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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 1916. 



florifero'us varieties come from the Kareen 

 Hills, and at one time it was to be seen at 

 Amherst, growing on trees overhanging the 

 river, but civilisation has quite cleared this 

 district of any living plants. 



D. Palpebrae received an Award of Merit 

 when exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, October gth, 1894, by Messrs. Lewis 

 and Co., the predecessors of Messrs. Hassall 

 and Co., .Southgate. 



Cypripediu]\i Fletcherianum. — On 

 account of its decisive markings this hybrid 



will always be a source of attraction in col- 

 lections where Cypripediums are a speciality, 

 for the chocolate-purple dots arranged in 

 longitudinal lines show to advantage upon 

 the cream-coloured ground. The parents are 

 Godefroyas leucochilum and W. R. Lee, the 

 former an imported plant, perhaps of hybrid 

 origin, the latter a cross between Roths- 

 childianum and superbiens, and to which the 

 name of Lord Derby has also been applied. 

 Cypripedium Fletcherianum is named in 

 honour of the Rev. J. C. B. Fletcher, M.A., 

 Mundham Vicarage, Chichester, and when 

 exhibited by Messrs. Low and Co. at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, September 25th, 

 igo6, it received an Award of Merit. 



