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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



A NEW BOOK ON ORCHIDS. 



Orchids for Amaicurs. A Practical Guide to 

 the Cultivation of Sixty easily-grown 

 Cool and Fifty Warm House kinds 

 adapted for Small Mixed Greenhouses. 

 By C. Alwyn Harrison. Edited by T. 

 W. Sanders, F.L.S. (London : W. H. and 

 L. CoUingridge.) Price 2s. 6d. 

 This useful, well-illustrated book will be 

 welcomed by amateurs, for it is written in a 

 suitable style for those commencing the popular 

 culture of Orchids. It is the outcome on the 

 part of the author, who is an enthusiastic and 

 successful grower of Orchids on a small scale, 

 to interest owners of cool and \\'arm green- 

 houses in the art of cultivating these quaint 

 and very beautiful denizens of the Tropics. 



The book is divided into three parts. The 

 first is devoted to cool house Orchids, and 

 contains particulars of some sixty species and 

 hybrids suitable for this house. Part H. con- 

 tains a list of fifty warm house Orchids, 

 some ten different genera being enumerated. 

 Part III. IS chiefly devoted to imported planets, 

 and a list of cool and warm greenhouse plants 



which can be successfully grown with 

 Orchids. 



The illustrations are well prepared and 

 depict Odontoglossums, Cypripediums, Den- 

 drobiums, and other kinds suitable for 

 amateurs. There are interesting chapters 

 on Temperature, .Shading, and Watering, 

 together with many other details respecting 

 cultural work. The method of potting and 

 suitable composts are described in a practical 

 manner. 



No attempt has been made to explain the 

 difficulties of seed-raising ; this may, in the 

 case of a book for amateurs, well be left out, 

 for it is only in the hands of experts that 

 much success can be obtained. To obtain a 

 knowledge of the elementary principles of 

 Orchid-growing, it is to be hoped that this 

 little book will prove of great assistance. 



We regret to note that all the specific 

 names in an adjectival form are spelt with a 

 small initial letter. Names derived from 

 individuals should be spelt with a capital 

 letter, otherwise the nomenclature is singularly 

 free from inaccuracies. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



September 26th, igi 1. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 Harry J. Veitch, Esq. (in the Chair); and 

 Messrs. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), C. H. Curtis, 

 R. G. Thwaites, T. Armstrong, A. A. McBean, 

 W. Cobb, y. Charlesworth, J. Cypher, J. E. 

 Shill, W. P. Bound, W. H. Hatcher, A. Dye, 

 Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, John S. Moss, and 

 W. H. White. 



Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunner sbury 

 House, Acton (gr. Mr. LIudson), exhibited some 

 finely-grown plants of Habenaria militaris 

 with dense heads of cinnabar-scarlet flowers. 

 A large plant of Cattleya Iris with nine flowers 

 was also shown. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Bur- 

 ford (gr. Mr. White), exhibited a large plant 

 of Zygopetalum maxillare with over 1 00 



flowers, a specimen of Epidendrum floribun- 

 dum, and the remarkable Epidendrum 

 Laucheanum. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, Engle- 

 field Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill), showed Odon- 

 toglossum Memoria Baron H. Schroder, a very 

 fine hybrid, the white flowers being almost 

 covered with bright violet blotches. The plant 

 carried a grand spike, on which only a few 

 flowers had opened ; the Committee desired 

 to see it again before making any award. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking 

 (gr. Mr. Hopkins), exhibited Cattleya Freya 

 var. Mrs. Frederick Sassoon, which obtained 

 an Award of Merit ; Cattleya Gaskelliana 

 Delight, a good form with white sepals and 

 petals and a purple mark on the lip ; and 

 Cypripedium Dowleri Westfield variety. 



