2 ICONES ORCHIDEARUM. 
oughly dealt with, and coloured and analytical drawings given, a method which, as the ane in 
the preface states, is the only sa tisfactory one with the majority of the subjects de i st , not- 
withstandin ang t e presence of the et the descriptions in the letterpress, tak ptatin and 
En are given even to the most minute details, and the affinities and habitats of the; species, and 
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other interesting information, are append 
Fifty coloured or peeuy. coloured | (except ne pe are given, and they are remarkable for 
the careful drawing ny epicting of ome re: as minor features, but which are of 
the highest importance mle a aithfal pata ne oe the e plant. The colo ouring, too, is good, 
and not ecainimaated: > ‘The subjects illustrated and described comprise Disa, 13 species : Satyrium, 
6; Habenaria, 3; Bulbo reel 1; Angreecum, 5; Corycium, 3; Brownleea, 4; Disperis, tS 
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and Schizochilus, 1. Oft ese nine are new species, viz., Angreecum caffrum, A, Mande, Habenaria 
mene ~~ bes ie oce ngseed “Pachites Bodkini, Disa sabulosa, D. conferta, and 
rownle o the figu ~ _— we observe that some of wy — 
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also flowered in gardens ey 3 ue oe and ar more beauty than the eager conveys ; t. 
i fine picture of the blu Jisa, D. oraceis folia, about which Mr. Bol ves some parti- 
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freest to bloom, and during one season we heard of its having bloomed in several gardens. Plate 38 
llastrates the ehingss -scarlet Disa ferruginea, and t. 39 8 soak 
tructure, D. porrecta, a very useful arrangement for son, c in 
ie n t. 35, Disa elegans, Rchb. f., an iNustration of a beetle pos it is given, with the 
following interesting remarks :—‘‘ Upon one ys : e€ seins was found a beetle, "Peritr ichia 5 at , as my 
friend Mr. Peringuey, informs me, belonging oup of well-known "pote Apert h had a 
Sorairgee attached to its thorax. This being oat the e second instance of an insec ceelly carrying 
Orchid pollen which I cgueed mary during many years’ study of Cape Orchids, I ov thought it desir- 
able “a figure it with the 
work is of great pec to the botanist, and should be of great interest to gardeners, the 
plants which are treated ie Se! ie that are fin nding gradually the place in gardens that they de- 
serve to occu mDY and affording ample returns for the care bestowed upon them. example, Disa 
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doubtless the ve m not far distant when other handsome species of the genus will be equally at home 
with Th ums, too, thrive remarkably well in cool sunny frames with some Bade 
ire those who oe green nhouse mes s —— er — Fea little — For whatever r purpose, h 
ever, the work under notice is in are sure that all who get this first part will eagerly +l 
forward for its successors, w’ we dareealy trust ri roca author will have teidere to elaborate. 
From Hine URNAL OF BOTANY, November, 1893. 
THESE nod excellen sel rd es and descriptio ot mes ncine. the Cape Flora aré indeed welcome. 
The species selected range t pep the stony order from Lifaris to iiss and SSS Saenei and we pre- 
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sume the same arrangement will obtain ie salen parts. Why does not Mr. Bolus monograph 
the order in iiss : task for which he is ee qualified, and by which he would aaa oa still 
tanists oe the world, as well as on th field-botanists, students, and 
overs of nature in Soni to whom he trusts his book will be of service? S Icones ” 
ar rse ell whete nothing better is to be , bu must have ready to hand, 
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: ere is e i t 
continuation of she Flor 2 Cues S, of which, so the Fons runs, portions have been elaborat 
various workers; but, alas! like other great works, it remains, and seems likely to remain, 
e chief ae of the apr tay work consists in the fact that nearly all the drawings are from 
living De oe th One en € fortunate workers who can get fresh plants for ee: dissections 3 
ago author nace: in t he first lines of his Preface, few orders stand need of 
such istration hese: Orchids. It is is irik 5 a er ee enna lips ‘nsatistactory or per hope- 
less, task to t flowers so The author, who is also the 
W. Wesley and.tua, 28, Essex Sera London. 
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