traces of purple spots, while the do 
