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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 1913. 



C. Triante, the former usuall\- flowering m the 

 autumn, the other in the late wmter or early 

 spring. It was first shown and named by 

 Mr. N. C. Cookson, January 9th, 1906. At 

 the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, October 21st, 191 3, an interesting 

 example of this hybrid was shown by Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., but under the name 

 Cattleya formosa. In our report of this 

 meeting we corrected the name to C. Chap- 

 manii, but by an error stated that the plant 

 was shown by Mr. Pantia Ralli, of Ashtead 

 Park. 



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Orchids of South Africa. — The third 

 volume of this important work by Dr. Harry 

 Bolus has just appeared. It contains 100 

 plates, 36 of which have already appeared m 

 the " Orchids of the Cape Peninsula," 

 published in 1888, and now out of print. Of 

 the remainder, 9 were drawn from the 

 living plants by Mr. F. Bolus, the other 55 

 are the finished, or more or less finished, 

 drawings left by the author. In the latter 

 cases additions of various kinds were made 

 to complete the plates by Mr. F. Bolus. The 

 Preface is written by Mr. H. M. L. Bolus, 

 Curator Bolus Herbarium, South African 

 College, Cape Town, who remarks : " It is our 

 intention to proceed with the drawing of 

 African Orchids, and in order to achieve this 

 end we must rely very considerably on those 

 who are interested in this study and have 

 opportunities for collecting and transmitting 

 living specimens. These will be most grate- 

 fully received, and labels for postage can be 

 sent to all who desire them." The descriptive 

 matter is in Latin as well as English, and the 

 species figured and described principally 

 belong to the following genera: — Ceratandra, 

 Disa, Dispersis, Eulophia, Habenaria, 

 Holothrix, Pterygodium, and Satyrium. 



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Catasetum MACROCARPUM. — At the 

 Scientific Committee meeting of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, November i8th, Mr. 

 R. A. Rolfe exhibited, from the collection of 

 Mr. G. Rae Eraser, Letchmore Heath, Herts, 



an inflorescence of male flowers of C. macro- 

 carpum. Eemale flowers from the same plant 

 have been twice before the Committee, in 

 October, 1910, and in November, 191 2. 

 During the interval the jDlant made two futile 

 attempts to flower, but this year it has 

 produced the male inflorescence above 

 mentioned, thus enabling the species to be 

 certainly identified. Both inflorescences are 

 being preserved at Kew, and the plant has 

 now been presented to the collection, Mr. 

 Eraser having another plant. 



Cypripedium with Three Lips. — Mr. 

 Rolfe also exhibited, from the collection of 

 Mr. Albert Pam, Wormley, Broxbourne, a 

 twin flowered scape of Cypripedium msigne, 

 in which the upper flower was normal, but 

 the lower had three lips, representing the 

 condition of the well-known variety Oddity. 

 In this case the two lateral sepals were 

 developed separately and diverge laterally, 

 and the dorsal is reduced in breadth, while 

 the petals are metamorphosed into lips, which 

 clasp the normal lip. 



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Chelsea Show, 1914. — With reference 

 to the exhibits at this show we have heard that 

 the Chelsea Show Committee have revised 

 the regulations respecting the staging of 

 Orchids, as follows: — The first or front tier 

 of the staging to be a height of 2 feet, the 

 group rising to an average height not 

 exceeding 7 feet from the ground level. 

 Seven feet is laid down as being the average 

 of the extreme permissible limit of the height 

 of the highest flowers, etc. (not pots or plant 

 stems), as beyond that height few people can 

 profitably see them. Palms and light foliage 

 plants used as decoration are not subject to 

 this limit of 7 feet. Where groups occupy 

 " island " positions the)- must be arranged so 

 as to have a frontage all round. 



[These regulations have given the greatest 

 dissatisfaction to exhibitors, and unless 

 s}3eeclily withdrawn there will be few Orchids 

 at Chelsea in 191 4.] 



