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Other Sobralias grown here are—S. macrantha, a noble specimen, with 
about one hundred strong growths; S. xantholeuca, S. albo-violacea, 
S. virginalis, S. chlorantha, S. Warscewiczii, S. Fenzliana, etc. 
One of the best winter-flowering Orchids is Coelogyne cristata and its 
varieties, of which there are fine specimens here, two plants of the variety 
hololeuca having from fifty to eighty flowering growths. Many rare 
Ccelogynes are also included in the collection, of which C. Foerstermanii, 
C. Cumingii, and C. graminifolia may be mentioned. 
No mention has been made of the numerous species of Angzecum, 
Phaius, Catasetum, Mormodes, Cycnoches (including the unique plant of 
C. versicolor), Cymbidium, Zygopetalum, Ansellia, Vanda, Aérides, Onci- 
dium, etc., etc.; nor of the neglected genera Bulbophyllum, Cirrhopetalum, 
and Pleurothallis, in which the owner takes great interest; nor yet of many 
other curiosities more or less unique, such, for example, as Dendrobium 
Hughii, and the grass-green but lovely D. O’Brienianum. It is in the 
endless variety of habit, mode of growth, and structure of flower; in the 
quaint distinctiveness and never-ending surprises, that the charm of a varied 
collection of orchids lies. An educated horticultural taste will weary of the 
gorgeous Cattleya, lovely as it is, and find rest and satisfaction in beauty 
more modest and refined. Both elements, however, are well represented 
in the Burford collection, in which the most exacting taste could scarcely 
fail to find something of interest throughout the year. 
DENDROBIUM AMBLYORNIDIS AND THE 
GARDENER-BIRD. 
DENDROBIUM AMBLYORNIDIS was described as long ago as 1878 (Rchb. f. 
in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1878, i. p. 332), yet nothing more seems to be known 
about it at the present time. It is a native of New Guinea, and was 
found on Mount Arfak by the enterprising traveller Signor Beccari. 
Though not a particularly pretty Orchid, it seems to be a very useful 
one, at all events its stems are said to be exclusively used by one of the 
Birds of Paradise (Amblyornis inornata), of about the size of a turtle-dove, 
for the construction of its very curious nest. The plant is described as 
bushy in habit, with strong, thin branches, lanceolate leaves, and small, 
insignificant flowers. 
Signor Beccari has given a very interesting account of his discovery of 
the nest, from which it would appear that the bird is not only a gardener, 
but an Orchidist, too, in its own way, and therefore should enlist the 
sympathy of our readers. Beccari was on a projecting spur of Mount 
Arfak, at about 4,800 feet elevation. The virgin forest was very beautiful, 
