NOTES. 



CalANTHE VeitchiI. — A very prolific bulb 

 of Calanthe Veitchii with no less than 

 fifteen new growths springing from its base 

 is the subject of a photograph which has 

 been taken by Mr. T.W. Carr, Orchid grower 

 to W. D. Sloane, Esq., Elm Court, Lenox, 

 Mass., U.S.A. These new growths are 

 regularly arranged completely round the 

 bulb ; certainly a remarkable means of rapid 

 propagation. 



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Brassocatl^lia Aureole. — This new 

 hybrid between Laelio-Cattleya luminosa and 

 Brasso-Laelia Mrs. Gratrix has been raised 

 in the collection of W. H. St. Quintin, Esq., 

 Scampston Hall, Rillington, Yorks., by Mr. 

 F. C. Puddle. The large bright orange- 

 yellow flower is nearly six inches in width ; 

 the segments somewhat narrow, the petals 

 slightly suffused with cinnabar. The 

 labellum is distinctly three-lobed, crisped at 

 the margin, white at the base. Ovary long, 

 as in Brassavola Digbyana. A very useful 

 hybrid containing the specific characters of 

 Cattleya aurea, L^lia tenebrosa, Laelia 

 cinnabarina, and B. Digbyana. 



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Orchis mascula alba — An aJbino 

 variety of this pretty species, commonly 

 known as the Early purple Orchis, has been 

 discovered by Mr. G. Botting in Mid-Sussex. 

 The typical species is found growing in 

 almost every kind of soil and situation. The 

 flowers vary m colour from rich, deep purple 



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to a very light rose tint, but the pure white 

 form " alba " is very rarely seen. The 

 Orchis genus produces the nutritious matter 

 known as salep, that produced from O. mas- 

 cula being regarded as the best. 



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European Orchids. — Of remarkable 

 interest and beauty are many of the European 

 Orchids growing in the garden of W. H. St. 

 Quintin, Esq., Scampston Hall, Rillington, 

 York. A varied selection of these has been 

 kindly sent by Mr. F. C. Puddle, who states 

 that some 6/ different species are grown, the 

 majority having been personally collected by 

 Mr. St. Quintin in various parts of Europe. 

 As examples of these pretty flowers, mention 

 may be made of Ophrys scolopax with its 

 singular representation to an insect, and the 

 beautiful sky-blue colour of its conspicuous 

 sepals ; Ophrys atrata, with its dark, downy 

 labellum ; O. aranifera, so much resembling 

 a spider ; O. apifera with its bee-like labellum, 

 and the curious hook-shaped appendage at 

 the end of its column ; and O. lutea with its 

 flowers of bright greenish-yellow colour. 

 Not less elegant are the various species of 

 Serapias, that known as S. lingua having a 

 likeness to an animal hanging out its tongue. 

 .Serapias cordigera is a robust and richly 

 coloured species with flowers somewhat 

 larger than those of its relations, while S. 

 longipetala and .S. neglecta are both worthy 

 of culture. It is somewhat surprising that 

 these interesting and mimicing Orchids are 

 so seldom cultivated in gardens. 



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