78 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Marcu, 1906, 
‘same treatment by hanging the pod up in the sun for a time before sowing, 
I hope to find room in next month’s calendar to further discuss this 
subject. 3 
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LATH ROLLER BLINDS. 
In your issue for February we notice an article on “ Shading,” in which 
‘your contributor, Mr. J. M. Black, refers to lath roller blinds, and states 
(p. 47) that the galvanized clips are the weak point in these blinds. As 
makers, we feel constrained to point out that these clips will last an 
indefinite number of years if the blinds are given fair treatment, i.e., the 
same treatment which one would give to woodwork which is exposed con- 
stantly to the atmosphere. By this we mean that they should be painted 
occasionally. It is not to be expected that any thin metal work will wear 
well, even when galvanized, without a certain amount of protection in the 
way of paint, and we can confidently assert that your contributor would 
alter his opinion as to the weak point of lath roller blinds if he were to 
‘treat them in the reasonable manner which we have suggested. 
Watters & Co. 
ORCHIDS AT KEw. 
AN enumeration of the Orchids, species and hybrids, now in flower at Kew 
would extend to over a hundred, so that the following notes must not be 
taken as exhaustive. The Dendrobiums in particular are making a good 
display of their exquisite and beautiful flowers. Foremost among them 
is the old and familiar Dendrobium nobile, in both light and dark forms, 
with the varieties nobilius, Cooksoni ,and hini D. Ward- 
ianum is represented by several good forms, together with D. crassinode. 
The hybrids include D. x Wardiano-japonicum, D. x Ainsworthii and its 
varieties Edith and splendidissimum, D. x Rolfez, D. x Schneiderianum, 
D. X endocharis, D. x Vannerianum, D. x Artemis, D. x burfordiense, 
D. X euosmum var. virginale, D. x Curtisii, D. x chrysodiscus and D. X 
‘Cybele. Suspended from the roof are several plants of D. primulinum, also 
a well-flowered plant of the rather scarce D. Madonne, a native of New 
Guinea. The gigantic D, undulatum, with its tall leafy stem, reaches from 
the floor to the roof of the house, and bears at the extreme apex three large 
racemes of flowers, which are strongly undulate, and of a rich tawny brow?- 
Mingled with these are a few miscellaneous subjects, such as Phaius X 
Marthe and P. grandifolius, Ceelogyne psittacina, Scuticaria Hadweniis 
Acriopsis indica, the graceful and fragrant Bulbophyll A the 
“curious Lockhartia Weigeltii, and several Platyclinis, both P. glumacea and 
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