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DECEMBER, 191 



NOTES, 



Dendrobium macrophyllum moluc- 

 CENSE. — This very floriferous variety was 

 figured on age 268 of our first volume. In an 

 accompanying note we stated that it came 

 from Malacca, and gave it the varietal name 

 malaccense. We regret to say this is an error 

 on our part, the plant being a native of the 

 Molucca Islands. The varietal name must, 

 therefore, be altered to moluccense. 

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MeGACLINIUM Bufo. — This extraordinary 

 species has been thus de.scribed : " Let the 

 reader imagine a green snake to be pressed 

 flat like a dried flower, and then to ha\'e a row 

 of toads, or some such speckled reptiles, 

 drawn up the middle in single file, their backs 

 set up, their forelegs sprawling right and left, 

 and their mouths wide open with a large 

 purple tongue wagging about convulsively ; 

 and a pretty considerable approach will be 

 gained to an idea of this strange plant, which, 

 if Pythagoras had but known about it, would 

 have rendered all arguments about the trans- 

 migration of souls superfluous." 



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Orchid Psetjdobulbs.— The Kew Bui- 

 ld in has received from a correspondent in 

 Grand Cayman, British West Indies, a 

 [)seudobulb of Schomburgkia Thomsoniana 

 which is used for making tobacco pipes in the 

 island. The pseudobulbs are about nine 

 inches long and make useful pipe bowls. 

 The plant is known to the natives as "Wild 

 Banana." In another species, S. tibicinis, a 



native of Honduras, the pseudobulbs are 

 between one and two feet long and quite 

 hollow and smooth inside, and are commonly 

 used by the native children as trumpets, 

 whence it is called the cowhorn Orchid. At 

 their base, too, there is always a small hole, 

 and masses of ants and other insects take 

 advantage of it in constructing their nests. 



Proposed Orchid Show and Confer- 

 ence. — At the meeting of the Orchid 

 Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 on November 7th, the Chairman, Mr. J. 

 Gurney Fowler, .stated that several Orchidists 

 had expressed opinions to the effect that an 

 autumn show and conference were desirable, 

 and he wished to have the opinion of the 

 Committee in order that he might bring the 

 matter before the Council. The members of 

 the Committee unanimously agreed that the 

 project ought to be carried out, and voted for 

 the meeting to take place early in November, 

 igi2. At the meeting of the Council on the 

 same day it was decided to hold the Show on 

 November 5th and 6th, 191 2, the object being 

 to demonstrate the great advance made in the 

 hybridisation of Orchids, and tlie value of 

 such hybrids as autumn flowering plants. 

 The following were selected to form a 

 Committee to draw up a Schedule for the 

 Show: — Mr. J. Gurney Fowler (chairman), 

 Mr. Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), Lt.-Col. Sir 

 George L. Flolford, K.C.V.O., Mr. Gurney 

 Wilson, and Mr. fohn Cypher. The Council 



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