THE ORCHID REVIEW. 27 
Where many thrips and green-fly abound, it is a good plan to choose a fine 
morning, and dip the plants into some safe insecticide. It is rather difficult 
to advise as to which is the best, so many preparations being now made. 
For many years past I have used nicotine soap for this purpose, and have 
always found it safe and effectual, mixing it according to directions given 
with it. 
ORCHID PORTRAITS. 
Portraits of the following Orchids have recently appeared in the under- 
mentioned works. 
BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. 
Two Orchids appear in the December number of this work, viz. :— 
MicrostyLis Scotru, Hook. f., a species with elegantly variegated 
leaves, and dense spikes of dull purple flowers with a greenish-yellow lip; 
t.. 7268, 
AGANISIA IONOPTERA, Nicholson, a pretty little species, named in 
allusion to its violet petals; t. 7270. 
LINDENIA, 
The December number of this work contains the following :— 
CATTLEYA X HarpDyANA, Rchb. f., var. GARDENIANA, Hort., a form of 
this very variable natural hybrid in which the colour of C. Warscewiczii 
predominates over that of the other parent; t. 353. 
MILTONIA VEXILLARIA, Benth., VAR. VIRGINALIS, Hort., a pure white 
Variety; t. 354. 
VANDA INSIGNIS, Blume; t. 355- 
CaTTLEYA DOoWIANA VAR. STATTERIANA, Hort., a handsome variety 
from which most of the crimson has vanished on the sides of the lip; 
t. 356. 
ORCHID ALBUM. 
The last issue of the Orchid Album contains :— 
CYPRIPEDIUM x PITCHERIANUM, Rchb. f., WILLIAMS’ VAR., a handsome 
hybrid between C. x Harrisianum superbum and C. Spicerianum magnifi- 
een 455° 
DENDROBIUM CILIATUM, Parish, a pretty little Burmese species, with pale 
yellow flowers and a deep yellow lip veined with dull red, and ciliate ; t. 454. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X ORPHANUM, Rchb. f., a fine hybrid, named from the 
circumstance of the record of its parentage being lost, though there can be 
little doubt that it was derived from C. Druryi and C. barbatum ; t. 455. 
CATASETUM LONGIFOLIUM, Lindl., a handsome and interesting Deme- 
Taran species, which grows pendant from the stems of the Ita Palm 
