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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[June, 1913. 
Park of Omaha, together with the 
sum of £200 for their care. The city 
commission has been asked to con- 
tribute £600 for the erection of 
suitable houses in which to cultivate 
the plants. 
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L.ELIA CHAMONICENSIS. — An 
easily grown plant, and therefore one 
suitable for amateurs, is Laslia 
chamonicensis (purpurata x Jong- 
heana), the free growing nature of 
both parents giving the resultnig 
hybrid much vigour. Mr. Eustace 
Clark, of Evershot, Dorset, has 
recently flowered two distinct varie- 
ties, one having the lip rich crimson- 
purple and the other mauve-pink. 
Both forms measure about seven 
inches across the petals and are very 
useful additions to the amateur's collection. 
Cypripediums at St. Louis, U.S.A.— 
One of the oldest and most extensive 
collections of Cypripediums in the United 
States IS that of Mr. D. S. Brown, Brown 
Hurst, Kirkwood, St. Louis. Our illustration 
shows this amateur collector m one of his 
numerous Orchid houses, which are filled with 
Cattleyas, Laslio-Cattleyas, Vanda coeruleas, 
Ljelia anceps, and Cymbidiums. As pre- 
viously mentioned the Cypripediums are the 
chief attraction, and at the time of taking 
the photograph the following species and 
hybrids, many of which have been raised at 
Brown Hurst, were in flower: — Maudiae, 
Leeanum Clinkaberryanum, Fairrieanum, 
Niobe, Dido, bingleyense. Mad. Opoix, 
Arthurianum, Sallieri magnificum, nitens 
G. S. Ball's van, Euryades splendens and 
Charlesworth's var., Lavvrenceanum Hyeanum, 
aureums virginale, Olymphia, Surprise, 
Hyeanum, album, and CEdipe, and the 
following varieties of insigne : — Sanderse, 
Sanderianum, Laura Kimball, Mrs. G. B. 
Wilson, Luciani, Ernestii, Chantini Lindeni, 
Mrs. D. S. Brown, Harefield Hall, and 
Bonhofianum. In addition to a yellow 
D. S. Brown, Esq., in one of his Orchid Houses. 
variety of bellatulum, there were several 
varieties of Actasus and other unnamed 
seedlings. .^.^ ^ 
Laiported Seed Pods. — During my travels 
in search of Orchids at the foot of the Hima- 
layas in such districts as the Doors and the 
Terrai, and also in Assam and Sikkim, the 
habitat of all our tropical Orchids, I have 
observed the remarkable development of 
seed-pods on the various species of Orchids, 
and it struck me at the time that these could 
be collected and exported to England in 
hermetically sealed tins, or bottles, without the 
risk that invariably accompanies the plant 
itself. The fact that the majority of Orchids 
im^Dorted into England from India arrive in 
bad condition, due either to atmospheric con- 
ditions whilst travelling, or inefficient packing, 
and m some cases are totally destroyed, must 
naturally be a big loss to importers, whereas 
the importation of seed-pods, packed in the 
manner noted above, would, no doubt, be 
more appreciated by the importers who make 
it a practice of raising Orchids from seed. 
On the other hand, the cost of the seed-pods 
and freight (conveyance by parcel post) would 
be comparatively small. As an experimental 
measure I intend during my next travels to 
