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thousand ‘pages of well-printed matter, very well arranged and indexed, and 
illustrated with numerous figures. In the preparation of the work M. L. 
Linden acknowledges the assistance of M. Alfred Cogniaux for the scientific 
portion, and M. G. Grignan. It is dedicated to M. J. Linden, and is 
divided into four parts—Orchids from a scientific standpoint, Orchids in a 
natural state, Culture of Orchids in Europe, and Descriptions of the 
principal Orchids cultivated in Europe, with an Introduction. The first 
three parts are divided into thirty-four chapters, in which the various 
subjects involved are treated in detail, though the historical portion is 
particularly weak, and we fail to find any mention of Thomas Lobb, who is 
certainly entitled toa very high place among “ Les principaux explorateurs.” 
It may also be pointed out that the curious enumeration of plants composing 
a large collection in 1848 originally appeared at p. 141 of our last volume. 
The cultural portion of the work is excellent, and is treated in great detail. 
The enumeration of cultivated Orchids occupies nearly half the volume, 
and contains an excellent selection, though no indication is given either of 
authorities, native countries (except in a very few instances), or published 
figures, an omission which we consider unfortunate in a work of reference. 
True, there is a chapter on geographical distribution earlier in the book, 
also a list of figures published in the Lindenia, though we think that the 
details would have been better incorporated with the descriptions, and that 
other important figures should have been included. We hope to see 
some of these points rectified in a future edition. As a cultural work it 
is thoroughly comprehensive, and embodies the experience of a very 
successful Orchidist, which is a satisfactory guarantee of its excellence. 
GONGORA SCAPHEPHORUS. 
It is very curious how long certain Orchids may be lost sight of. The 
above is a very curious Peruvian species, which was described as long ago as 
1854 (Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, ii. p. 98). It was collected by Warscewicz, and 
was cultivated in the celebrated collection of Consul Schiller, of Hamburg, 
and M. Pescatore, of Paris, though it soon seems to have been lost sight of. 
On its reappearance a year or two ago it was thought to be new, and was 
exhibited as G. Charlesworthii, and afterwards described (supra, i. p. 198), 
though its identity with the long-lost plant is now apparent. It bears a 
long arching raceme of numerous flowers, which are curiously blotched and 
spotted with purple-brown on a light ground, the very curious lip being 
yellowish white, with a few maroon-purple bars towards the base. The 
petals are very small, and the reflexed side-lobes of the lip oblong, obtuse, 
and concave. The flowers have a very pleasant aromatic fragrance. A 
plant has now flowered in the collection of H. J. Elwes, Esq., Andovers- 
ford, Gloucestershire. R, Az R; 
