﻿September, 1904.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



A lecture on the " Preservation of Wild Flowers" was given by Prof. 

 Boulger at the R.H.S. meeting on August 23rd. which included many 

 references to the destruction of British and other Orchids, which it was 

 contended should be protected by legislative enactment and other means. 

 Cultivators of plants for sale and botanists were included among the 

 delinquents, and among the remedies suggested were the concealment of 

 habitats, their enclosure, the cultivation of wild forms, transplanting 

 rarities, re-introductions, education, and legislative action. The lecture will 

 be printed in the Society's Journal. 



Flowers of a handsome Epicattleya, obtained from Epidendrum 

 costaricense X Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, have been sent from the collection 

 of Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, by Mr. Alexander. They are 

 white, and fairly intermediate in structure. They must be referred to Epi- 

 cattleya X Lilians, raised by M. Maron and exhibited at a meeting of the 

 Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France, held at Paris in December last, 

 and recorded as derived from Cattleya Gaskelliana X Epidendrum 

 costaricense (Journ. Soc. Nat. Hort. France, 1903, p. 766). Whether this 

 seedling is from the same source is not stated. 



A flower of the pretty little Masdevallia X Veitchi-fragrans, which was 

 exhibited at the last R.H.S. meeting, is sent from the collection of 

 R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, by Mr. Smith. It is 

 most like M. fragrans in shape and colour, somewhat modified, however, 

 and the yellow ground of the perianth tube is covered with numerous 

 purplish hairs, which owe their origin to the influence of the M. Veitchiana 

 parent. It is probably not fully developed at present. 



A flower of a pretty little hybrid derived from Lselia cinnabarina X 

 Cattleya intermedia is sent by Messrs. Cappe, of Vesinet, France. It is 

 fairly intermediate in character, and must be referred to Lselio-cattleya X 



ORCHID PORTRAITS. 



Aerides crispum. — Gard. Chron., 1904, ii., p. 134, fig. 56. 



Angr^ecum infundibulare. — Gard. Chron., 1904, ii., p. 130, with 

 uppl. fig. ; Garden, 1904, ii., p. 109, with fig. 



Bulbophyllum Hamelinii. — Gard. Chron.. 1904. ii., pp. 118, 124, fig. 51. 



Calopogon pulchellus.— Journ. Hort., 1904, ii., p. 113, with fig. 



Cattleya X F. W. Wigan superba. — Gard. Mag., 1904, p. 510, with 

 fig.; Journ. Hort., 1904, ii., pp. 162, 163, with fig. 



Cattleya x Hardyana. — Amer. Gard., 1904, p. 493, with fig. 



