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glaucophyllum, P. xX calloso-Rothschildianum with a four-flowered spike, 
Physosiphon Loddigesii, a species of Stelis, Masdevallia calura, Miltonia 
Phalznopsis, Disa xX Luna, Epidendrum vitellinum and the rare E. 
Brassavolz, some good Cattleya Warscewiczii, and other fine things. 
Mr. E. V. Low, Orchid Nursery, Vale Bridge, Haywards Heath, sent a 
small group of choice things, including the beautiful Lelia tenebrosa 
Walton Grange var., Cypripedium callosum Sandere, C. x Gowerianum 
magnificum, Odontoglossum X armainvillierense xanthotes, O. Pescatorei 
virginale, O. xX illustre, Coelogyne pandurata, a light coloured Odontioda 
Goodsonz, Bulbophyllum siamense, Cattleya x Madame Myra Peeters, 
three plants of the beautiful C. Mossia Wageneri, the best bearing six 
flowers, C. M. Vale Bridge var., differing from the preceding in having a 
slight tinge of lilac on the front of the lip, and a few other good things. 
Mr. G. Bornemann, Blankenburg, Harz, Germany, sent a number of 
hybrids Disas, which unfortunately were ores in transit, and no 
particulars of parentage were given. 
A fine inflorescence of Orchis hircina, ‘“‘ found growing near Dover,” 
was included in the group of herbaceous plants shown by Messrs. G. & A. 
Clarke, Dover. We believe that it is from the same source as the one 
shown last year, then preserved in formalin (see O.R. xvi. p. 246). 
Miss M. Waters Anson, Dovedale, Lewin Road, Streatham, showed a 
collection of about forty excellent paintings of Orchids, to which a Silver- 
gilt Flora Medal was awarded. The paintings were artistic, and the 
details very faithfully given, even the complex crest of Ccelogyne pandurata 
bearing close examination with a lens. The group contained many choice 
certificated Orchids. 
INTERESTING ORCHID LECTURE.—The second meeting of the new 
session of the Bristol and District Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement 
Association was held on June 24th, when Colonel Carey. Batten, the 
President of the Association, gave an interesting half-hour’s talk upon 
“Orchids.”” The Colonel directed special attention to things not to be 
done in. Orchid cultivation. He also gave some examples of potting. 
showing the right method of placing the crocks (length downwards, not flat), 
This was done in glass vessels, so that the potting material could be seen 
when finished, and proved very instructive. As an object lesson some 
seedling Cypripediums were shown, each potted in different compost, as 
loam, loam and peat, and peat and moss. There was but little variation in 
the growth to be seen. The Colonel said he failed to grow Cypripedium 
bellatulum until he planted it in the joint of a wall, where it is now 
thriving. In conclusion, the members were favoured with a demonstration 
upon hybridising.—Journal of Horticulture. 
