202 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1903. 
the following record :— Imported from Borneo, 1858; collected by Mr. 
Hugh Low. Flowered here first in 1860, the first time in Europe. I had! 
the only plant which arrived alive. It was imported in the same box from. 
Borneo with Cypripedium Dayanum, of which I also bought the entire 
stock.” It was also figured by Reichenbach (Xen. Orch., ii., p. 154, t. 162). 
For a long period no other plant was known, and in 1889 Messrs. Veitch 
remarked :—“‘ There is no record of its having been imported since (Veitch.. 
Man. Orch., iv., pp. 35, 36). In that work it is given as P. javanicum var 
virens, but is now recognised as quite distinct from P. javanicum, a species 
at present extremely rare in European collections, if indeed actually 
represented. The flowers are green for the most part, with the apical 
halves of the petals light reddish purple. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Orchids : Their Culture and Management. By W. Watson. New edition, 
revised throughout and greatly enlarged, by H. J. Chapman. 8vo.. 
pp- 558, fig. 182, and 20 coloured plates. London, L. Upcott Gill,. 
Chancery Lane. 
THE first edition of this work, by W. Watson and W. J. Bean, appeared in 
1890, and the publishers remark that a new edition being called for, and the- 
original author not being able to undertake the heavy work of alterations: . 
and additions rendered necessary by lapse of time, the task was placed in 
the capable hands of Mr. H. J. Chapman, one of the most able Orchid 
growers and hybridists in the country. 
The Introductory portion contains information on the structure of the 
Orchid Houses, shading. watering and damping, ventilation, stoking, 
temperatures, imported Orchids, insects and other pests, Orchids as town~ 
plants, structure and other peculiarities, hybridisation, selection of parents, 
method of sowing the seeds, potting, &c., with a list of species, varieties, 
and hybrids, which occupies the great bulk of the volume. The genera and. 
species are arranged alphabetically, and the hybrids, natural and artificial,. 
are placed at the end of the genus, arranged alphabetically, followed by the 
parents and raiser. At the end of the work is a chapter on British and 
other hardy Orchids, with a chapter for beginners. 
The figures are partly from sketches, but the majority from photogr aphs 
taken by Mr. Chapman, and one only has to glance at them to see how 
infinitely superior is the latter method, both for accuracy and effect. A. 
comparison of the figures of Cypripedium Fairrieanum with a group of five 
of its hybrids (pp. 161 and 144) will enable anyone to realize this, the latter 
being marvellously life-like, but of the former one might ask whether the 
artist forgot to put in the very characteristic veining of the dorsal sepal. 
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