February, 1915.] 



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Orchid Culture in Java.— The above 



illustration is reproduced from one of several 

 uiteresting" photographs kindly sent by Mr. 

 E. H. Andriesse, Soember Telogo, Dampit, 

 Java. The plants were photographed hi 

 September last, when those in bloom included 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, with 1 5 large 

 spikes, D. Pierardi, D. Farmeri, D. Dalhousie- 

 anum, D. nobile, D. pruBuhnum and D. 

 veratrifohum. Phalaenopses included Stuart- 

 iana and vSchillenana, while the genus Thunia 

 was represented by T. Marshalliana. Cattleya 

 species embraced Schroderae and labiata, 

 rarely seen in flower together, and hybrids 

 were represented by C. amabilis, C. Empress 

 Frederick, C. Enid, and Brasso-Cattleya 

 Digbyano-Mendelii. Among the Cypripe- 

 diums were insigne, glaucophyllum and 

 bellatulum. The majority of the plants are 

 cultivated in baskets or on blocks of hard 

 wood. 



VOL. V. 



Flowers in Season. — We have received 



from the collection of Mr. F. J. O. Montagu, 

 Lynford Hall, Mundford, Norfolk (gr. Mr. E. 

 Hill), an excellent example of Cypripedium 

 Master Andrew (chrysotoxum x insigne Hare- 

 field Hall), m which the broad dorsal sepal 

 has the upper two-thirds white, and with 

 neatly arranged purple spotting ; also 

 Cypripedium Arthurianum Lynford var., an 

 exceedingly pretty flower with bright 

 coloration, and with the edges of the petals 

 and lower part of the dorsal sepal deeply 

 undulated. From Mr. F. J. Hanbury, 

 Brockhurst, East Grinstead, comes a flower 

 of the very attractive Cymbidium Conings- 

 byanum Brockhurst var., which obtained an 

 A.M., R.H.S., Jan. 5th, 191 5, and carried two 

 arching spikes with a total of 23 blooms ; the 

 cream-coloured segments are suffused with 

 rose-pink, the broad and open three-lobed 

 labellum yellowish with reddish spotting, 



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