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the margins of the dorsal sepal, forming a hood over the column, and the 
other half extending forward and simulating lobes of the lip. Two other 
long clavate bodies follow the same direction, and these are the stigmas. 
They are formed by the division of the stigmatic lobe into two, each being 
carried forward on a long style. The column occupies its usual position, 
but is remarkable in shape. The rostellum is large and cucullate, and is 
also extended in front into a pair of attenuated side lobes, at the apex of 
which is seen a small exserted gland, to which the long attenuated caudicle 
of the pollinia are attached, and from which they extend back to the pollen 
masses in a pair of narrow channels. The lip is extended at the base into 
a long slender spur. 
The fertilising insect alights on the flower, and inserts its proboscis into 
the spur in search of nectar, in doing which it touches the glands of the 
rostellum, which adhere to it. When the insect flies away the caudicles are 
dragged out of their channels, and the pollinia from their pouch, and hang 
down beneath the insect’s head, in such a position that when it alights on 
another flower the pollinia come in contact with the stigmas, and some of 
the pollen grains are left behind. The action may be imitated exactly by 
inserting a lead pencil towards the mouth of the spur. The first time the 
pollinia are brought away, and the second time shows the way the pollinia 
strike the stigmas and leave some of the pollen grains behind. 
The Ophrydez present some other complex characters. In Orchis and 
Ophrys the glands of the rostellum are included within pouch-like extensions 
of the rostellum, which only rupture when touched by the fertilising insect. 
In Satyrium the lip is uppermost, and hood-shaped, with two spurs or sacs 
at the base. In the allied genus Disa it is the dorsal sepal which is 
superior, and more or less galeatc and spurred. 
(To be continued.) 
A BEGINNER’S COLLECTION. 
I COMMENCED growing Orchids in 1903, having bought one forts. I potted 
it in bracken mould, mixed with brick dust. The plant was not named, 
and neither my gardener nor I had any knowledge whatever of their 
culture, in fact it was the first we had seen. The plant, however, progressed 
until, from curiosity, I turned it out of the pot to 
satisfactorily for a while, 
Z I was astonished at the number 
see what progress the roots were making. 7 . 
of roots it had made and determined to grow more. My gardener was just 
I saw Mr. Burberry’s book advertised, and bought 
as interested as I was. 
Orchid Review, and became a 
a copy, and in that I saw a notice of the 
subscriber. 
It was not long before I tried my hand at 
crosses, obtained good seed, but no results. 
hybridising. I tried many 
Last autumn I discovered 
