JUNE, 1906.} THE ORCHID REVIEW. 167 
The collection is not large, consisting of an East Indian, a Cattleya, anda 
Cool house. Mr. J. E. Vanner was not exactly an Orchid connoisseur, as 
was his brother—he saw beauty in the commoner and familiar kinds, and 
parted with some of the rarer varieties that once were there. Among many 
hybrids raised in the collection we may mention Dendrobium X Vanner- 
ianum (moniliforme X Faiconeri), described by the late Prof. Reichenbach, 
in 1887, and various Cypripedes, as C. X cardinale Vanner’s var., C. X 
pulchellum, C. X Vannerz, and C. x Robbinsii (named after Mr. W. H. 
Robbins, who has had charge of the collection for the last twenty-two 
years), and a host of unflowered Cypripedes and Cattleyas. Here may be 
found a plant—the only one we know of—of the very rare and handsome 
Miltonia Karwinskii, whose history was given at pp. 298, 299 of our twelfth 
volume. The collection will probably be disposed of shortly. Mr. Vanner 
was a director of the City and Midland Bank, and will be remembered for 
many philanthropic deeds, among which it is pleasant to mention that each 
of his garden employees has been generously remembered in his will. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM HABITATS. 
Witu reference to the note on Hybrid Odontoglossums at page 127, I may 
say that I have never collected or seen O. luteopurpureum growing in the 
new district where the large blotched forms of O. crispum come from, but 
the statement made by Mr. Armstrong would suggest its presence there, for 
I am perfectly certain that he has had no plants from me coming from 
another district. 
On the other hand I think it may interest readers of the Orchid Review 
to know-that early this spring [ flowered among a batch of semi-established 
O. crispum, a good form of O. Pescatorei. I must add that I never 
collected or received importations of O. Pescatorei, and consequently it 
could not get mixed in by chance. I suppose it is the first time that this 
species has been found among O. crispum. FL. CLAEs. 
‘This note is particularly interesting in view of others which have 
appeared. (See O. R. vii. p. 167, and x. p. 210). We hope to see the 
matter cleared up.—ED.] 
Indian Gardening (p. 316) alludes to our article on Paphiopedilum hir- 
sutissimum (p. 103), and remarks :—‘ It would appear that C. hirsutis- 
simum is really the true C. Fairrieanum! at any rate that is the impression 
left on our mind.” We hasten to say that such is not the case. The 
history should of course be read in connection with that of the true oe 
Fairrieanum, Lindl., previously given, and the wonder is that this original 
appearance of C. hirsutissimum should not have been previously recorded, 
especially in view of the facts given. How there came to be an “ Adar’s 
