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NOTES. 



An Albino Result.- -One more albino 

 hybrid can be recorded. It is Cattleya 

 .Snowdon, obtained by crossing labiata alba 

 with .Suzanne Hye de Croni, the latter being 

 the result of crossing white varieties of 

 Gaskelliana and Mossice. Thus three albino 

 Cattleyas have been connected and yield 

 albino progeny. The raisers of C. Snowdon 

 arc Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells. 



The Ex'olution of the Inflorescence. 

 - -The study of the inflorescence from the 

 evolutionary point of view has been strangely 

 neglected. On this account we welcome the 

 comprehensive article by Mr. J. Parkin. M.A., 

 F.L..S., Trinity College, Cambridge, pub- 

 lished in the last issue of the Journal uf the 

 Liniican Society (Vol. XLIL, pp. 511-563). 

 The author states that Linnsus appears to 

 have been responsible for the introduction of 

 the term inflorescence, which literally means 

 the time of flower-bearing. It was applied 

 by the great Swedish naturalist to the 

 arrangement of the flowers on the axis or 

 axes. 



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Orchids of Shikotan. — " The Flora of 

 the Island of Shikotan," by Hisayoshi 

 Takeda, is the subject of an article in the last 

 issue of the Journal of the Linnean Society 

 (Vol. XLIL, No. 287)." Shikotan is a small 

 island lying about sixty miles off the Port of 

 Nemuro, in the extreme east of Yezo. Its 

 area is about 140 square miles, the surface 



being extremel)- undulated with not a few 

 mountains and many small hills. Orchids are 

 represented by se\en genera and fourteen 

 species, their relative share in the flora being 

 4 3 p.c. The light-demanding kinds, which 

 are particularly rich in species of Platanther;i, 

 are found on the grassy slopes, while inside 

 the dreary coniferous forests, in which only a 

 few shade-loving plants can survive, exist 

 Listera cordata, L. nipponica, and Ephippi- 

 anthus Schmidtii. The remaining genera 

 are Microstylis, Spiranthes, Orchis and 

 (jymnadenia, each of which is represented by 

 a single species. 



"The Orchid Re\tew."- -Amongst the 

 contents of the October issue of this journal 

 are illustrations and notes on Cattleya .Sybil 

 var. Lord Kitchener, Schombocattleya 

 spiralis, Spiranthes gracilis, and three species 

 of Habenaria. 



Mr. W. H. White. — After more than 25 

 years' service as Orchid grower to the late 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, and subsequently to 

 Elizabeth Lady Lawrence, Mr. W. H. White 

 has decided to seek another appointment. 

 The Burford Collection has long been noted 

 for rare and valuable plants, many of which 

 require exceptional skill for their successful 

 cultivation. In this matter Mr. White has 

 amply shown his abilit)', and received a large 

 number of Cultural Commendations from the 

 R.H..S. Orchid Committee, of which he was 

 one of its original members. 



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