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blotched varieties. It is not a very far stride from O. xX Fascinator to the 
so-called “ spotted crispum.” 
M. Forget cannot agree with M. Claes in depreciating the crispums from 
the Velez district, as he does in the last paragraph of the article referred to, 
where he says ‘‘ with the exception of a small chain of mountains extending 
from the Valley of Jesus in the direction of Sabaya, in which the type is 
regular, the O. crispum round about Bolivar are mostly poor.” ‘And now 
comes the most remarkable of M. Forget’s statements, namely that all 
crispums that have been collected during the last five years have been 
collected in these districts, and there is no danger of the plants from this 
Bolivar district being adulterated with the poor Fusagasuga type, as is 
sometimes the case with those coming from Pacho and Facatativa. 
Correct information with regard to the habitat of O. crispum has 
naturally most value to those who are purchasers, and they must regard 
with grave suspicion a consignment containing luteopurpureum or its best 
child, O. X Wilckeanum, but the knowledge may come too late (after 
flowering), asone must be more than an ordinary expert to pick out luteo- 
purpureum crosses from an importation of O. crispum when received, for the 
crispums themselves are probably more varied in the colour, shape and size 
of their bulbs than any other Orchid. J. M. Brack. 
CIRRHOPETALUM RoruscHILDIANUM.—Flowers of this handsome species 
are sent by Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, of Bradford. It is allied to C. 
ornatissimum, and was described and figured in 1895, when it flowered in 
the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, and received a First-class 
certificate from the R.H.S. (O’Brien in Gard. Chron. 1895, ii. pp. 608, 609, 
fig. 102). The flowers are large and bright crimson purple in colour, with 
long tails to the lateral sepals, and numerous appendages on the margins of 
the dorsal sepal and petals. Itis a very striking plant, perhaps more nearly 
allied to the Burmese C. Collettii than to any other. It is said to have 
been sent some years ago, with other Orchids, from the hills beyond 
Darjeeling, and is still rare in cultivation. 
CHONDRORHYNCHA CHESTERTONI.—This is not an easy subject to grow, 
and one has a difficulty in finding the right spot for some of these Orchids with 
a weak constitution. A shady corner in the Intermediate house often proves 
a favourable place, where it should be suspended about two feet from the 
glass, and never be disturbed at the base more than is really necessary: 
It is then only advisable to wash out the old compost, and replace it = 
with a mixture of peat and sphagnum. — T. Awnstiss, in Journal of 
Horticulture. 
