NOTES AND ABSTRACTS. 



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Sophronites grandiflora . 

 Sophro - Cattleya warnhamensis 

 var. J. M. Black . 



Spathoglottis aurea 

 S. x aureo-Yieillardii . 

 S. x Colnianii . 

 Stanhopea eburnea 



S. insignis 



S. Rodigasiana . 



S. saccata 



S. Wardii . . . . . 

 Stanhopeastrum ecornutum . 

 Trichopilia Hennisiana . 

 Vanda pumila . 

 V. Sanderiana . 

 Zygopetalum (Promenaea) xan- 

 thinum 



Gard. Ghron. 1908, p. 284, fig. 124. 



Journ. Hort. 1908, ii. p. 171 ; 



Garden, 1908, ii. p. 428. 

 Orch, Rev. 1908, p. 241, fig. 31. 

 Orch. Rev. 1908, p. 241, fig. 30. 

 Orch. Rev. 1908, p. 241, fig. 32. 

 Orchis, 1908, pp. Ill, 124. 

 Orchis, 1908, p. 111. 

 Orchis, 1908, p. 126. 

 Orchis, 1908, p. 124. 

 Orchis, 1908, p. 111. 

 Orchis, 1908, p. 124. 

 Orchis, ii. p. 121, t. 18, fig. 18. 

 Gard. Ghron. 1908, ii. p. 43, fig. 16. 

 Journ. Hort. 1908, ii. p. 149. 



Journ. Hort. 1908, ii. p. 195. 



G. W. 



Orchids : Their Structure, Development, and Fertilisation. 



By R. A. Rolfe {Orch. Rev, Mch., April, May, July 1908).— A lecture 

 given at a meeting of the Kew Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Society, 

 held on February 17, 1908, containing many items of importance to the 

 advanced orchidist, and full of particulars for those interested in the 

 wonderful and beautiful contrivances provided for the furtherance of 

 fertilization by insects. — G. W. 



Orchis hireina {Country Life, August 8, 1908, p. 191). — A good 

 photograph of this extremely rare British orchid known as 'the Lizard.' 

 A spike preserved in formalin was shown by Miss Clark at the Holland 

 House show 1908, and attracted considerable attention. It was found 

 near Dover, June 1908. Other records of its flowering are Canterbury, 

 June 1860, and Wye Downs, Kent, May 1899. — G. W. 



Orchis mascula. By J. J. Ward {Strand Mag., August 1908, 

 p. 215 ; figs. 1-7). — An interesting illustrated article on this British 

 orchid. The author believes that the well-known spots on the leaves are 

 an instance of protective mimicry, resembling so much the spots on a 

 viper that cattle grazing naturally avoid eating them, and thus the species 

 is preserved. — G. W. 



Palms, Popular Species of. By W. {Gard. Ghron. No. 1112, 

 p. 241 ; April 18, 1898). — In this paper is given a short account of the 

 palms which at the present time are most in favour, and some useful 

 hints as to their cultivation. — G. S. S. 



Pandanus Houlletii. By O. Stapf {Bot. Mag. tab. 8197).— Nat. ord. 

 Pandanaceae. Singapore. Stem 7-8 feet high, 4 inches diameter ; leaves 

 linear, 8 feet long, 4 inches broad ; male panicle 2 or more feet long ; 

 female spike solitary, cylindric in form, 1 foot long, orange, fleshy. — G. II. 



