however  two  were  destroyed  while  in  bud  by  some  insect.  The 
third  bore  six  flowers  in  a rather  compact  raceme  each  measur- 
ing inches  across.  The  sepals  were  pure  white  the  narrow 
twisted  petals  ^ inch  across  and  U inch  lone  white  at  the  base  and 
pale  olive  yellow  above,  margined  with  mauve,  the  broad  lip  white 
with  mauve  at  the  mouth  of  the  spur  and  gradually  paling  into 
white  on  the  keels,  the  tip  of  the  lip  pale  mauve  with  a yellowisJi 
spot  on  the  edge,  the  three  ridges  on  the  keel,  are  well  marked,  the 
central  one  ending  in  a flat  subtriangular  tooth.  The  broad  thick 
column  is  white  stained  at  the  base  with  mauve  and  the  anther  cap 
orange. 
The  flowers  remained  fresh  for  three  weeks.  The  plant  is  a 
native  of  the  Philippines.  (Pd.) 
THE  IMPERIAL  INSTITUTE. 
Straits  and  Borneo  Exhibits. 
The  latest  supplement  to  the  Board  of  Trade  Journal  dealing 
with  matters  connected  with  the  Imperial  Institute,  contains  some 
interesting  notes  on  recent  additions  to  the  Indian  and  Colonial 
Sections.  The  following  is  an  extract  : — 
Straits  Settlements  a?td  Federated  Malay  States  : — Considerable 
progress  has  been  made  in  the  re-organisation  of  this  court,  on  a 
plan  prepared  last  year  by  Professor  Dunstan,  which  was  approved 
by  the  Government  of  the  Straits  Settlements,  by  whom  the  work 
of  collecting  and  preparing  in  the  Colony  the  new  exhibits  required 
was  entrusted  to  Mr.  H.  N.  Ridley,  m.  a.,  Director  of  Botanic  Garden 
and  Forests  at  Singapore  Much  assistance  has  kindly  been  given 
by  Mr.  LEONARD  Wray,  F.Z.S.,  Curator  of  the  Government  Museum 
at  Perak,  whilst  on  leave.  The  Straits  Court  is  being  re-modelled 
in  accordance  with  the  general  scheme  for  the  improvement  of  the 
collections,  the  object  in  view  being  to  render  the  exhibits  of  greater 
value  to  commercial  men,  for  educational  progress,  and  as  a means 
of  bringing  to  public  notice  recent  developments  in  economic  re- 
search. To  this  end  the  specimens  have  been  thoroughly  over- 
hauled and  a representative  series  selected  for  exhibition.  Temporary 
labels  have  been  added  giving  information  describing  the  collection 
and  manufacture  of  important  products,  and  the  local  uses  of  other 
products,  many  of  which  do  not  appear  as  exports.  These  tem- 
porary labels  are  being  replaced  as  rapidly  as  possible  by-  fuller 
specially  prepared,  printfd  labels,  and  when  this  work  is  comph'ted 
it  will  be  possible  for  the  visitor  to  learn,  as  completely  as  the 
specimens  allow,  the  method  of  cultivation,  collection,  and  manu- 
facture of  the  products,  and  the  uses  to  which  they  are  put.  The 
tin  industry  has  received  special  treatment  in  view  of  its  paramount 
importance,  and  a complete  series  of  specimens  and  photographs, 
illustrating  the  modes  of  occurrence  of  the  tin  ores,  the  methods  of 
mining  and  smelting,  have  been  placed  on  exhibition  with  full  des- 
