THE ORCHID REVIEW. 115 
NOVELTIES. 
DENDROBIUM NOBILE VAR. BALLIANUM.—The varieties of Dendrobium 
nobile are becoming very numerous, but the subject of the present note is 
quite distinct from anything we have seen before, and also very handsome. 
{ts most remarkable feature is the absence of the dark maroon disc, so 
characteristic of this species, which is replaced by a light pink area of 
similar size. The flowers are large and well shaped, the sepals and petals 
blush-white passing into blush-pink towards their extremities. The apex of 
the lip is also blush-pink, and between this and the soft pink disc the colour 
is pale sulphur-white. It appeared among the importations of Messrs. F. 
Sander and Co., of St. Albans, from whom we have received materials for 
description. It is dedicated by request to G. Sherland Ball, Esq., of Earls- 
Cliffe, Bowdon, Cheshire. It is a charming variety, and received a First4 
class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on March r4th last. 
DENDROBIUM NOBILE AMESIZ.—Together with the preceding we also 
received flowers of another handsome variety, near D. nobile albiflorum, but 
with larger flowers. The sepals and petals are pure white, and the disc 
large and very richly coloured. It is dedicated to Mrs. F. L. Ames, of 
Langwater, North Easton, Mass., U.S.A. It received an Award of Merit 
from the Royal Horticultural Society on February 14th last. 
PLATYCLINIS GLUMACEA VAR. VALIDA, Rolfe.—This is a very robust and 
temarkable variety of the above well-known species, with leaves nearly 
twice as broad as those of the ordinary form, yet the flowers are not appre- 
Clably different. The peculiarity, however, has led to its being confused 
with the quite distinct P. latifolia. It first appeared with M. A. A. Peeters, 
of St. Gilles, Brussels, then at Glasnevin, and now we have received it from 
H. J, Hunter, Esq., of North St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh. The aonees 
Vary from over one to one and three-quarter inches broad. It is no sa 
trifling Variation, but quite constant in character, and a fine plant sige 
with its graceful racemes, as shown in a photograph —_* 
Hunter, has a very elegant appearance. 
Byenwaprew Arrieronusow— Ths pa scene 
duced with Cypripedium Hookere, but the leaves 
the flowers quite different. We have not seen } 
Feb, 4th, Pp. 95. 
t.—Gower in The Garden, 
