January, 1916.] THE ORCHID WORLD. 93 



just when it is not desired. On the other 

 hand, the bulbs should never be allowed to 

 shrivel to any visible extent for fear of 

 checking the development of the flower-buds, 

 which are formed on all well-ripened plants. 

 The flower-buds are produced when only a 

 moderate degree of moisture is present in the 

 compost, whereas the excitement of the basal 

 bud, which in due course becomes the new- 

 growth and bulb, requires considerably more 

 moisture, as well as increase of temperature. 



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DeNDROBIUM FaLCONERI. — Horlicultiire, 

 U.S.A., contains in its issue of December 4th, 

 191 5, an illustration of this fine old species, 

 with the following note by Mr. H. A. Barnard : 

 — " I was in the office of Horticulture one 

 morning recently, when Friend Stewart 

 showed me some photographs taken by M. J. 

 Pope, the well-known Orchid grower to Mrs. 

 Tuttle, Naugatuck, Conn. Among them was 

 one of Dendrobium Falconeri, a magnificent 

 specimen, exceedingly well flowered, one such 

 as is not often seen. It carried me back in 

 memory some fifty years when I first saw this 

 lovely variety. It was a plant sent to Messrs. 

 Low, then at Clapton, from Sir William 

 Marriott, Bart., Down House, Blandford. 

 This plant was carefully packed m a box 

 standing upright and as soon as the cover was 

 removed there it stood m all its glory, and 

 I have never seen a Dendrobium more 

 beautiful, the bright crimson-purplish tips 

 making a striking contrast to the base of the 

 flower. D. Falconeri giganteum has, perhaps, 

 finer and more substantial looking flowers, but 

 misses the graceful charm of the original type. 

 I have seen perhaps as many Dendrobiums 

 as most people, but none have made so 

 lasting an impression on my mind as good old 

 Falconeri. Mr. Pope seems to have got the 

 knack of flowering it well. From what I have 

 seen and from what my old friend Boxall, 

 who collected thousands, told me, it seems to 

 want keeping very cold during the resting 

 season, and then to be put into sharp heat, 

 when it will flower well ; otherwise it goes 

 into growth." 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



( Continued from page y2.) 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, exhibited the new La;lio-Cattleya 

 Eyeringiana (C. Bowringiana x L. Eyerman- 

 iana), with an archmg spike of rose-pink 

 flowers ; also Cattleya Gatton Ruby (amabilis 

 X Hardyana), resembling the latter parent. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, 

 Streatham, showed his new Odontoglossum 

 Chloe (Groganiae x crispum), with flowers of 

 dark crimson-red, the lip rose-crimson, and 

 the crest yellow. 



F. J. Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East 

 Grinstead, showed flowers of his new Cattleya 

 Portiata (Portia x labiata), of larger size than 

 Portia and darker than labiata. 



E. Whiteaway, Esq., Feltham Lodge, 

 Feltham, sent a flower of Brasso-Cattleya 

 William Pitt (B.-C. Digbyano-Mossias x C. 

 Octave Doin), of large size, and rose-mauve 

 colour. 



William Bolton, Esq., Warrington, 

 exhibited several Cypripedium flowers, 

 including the pure white Boltonii. 



Walter Cobb, Esq., showed a five-flowered 

 spike of Cymbidium Hanburyanum (erythro- 

 stylum X Tracyanum). 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 staged the pretty Sophro-Cattleya Pearl (C. 

 Portia X S.-C. Doris), several excellent 

 varieties of Cattleya Fabiata, the interesting 

 Odontonia brugensis, and some richly coloured 

 varieties of Odontioda Charlesworthii and 

 O. Diana. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, exhibited 

 Laelio-Cattleya Bola, with a spike of three 

 handsome flowers ; the new Brasso-Cattleya 

 Merlin (B.-C. Digbyano-Schroderae x C. 

 labiata), and the bright red Odontioda Nena 

 (Oda. Vuylstekeas x 0dm. percultum). The 

 rare Trias disciflora and Cypripedium 

 purpuratum were also shown. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Jarvisbrook, 

 Sussex, exhibited Cattleya Boadicea (Gaskel- 

 liana x Hardyana), a majestic flower, and one 



