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Phalanopsis Rothschildiana. 



Phal.-enopsis Rothschildiana. — This 

 scarce hybrid was obtained by crossing" 

 Schilleriana and amabihs, the raisers being 

 Messrs. Veitch and Sons, who appear to have 

 first flowered it in 1887. The leaves are 

 freckled with grey as in the former parent. 

 The dorsal sepal and petals white, the outer 

 half of the lateral sepals also white, the inner 

 half light yellow spotted with purple towards 

 the base. The side lobes of the hp pale 

 yellow on the mside, spotted with purple at 

 the base ; the front lobe stained with yellow 

 and spotted with red from the base to beyond 

 the middle ; the apical area white, the tendrils 

 anchor-shaped at the base with the arms 

 elongated into slender cirri ; crest yellow 

 dotted with red-purple. 



Royal Horticultural Society. — The 

 last meeting of the year will be held Dec. 7th, 

 1915. Fellows' tickets are available for the 

 meetings of Jan. iith and 25th, 1916. 



Polystachya GRANDIFLORA. — A flower 

 of this interesting species comes from Mr. 

 Walter R. Scott, The Limes, South Moor, 

 Stanley, Durham, who cultivates a varied 

 collection of some thousand plants. The 

 flowers, carried on vertical spikes, are waxy 

 m texture, pale green tinged with purple, and 

 with some purple markings on the inner side 

 of the lateral sepals and on the lip. When 

 figured m the Botanical Magazine, February, 

 1839, the following" note was added: — "A 

 native of Sierra Leone, whence it was 

 imported by our valued friend Mr. John 

 Allcard. In October, 1838, it flowered in the 

 stove of that gentleman, who obligingly sent 

 us the accompanying drawing by Mrs. 

 Withers, Botanical Painter to Her Majest)" 

 the Dowager Queen Adelaide." Passing on 

 to recent times, this species was exhibited by 

 the late Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., R.H.S., 

 September iith, igofi, when it obtained a 

 Botanical Certificate, the flowers being 

 regarded as the largest in the genus. 



