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stachys are useful from a decorative standpoint ; of these I would men- 
tion P. leonensis, a sweet scented variety, and rarely fails to bring forth 
its annual display of Lily of the Valley-like spikes; then we have P. 
grandiflora and odorata, all needing the temperature of the warm division 
while in an active state. The list could easily be prolonged, but enough 
has been said to show that among the species there are plenty to satisfy 
everyone who decides to take up this section of the Orchideee.—T. ANsTISs, 
in Fournal of Horticulture. 
The revival in these so-called ‘‘ botanical curios” comes as a welcome’ 
development, and is reminiscent of the olden days of Orchid growing. The 
above list might be extended almost indefinitely, so numerous are the 
interesting and beautiful species that one seldom sees in ordinary collections, 
and which present no special difficulties in their culture. If one has only a 
Cool house at command, room can usually be found for some of the rarer 
Odontoglossums and Masdevallias, with a few Oncidiums and other natives 
of the Andes. Of those that succeed under Intermediate house treatment 
the number is almost legion, and includes various species of Lycaste, 
Maxillaria, Epidendrum, members of the Zygopetalum group, Trichopilia, 
Colax jugosus, Gongora, Brassia, Acineta, Brassavola, and numerous other 
interesting things. The possession of a Warm house enables one to 
introduce various species of Cirrhopetalum and Bulbophyllum, which are 
not only very quaint in structure, but very attractive when well grown. The 
remark also applies to some of the rarer Dendrobiums. Then there is the 
large section comprised under Saccolabium, Aérides, Vanda, Angraecum and 
allies, many of which are now seldom seen in fine condition, though many 
of them require very little room, and are very effective when well grown. 
Reichenbach once remarked that almost any Orchid was effective when well 
grown, and at all events there are many more highly attractive kinds than 
even the largest collection can accommodate, so that there is plenty of room 
for individual taste. 
EPIDENDRUM X KEWENSE.—A second seedling of the self-fertilised 
batch of Epidendrum X kewense is now in flower at Kew, and is much more 
yellow than the one noted at page 13. The colour may be described as part 
yellow and part salmon coiour, the former predominating, and there is clear 
dissociation of the two colours. The underlying ground colour is yellow 
with a suffusion of salmon colour in the lip, the adjacent halves of the 
lateral sepals, and the base and margin of the other three segments. Other 
spikes are showing, and the experiment promises to yield some interesting 
results.—R. A. RoLFE. 
