NOTES. 



y\NC.R.y.rUM RECruxr. — The liandsome 

 plant fio-ured in tlie OrCHIO WorlI), Vol. IV., 

 p. (So, is again in flower in Messrs. Charles- 

 worth's establishment at H.aywards Heath. 

 This time it bears no less than 4O flowers, and 

 is making" two or three young" growths from 

 the older portion of the thick stem. 



The Ashtead Park Collection. — We 

 have pleasure in announcing" that Mr. Pantia 

 Ralli, of Ashtead Park, Surrey, has been 

 elected a member of the Orchid Committee 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society. For some 

 considerable time the Ashtead Park collection 

 has received many rare and choice specimens, 

 and at the present time it is one of the finest 

 in the South of England. The plants have 

 been successfully cultivated by Mr. S. Fames 

 and look the picture of good health. It is 

 worthy of note that Mr. W. H. White, late of 

 liurford, has been engaged to assist in the 

 Orchid houses at Ashtead Park, and with 

 such a combination of talent a large measure 

 of success will assuredly be ])rodured. 



ORfiiiDs IN France. — Mr. H. C. Croslcy 

 sends three interesting photographs of 

 specimen ])lants m the Ilaut Buisson collec- 

 tion, Fa k'erte Bernard, Sarthe, France. One 

 IS of a well-flowered Dendrobium formosum, 

 an excellent early winter blooming species, 

 while the others rejiresent Cypripedium 

 Rossetti, a strongly grown plant with large 

 blooms, and Odontoglossuni illustrissmHim, 

 the latter showing two spikes, both produced 



from the '^ame bull) and carrying a total of 

 70 handsomely ])lotche<l flowers. Other 

 Odontoglossums are equally well cultixated, 

 and, together with various Oncidiums, arc 

 grown in the same house as the Cypripediums. 

 \^arious ferns and other plants are grown 

 under the staging, and assist m maintaining 

 a constantly moist atmosphere. It is inter- 

 esting to note that the Cypripediums are 

 potted in peat and rough fibre, good loam 

 being very difficult to procure. Mr. Crosley 

 also refers to the useful article on Thermo- 

 meters (p. 44), Centigrade being the recog- 

 nised scale m his locality. 



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Royal Thanks.— Mrs. Wm. Bolton, of 

 Wilderspool, Warrington, has received the 

 following telegram from Queen Alexandra : 

 — " I thank you both for the magnificent 

 Orchids which you have so kindly sent me on 

 m)- birthday." For the last ten years Mr. W'm. 

 Bolton has always forwarded some of his 

 choicest flowers for Queen Alexauflra's 

 acceptance as a birthday present; tins time 

 the gift consisted of three large boxes of 

 Cattleyas, Cypripediums, Odonloglossums 

 and Oncidiums. 



Sir Joseph Hooker. -At the Meeting of 

 tlie Linnean Society, December i/tli, U)' |, 

 Dr. O. Stapf read a letter addressed b\- Dr. 

 1 olcutaro Ito, of Tokyo, to Lady Flooker, in 

 which he informs her that .Sir Joseph D. 

 Hooker " has been recently selected by the 

 cnntem])oraries in Japan as one of the 

 Twenly-nine Heroes of the World that 

 Modern Time has produce rl." 



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