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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[June-July, igi6. 



Dendrobium Farmeri oar. albiflorum. Growing in the garden of H.R.H. Prince Paribatra of Siam, 



Bang-khun-Prom Palace, Bangkok, Siam. 



Dendrobium Farmeri. — In Vol. V., 

 p. 274, we published an illustration of this 

 elegant species, and in an accompanying" 

 article mentioned the variety albiflorum, 

 which appears to have first flowered under 

 cultivation with Messrs. J. Macoy and Co., 

 at Liege, Belgium, m the spring of i860, just 

 thirteen years after the introduction of the 

 typical form. The reproduced photograph in 

 this issue depicts an unusually fine display of 

 bloom in the noted collection of H.R.H. 

 Prince Paribatra of Siam, Bang-khun-Prom 

 Palace, Bangkok, Siam. The eastern forest 

 of Siam produces the variety albiflorum in 

 abundance, and judging by the mass of bloom 

 seen in the above photograph a truly gor- 

 geous effect is produced. Dendrobiums, 

 when correctly cultivated, are exceedingly 

 attractive. 



The West Point Collection. — After 

 being" in the employ of Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co., Mr. G. H. Jemmison has been 

 appointed Orchid grower to Mr. Samuel 

 Gratrix, West Point, Whalley Range, Man- 

 chester. 



Cattleya Schroder/E var. Marjorie 

 Helen. — A large photograph of this delight- 

 ful spring-flowering Cattleya is sent by Mr. 

 W. E. Eglington, now in charge of a very 

 fine collection of Orchids at Menlo Park, 

 California, U.S.A. It depicts a strong plant, 

 with two spikes, each carrying three large 

 pure white flowers having well-displayed 

 segments, and with the usual zone of orange- 

 yellow in the throat. The margin of the 

 labellum is prettily frilled. 



