THE ORCHID REVIEW. 261 
DIES ORCHIDIANZ, 
I REGRET to learn that no information is yet to hand as to the where- 
abouts of M. Jules Hye’s Orchids, which disappeared so mysteriously 
from the Temple Show. I note, however, in the Chronique Orchidéene 
for March, 1898, a short account of the matter, under the title, ‘‘ Strange 
disappearance of Orchids,” and as the date is at least two months before 
the event took place, it would appear that the mystery deepens. 
The unfortunate event shows the necessity of some alteration in the 
arrangements for the safe custody of exhibits at the close of a Show; 
until they have been formally handed over to the parties responsible 
for their removal, and I think the arrangements made by the Secretary 
of the Hanley Park Féte, as recorded at page 252, are admirably suited to 
meet the case. Something of the kind ought to be arranged at the 
Temple Show, and other big Shows, where so many valuable plants are 
brought together. If exhibitors and other authorised persons were required 
to wear a badge at the closing of the tents, and all others were compelled 
to retire, there would be little risk of the recurrence of such an incident. 
A correspondent asks :—Will it be possible to identify those plants in 
future ? and, I must confess, it isa very nice question, and one on which I do 
not care to venture an opinion. Perhaps, perhaps not. One or two of them 
are Tare, Or possess a certain amount of individuality, which, under certain 
circumstances, might enable them to be identified, but it is difficult to 
say that no others like them are known. Meantime, I do not think that 
the incident is yet closed. 
Another correspondent calls attention to the record of parentage of 
Cypripedium x Olenus Sir Thomas Lipton, recorded at page 220 as 
“derived from C. ciliolare and C. bellatulum album.” He remarks that 
as the latter flowered for the first time in this country in June, 1895, 
it is manifestly impossible that any seedling from it could have yet 
reached the flowering stage. This is precisely the idea which struck me 
at the time, and I turned up the record of C. bellatulum album in 
consequence. It would be interesting to have precise records of the 
matter, to see if any other explanation is possible. 
I do not know whether I am expected to say anything on the question 
of Disa grandiflora with branched spikes, which was left in a rather 
interesting condition at page 231. Certainly the next which appears, 
if it is the “ next,’’ ought to be exhibited under a glass case. Reichenbach 
