THE ORCHID REVIEW. 45 
parts and 48 plates appeared. In 1870 his name first appeared as Director 
of L’Illustration Horticole, a work which had been established and carried on 
by M. Charles Lemaire for 16 years, and from that time almost until its 
cessation, a quarter of a century later, he retained his connection with it. 
Finally, in 1885, was commenced an illustrated work upon Orchids, with 
M. J. Linden as Director, and Lindenia as title, a work whose character is 
well known. 
Linden’s knowledge of Orchids and their habitats was very extensive, 
and he brought it to bear on their culture with good effect. He received 
numerous marks of honour from his own and various Continental 
Governments, and his funeral at Brussels on January 14th was attended by 
representatives of the Government and a large number of horticultural 
and other friends. 
A VISIT TO BURFORD. 
Ir is not the first time by any means that readers of the Orchid Review 
have heard about the well-known collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence at 
Burford, Dorking, but an account of such a collection might be written 
for every month of the year, and it will be interesting to mention briefly 
the most striking things which were to be seen there during January last. 
It is fortunately situated far enough away from any centre or town 
where that mixture of smoke and fog is too often found which is so 
injurious to Orchids, as was explained in last month’s Review (page 20), 
in a narration of fog effects. Asa result of this immunity, all the winter- 
flowering Orchids were in full beauty at the time of our visit, and for 
any one who witnessed the disastrous effects of the Christmas fogs in 
the London district, it is really surprising to notice the quantity of plants 
in flower at Dorking at this time of year. 
We were very much struck with the beautiful winter-flowering Lzelias, 
chiefly several white forms belonging to the anceps and autumnalis 
group. Lelia anceps Dawsoni is a splendid variety, the sepals and petals 
are of the purest white, also the exterior of the lip, while the throat is 
beautifully veined, and the front lobe tinted with purple. Lelia autumnalis 
alba is another great beauty, possessing only a small yellow mark on 
the lip. Beside these valuable kinds, other forms of L. anceps were 
showing their charming flowers. 
A little further on we found several interesting hybrids, part of them 
‘reared at Burford. Cypripedium x conco-Lawre is a characteristic hybrid, 
and a point which attracted our attention, is that the influence of C. 
‘concolor is largely developed in the foliage. C. X callo-bellum, with 
