﻿October, 1904.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



the work, and it is requested that all communications relating to 

 the publication or administration of the work be sent to M. Goossens, 

 Avenue Walkiers, 68, Anderghem, Brussels. 



From the Chnmiijue Onhidccnc, a supplement to the same work, we learn 

 that two very interesting African species of Vanilla are in cultivation at the 

 Jardin Colonial, Laeken, and the Jardin Botanique de l'Etat, Brussels. 

 These are V. grandifolia (" grandiflora "), Lindl., and V. Lujae, Wildem., 

 both introduced from the Congo district, and not known to be in cultiva- 

 tion elsewhere. 



The contents of the May number, a notice of which appears to have 

 been accidentally omitted from our pages are as follows :— Cattleya X 

 Cogniauxii, C. X Enid,-C. X Fabia var. Vigeriana, C. X F. W. Wigan, 

 C. X Imperator, C. X Peetersii, C. X Pittiana, C. X Rembrandt, 

 Cypripedium X Memoria-Fournieri, Dendrobium Ccelogyne, Laelio- 

 cattleya X Digbyano-Mossia; var. splendens, Oncidium superbiens, and 

 Stauropsis fasciata. 



Two curiously abnormal flowers of Paphiopedilum barbatum are sent by 

 W. Muir, Esq., Linlithgow. One of them has the column replaced by two 

 petal-like bodies, half as broad and nearly as long as the ordinary petals, 

 which latter are present but shorter and broader than usual, while the 

 two sepals and lip are also present. The other may be described as a 

 crippled monster, the lip being partially confluent with the petal and sepal 

 on one side of the flower, while those on the other side are free, but not 

 normal. 



A batch of the Brazilian Miltonias have been making a fine display in 

 the Kew collection, and include good examples of M. spectabilis Moreliana, 

 M. Clowesii, M. Regnellii, M. Candida, together with the natural hybrids 

 M. X castanea, M. X Binoti, and M. X Cogniauxiae var. bicolor. Some 

 of them are represented by two or three examples, and most of them carried 

 numerous spikes, the whole forming a very interesting group. 



Other interesting things in the collection are a plant of the Dove Orchid, 

 Peristeria elata, bearing four fine spikes, two forms of the remarkable natural 

 hybrid Catasetums X splendens, the rare C. Trulla, C. quadridens, two 

 plants of the charming little Habenaria carnea, and quite a number of 

 botanical rarities, to say nothing of the usual showy species and a number 

 of hybrids, which are making a good show. 



It may be interesting also to note that female flowers of Catasetum Naso 

 and Cycnoches pentadactylon have recently appeared in the collection. 



