312 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTorEr, 1903. 
‘Wigan at the price of fifty guineas, which sum will be handed over to the 
building fund intact, the auctioneers kindly foregoing their commission on 
the sale. A figure has just appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle (1903, ll, p. 
227, fig. 93), which reached us by the same post as the flowers from whic 
it was prepared, and a comparison shows that the figure has been somewhat 
enlarged. The plant recalls Z. maxillare in habit, but the flowers are more 
like those of Z. rostratum. The sepals and petals are oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, 1? inches long, and light green, with a light brown area in the 
centre, made up of moreor less confluent blotches. The limb of the lip is 
nearly orbicular, 1} inches long, slightly broader, and very prettily lined 
and marbled with violet-purple on a whitish ground. The large horse-shoe 
shaped crest is yellow, with numerous violet-purple radiating lines, and the 
column is of the latter colour. It is a handsome addition to the group. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM NIVEUM. 
I SEND you a few particulars, as desired, about the cultural treatment given 
to Paphiopedilum niveum, figured at page 273. 
The plant came here as newly-imported some four years ago, and is 
grown in the Warm house, where it occupies a position at the warmest end, 
some two feet from the glass roof. Two years ago it was placed ina ten- 
inch pan, well drained, in a compost of fibrous loam, sphagnum moss, and 
limestone, in equal parts. It is given abundance of water during the 
summer months, and never allowed to become really dry in winter. With 
this treatment growth is luxuriant, the plant retains every leaf, and is the 
Savy of every Orchid enthusiast who has seen it. This year the plant 
carried fifteen flower scapes, six of which were twin flowered.—]. MACKAY. 
(The beautiful plant figured is a picture of health, and we can quite 
Tealise what Mr. Mackay says about it. Many readers will be glad to know 
the exact conditions under which it was grown, because it will enable those 
who do not succeed so well with it to bring their own method into line, in 
the hope of obtaining equally good results. There is one detail in the 
figure to which we desire to call attention, namely, the black margins to 
some of the flowers. These have no existence in the original photograph, 
and ought not to have been here. The fact is, the photograph was taken 
against a rather light background, and we requested that the latter should 
be darkened a little before reproduction, in order to throw the flowers up 
better. Unfortunately the retoucher exceeded his instructions, with the 
_ Fesult mentioned. These lines, however, though unsightly to those who 
know the flower, do not in any way affect the accuracy of the picture as 
a Tecord of a remarkable little specimen, on the culture of which Mr- 
Mackay deserves to be congratulated.— Ep. ] 
