THE ORCHID 



loads away, not being able to carry the heavy 

 soaked-through baskets over the mountains, so 

 making us lose the best of our plants. 



Arrived at our landing we had to wait for 

 our boat, which arrived a week later in con- 

 sequence of the river being high and, of course, 

 short of provisions. Still we got away with 

 our loads until we reached the first gold placer, 

 owned by a friend of mine, who supplied us 

 with food. Thereafter we started for town. 

 Half-way, at Capuri Falls (one of the most 

 dangerous), we swamped down over a rock, 

 and so lost some of our belongings ; still we 

 saved all our plants, though they lay for a few 

 hours under water with the boat. After this 

 we reached town in safety. There, having 

 poisoned my leg through a rotten stump, 

 which I ran my foot up against in the forests, I 

 was laid up for four months suffering terrible 

 pain." 



So far Seyler's experience. 



On the first of January, just as a glorious sun 

 dropped like a golden apple below the horizon, 

 our Bartika Grove friends welcomed us with 

 their best New Year's greetings on our safe 

 return. Three days later Seyler, myself and 

 our faithful interpreter Peter, together with 

 three stalwart Indians from Roraima, who 

 ventured to accompany the white man to the 

 finish, landed again in Georgetown after an 

 absence of io6 days. 



Now although one would think that the time 

 for a well-earned rest and happiness had come, 

 the worries are not over yet ; there appears the 

 strong arm of the law and demands payment 

 of one hundred dollars for a yearly licence for 

 collecting Orchids for exportation, and on the 

 top of that an export duty of two cents on 

 each individual Orchid. You lodge a protest 

 on the strength of having collected your plants 

 in foreign or disputed territory — as, in fact, 

 later events have proved — and having brought 

 them in transit through the Colony ; but your 

 arguments are quickly torn to pieces on finding 

 one fine morning the sage official interpreta- 

 tion : "that all products of the soil brought 

 from the Interior' shall be deemed to have 

 been obtained on British territory." On the 

 face of such argument the wise man gives way, 

 he settles his account with the authorities, at 



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the same time being of opinion that this is the 

 limit. 



The packing up of the plants must now be 

 done, but as this process does not occupy all 

 our time, and the mail-boat for Europe only 

 leaves in another fortnight, we found leisure 

 to do, in the American style, the town and a 

 few interesting sceneries in the neighbourhood. 



NEW HYBRIDS. 



OdontOGLOSSUM EgeriA. — This hybrid, 

 the result of crossing Hallio-crispum with 

 amabile, has recently been raised in the 

 collection of de Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rose- 

 field, Sevenoaks. The dull yellow sepals and 

 petals are almost covered with reddish-brown 

 blotches. The yellow tips of both sepals and 

 petals are reflexed and twisted m a manner 

 often seen in Hallii. The creamy-white 

 labellum is handsomely marked with purple 

 at the base, the remaining half being some- 

 what broader and with an elongated apex. 

 The spiny crest indicates the influence of both 

 Hallii and Harryanum. The side wings of the 

 column project forward. 



L.elio-Cattleya RIGIDA. — Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons have raised this new hybrid 

 between C. Lawrenceana and L. superbiens. 

 The flower partakes largely of the latter 

 parent in shape and habit. The bright 

 yellow centre of the throat is effectively 

 marked with numerous purple veins. 



Brassocatl.^:lia Joan. — By crossing 

 Cattleya Octave Doin with Brasso-Laslia Mrs. 

 Gratrix, a pretty hybrid of amber-yellow 

 colour has been obtained. The labellum has 

 a conspicuous fringe of a slightly darker tint. 

 Raised by Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 

 Haywards Heath. 



L.^Lio - Cattleya Endymion. — L. - C. 

 luminosa x L.-C. callistoglossa has produced 

 this new hybrid in the collection of F. du Cane 

 Godman, Esq., South Lodge, Horsham, where 

 it has been raised by Mr. Giles. The large 

 flower is reddish-purple, the labellum being 

 of a rich ruby-purple'. The bright yellow 

 discs in the throat are very effective. 



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