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THE ORCHID REVIEW. : 3 
ORCHIDS OF 1893. 
THE novelties of 1893 have been rather numerous, as our pages month by 
month have indicated, and, in conformity with custom, we may now glance 
at the more important ones, beginning with species, and then passing on to 
hybrids, which latter seem to increase in number and importance every year. 
Among the species the most important event of the year is the discovery 
and introduction of the very distinct and handsome Cypripedium Charles- 
worthii (of which a coloured plate appeared in our last number), by Messrs. 
- Charlesworth, Shuttleworth and Co., of Heaton, Bradford. With the 
general habit of C. Spicerianum and a new and unexpected colour in the 
dorsal sepal, it is sure to become a very popular garden plant. Phaius 
roseus, which flowered among the plants brought home by the Earl of 
Scarborough, is a small species with light rose-coloured flowers and a very 
interesting addition to the genus. It is now known to be a native of 
Burmah. Lycaste cinnabarina is another very striking species, now intro- 
duced from Peru by Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, Brussels, 
though dried species were collected by Warscewicz forty years ago. Maxil- 
laria striata is a large-flowered Peruvian species introduced by the same 
firm. Selenipedium Sargentianum was introduced from Pernambuco by 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., of St. Albans. This firm also distributed 
an importation of the remarkable Eulophiella Elisabethe, which, though 
not strictly speaking a new plant, had not previously been put into com- 
merce. Its history has been referred to on more than one occasion in our 
pages. Stanhopea Lowii and its white variety Amesiana were introduced 
from the Cauca by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of Clapton. Brassia 
Lewisii was introduced by Messrs. W. L. Lewis and Co., of Southgate, 
who also introduced Cynorchis grandiflora. Gongora Charlesworthii was 
introduced by Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth and Co., of Heaton, 
Bradford. Oncidium unicolor appeared with Mr. William Bull, of Chelsea, 
‘some years ago, but has only recently been described. 
Several interesting things have flowered in private collections. Cirrho- 
petalum robustum is a very remarkable species which flowered in the col- 
lection of Colonel Trevor Clarke, of Daventry, having been introduced by 
that gentleman’s nephew, Captain Clarke, from New Guinea. Lelia 
Lucasiana flowered both with Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., of Burford, 
Dorking, and C. J. Lucas, Esq., of Warnham Court, Horsham. It is now 
said to have been introduced by Messrs. F. Sander and Co., from Brazil. 
Aérides platychilum and Masdevallia Burbidgeana both flowered in the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, under the care of Mr. F. W. Moore, 
A.L.S., the latter having been introduced by Messrs. Sander; Lycaste 
Rossiana appeared in the collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, Italy, 
its origin being unknown. 
