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remarkable. The ground colour is yellow and the markings brown, and at 

 the first flowering the two colours were pretty equally distributed. The 

 second year the blotches were smaller, hence there was an increased amount 

 of yellow. On the third occasion the flowers were appreciably finer, the 

 plant having become strong, and the amount of brown on the sepals and 

 petals was considerably augmented, giving the flower an altogether darker 

 appearance, but, curiously enough, the blotch on the lip was smaller and 

 darker. 



It was interesting to see a dried flower of the original O. X Denisonae, 

 a plant which bloomed with Lord Londesborough in 1872, and was figured 

 in the Floral Magazine (t. 26). It was feared that the plant was lost, but 

 Mr. Crawshay has succeeded in tracing it. It was sold by Lord Londes- 

 borough to Mr. W. Lee, of Downside, who in turn sold it to Mr. Lea, of 

 Worcester, who has it still. Mr. Crawshay, however, has acquired a por- 

 tion of it. There was also a flower from the original plant of O. X Wilcke- 

 anum, of which Mr. Crawshay has also obtained a part. We were able to 

 compare these two flowers side by side, and came to the conclusion that 

 both were forms of the same hybrid between O. crispum and O. luteopur- 

 pureum, the former having a white ground and few spots, and the latter a 

 yellow ground and much larger blotches. Numerous intermediate forms 



In the preceding circumstance we have very practical evidence of the 

 utility of a collection of dried flowers, and with it we must take leave, for 

 the present, of Mr. Crawshay and his highly interesting collection. 



H/EMARIA DAWSON I AN A. 



A fine specimen of this handsome Orchid, bearing eight racemes, is figured 

 in a recent issue of the Gardeners'' Chronicle (1904, i., p. 387, fig. 170). It 

 was grown in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, and Mr. Allard remarks that 

 of all the Ancectochili, grown for their beautiful foliage, he finds it the 

 easiest to keep in good condition. Apart from the deep olive-green foliage, 

 with its copper-coloured veins, it is an extremely pretty plant when in 

 flower. It blooms annually about Christmas time, and the flowers remain 

 in good condition for at least a month. They are pure white, except for an 

 orange yellow blotch on the column. The scapes are covered with short 

 downy white hairs. Contrary to what might have been expected, the plant 

 does not seem to suffer by being allowed to flower for so long a time. It is 

 grown under a bell-glass among other Orchids, where a minimum tempera- 

 ture of 6o° F. is maintained, and where it is protected in summer from strong 

 light by the shade afforded by the leaves of taller plants standing round 



