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Douglas' Journal. — The Journal kept 

 by the celebrated plant collector, David 

 Douglas, during" his expeditions for the Royal 

 Horticultural Society in North America, 

 1 823- 1 827, has at last been published. 

 Although Douglas mentions the discovery of 

 several Orchidaceous plants, the following 

 note IS also of interest : — " Among those I 

 became acquainted with was William Har- 

 rison, of Liverpool, a brother of Arnold 

 Harrison (after whose wife Cattleya Harri- 

 sonias was named), who is fond of plants and 

 birds and has introduced many interesting 

 plants to the Botanic Garden of Liverpool ; 

 he has a fine garden with a collection of 

 African, European and indigenous plants. 

 On an old wall were about seventy species of 

 Epidendrum and Orchideae m general on a 

 southern aspect, only the branch or stump on 

 which the plant originally grew was nailed on 

 the wall without any earth, many of them 

 thriving luxuriantly." 



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LTnexpected Albinism. — The production 

 of albino flowers is always associated with a 

 certain amount of interest, for although 

 success IS not always achieved, even when 

 pure white parents are used, there are 

 occasions when albinos appear quite 

 unexpectedly from the intercrossing of fully 

 coloured parents. A recent instance has 

 occurred in Laslio-Cattleya Firenze, a new 

 hybrid raised by Mr. Richd. G. Thwaites 

 between C. Fabia (aurea x labiata) and L.-C. 

 Rubens (pumila x Hardyana), both being 

 coloured flowers. So -far two seedlings have 

 flowered, one has pure white segments with a 



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violet blotch on the front lobe of the labellum, 

 while the other has beautiful bright purple 

 segments that are broad like those of Rubens, 

 but which have the habit of Fabia. 



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MiLTONIAS. — Fine flowers of good sub- 

 stance can never be produced unless the plant 

 IS full of vigour and the bulbs adequately 

 supplied with reserve food material. No 

 plants prove this statement more than 

 Miltonias of the vexillaria and Roezlii section. 

 From the Westonbirt collection Mr. H. G. 

 Alexander sends an excellent example of M. 

 Bleuana (vexillaria x Rrezlii), with large 

 flowers of a fleshy nature, and showing what 

 really useful plants Miltonias are when grown 

 to a high state of perfection. M. Bleuana is 

 one of the few instances in which the inter- 

 crossing of two species produces flowers larger 

 than those of either parent. Mr. Alexander 

 also sends a spike of M. Sanderse, which 

 obtained a First-class Certificate, R.H.S., 

 July 1st, 191 3, when shown by Messrs. Sander 

 and Sons. This is an excellent variety, m 

 which good cultivation has brought out m 

 prominent style the rosy ground colour and 

 the rich crimson blotch at the base of the 

 labellum. 



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Yellow Orchids.— Considerable interest 

 has always been taken m the production of 

 yellow-flowering hybrids, not only on account 

 of their comparative rarity, but more 

 especially for their great attractiveness and 

 consequent value from a decorative point of. 

 view. One of the brightest of the golden- 



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