262 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
once wrote :—‘‘In auction rooms, drawings are shown as accurate copies 
of the original plant, but which are as much like it as the fine repre- 
sentations outside a menagerie are to the miserable beasts inside.” I 
wish the remark applied to auction rooms only. 
Last month I had some remarks to make respecting a figure of 
Odontoglossum crispum Prince of Wales, which were not exactly com- 
plimentary, but it gives me much pleasure to call attention of the beautiful 
supplementary illustration of Vanda X Miss Joaquim (not ‘ Joachim,” 
as in the text), which appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for August 13th 
last. Being reproduced from a photograph, it is as accurate as it is 
effective, which is saying a good deal. And what a beautiful hybrid it 
is! The flowers closely resemble those of V. Hookeriana—which is the 
more fortunate because scarcely anyone succeeds in growing that parent 
well—while it seems as easily grown as V. teres. 
Before closing my present notes, I would allude to the beautiful group 
of hybrid Disas, figured at page 241. It is evident that these plants 
will occupy a prominent position in our collections in the future, as I 
hear that other seedlings are in existence. It is also interesting to have 
such a graphic illustration of the forms we already have. 
ARGUS. 
ee 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEPTEMBER will give us the last rays of our summer sun, the days become 
shorter, the intense summer heat begins to wane, and the nights become 
much cooler. Everthing seems to tell us that the summer has again 
almost disappeared, for our houses are now beginning to show the early 
stars of our autumn-flowering species. 
In the Warm house several showy things are in blossom. Aérides 
Lawrence and suavissimum are very fine, and always remain in flower 
for three or four weeks. Ansellia confusa is also in bloom, and Galeandra 
Batemaniana is not yet over. Various Selenipediums are also to be seen, 
as S. longifolium, Schlimii, x Sedeni, x calurum, &c. Angrecums 
Chailluanum, arcuatum, and Scottianum will remain for a part of the 
present month, while A. bilobum and its variety Kirkii ought to begin to 
show their spikes. 
Several other plants are now showing, as Cypripedium xX Io, X 
Ashburtone and Charlesworthii. The two former are two well-known 
hybrids, and the latter, a handsome species well worth growing. C. X 
_ Arthurianum, a cross between C. Fairrieanum and insigne, as well as C. 
