THE 



ORCHID WORLD. 



MARCH. 1912. 



Vol. 2. 



NOTES. 



Habenaria Regnieri. — A coloured illus- 

 tration of this scarlet flowering hybrid 

 between H. militaris and H. carnea is given 

 in the issue of Le J ardin for February 5th, 

 1912. 



Cypripedium Hochbergianum. — This 

 new hybrid between C. Mastersianum and C. 

 glaucophylluin is recorded and figured in 

 M oilers Deutsche Gartncr-Zeilung, iQii, 

 p. 256. 



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Orchid Awards. — The Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society granted, during the year 1910, 

 34 First-class Certificates and 77 Awards of 

 Merit; and during the year igii 37 First- 

 class Certificates and 56 Awards of Merit. 



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Weather Prediction. — " A certain and 

 sure prediction for a severe winter," writes 

 Mr. Wm. Bolton, of W arrington, " may be 

 taken from the instinct of bees, for when 

 these intelligent builders double the walls of 

 their hives with an extra lining of wax in the 

 autumn it is a sign of a forthcoming excep- 

 tionally cold winter. Many beekeepers re- 

 ported this peculiar action last autumn ; the 

 bees thus provided against the recent extreme 

 cold. 



Kew Gardens. — During the year igii 

 3,704,606 persons visited the Royal Botanic 



Gardens, Kew. These figures show an 

 increase of 158,304 over those of the previous 

 year and are the largest on record. Additions 

 to the Gardens include Orchids from Dar- 

 jeeling, a quantity of Orchis foliosa from Dr. 

 M. Grabham, Madeira, and Sobralias and 

 Epidendrums from C. J. Lucas, Esq., 

 Warnham Court, Horsham. 



Cattleya guttata. — A photograph of a 

 rare variety of this species comes from M. 

 Pedro de Mello, Avenida Costa 25, Santos, 

 Bra/il. The sepals and petals are light 

 greenish-yellow, and entirely without the 

 usual crimson spotting, the column and 

 labellum are pure white. Owing to the 

 apparent total elimination of the crimson or 

 purple pigment this flower may be regarded 

 as an albino form of the species. 



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Habenaria conopsea alba. — This rare 

 and beautiful hardy Orchid is figured in the 

 Gardeners' C hronicle, 19 12, p. 68, from a 

 photograph of two plants, mother and 

 daughter, flowering in the rock garden of 

 E. A. Bowles, Esq., Waltham Cross. This 

 species is fairly abundant in England and 

 Scotland, but the white form is extremely 

 rare. During the nine years of cultivation 

 this albino form has greatly increased in 

 vigour, and when recently replanted it was 

 found to consist of four separate plants. 



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