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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[Aug-ust, 
1913- 
from Lord Derby that Her Majesty was 
anxious to thank him personally for the 
flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Bolton were asked to 
go to Knowsley Hall, where they were most 
graciously received by the Queen, who 
thanked him m cordial terms for the Orchids, 
which she had greatly admired. 
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More Lost Pollen. — At the Holland 
House Show Mr. J. Gurney Fowler exhibited 
Miltonioda Harwoodii, with a spike of several 
flowers. Soon after the public were admitted, 
it was discovered that all the pollen had been 
removed from the flowers, the thief escaping 
unnoticed. This plant, along with others 
intended for the Committee to adjudicate 
upon, was placed in a small tent, totally 
unguarded even by an attendant or by the 
usual rope round the exhibits, so little wonder 
that even the plant itself remained at the 
close of the day. These exhibits should 
have been placed in the large tent along with 
the principal groups, but, as it was, the 
majority of Orchid amateurs visiting t,he 
Show entirely failed to discover the small 
tent in which the certificated plants were 
placed, and they were considerably annoyed 
when they heard subsequently that although 
they saw the large groups, they entirely 
missed the chief attractions. 
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LiPARIS LACERATA. — At the Scientific 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
July 15th, 1913, Mr. Jarncs O'Brien showed 
Liparis lacerata, which had flowered in the 
collection of Sir Marcus Samuel, Bart. The 
species is a native of Borneo, and produces a 
spike of about 100 small flowers, the lips of 
which are much lacerated. The column is at 
first straight, but becomes afterwards much 
bent in order to bring the pollinia near to 
the surface of the lip, in order that it may be 
removed by the insect visiting the flower. 
The plant is very rare in cultivation, but is 
known from a drawing, done by the late 
Mr. Burbidge, of a small plant in the collection 
of the Natural History Museum, South 
Kensington. 
DiSA GRANDIFLORA. — This very beautiful 
South African Orchid has been the subject of 
an experiment which Messrs. Veitch and Sons 
carried out in order to ascertain whether 
home raised plants possessed a stronger 
constitution than those imported from their 
native country. A strong flowering plant was 
selected and duly fertilised, with the result 
that good seed was obtained from which a 
healthy batch of about fifty seedlings was 
raised. A number of these have recently 
flowered for the first time, but although 
growing with much freedom they do not 
appear to possess any extra vigour. 
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Ophrys arachnites. — A very fine form 
of this interesting species comes from the 
collection of Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, Scampston 
Hall, Rillington, York. The specimen was 
collected by him in the south of France, and 
although very similar to O. apifera it differs 
principally in the sub-deltoid petals and in the 
lip, with its straight or incurved appendage, 
being longer than the sepals. In the majority 
of Orchids the flowers assume a position on 
the spike which enables the labellum to be on 
the lower portion of the flower. In most 
instances this is accomplished by a twist of 
the ovary or pedicel, the flower then turning 
through the space of half a circle. But in the 
genus Ophrys the ovary merely bends over 
to the other side of the main stalk, thus 
allowing the flower to have its labellum in the 
downward position without any twisting 
taking place. A well-cultivated specimen of 
Orchis maculata alba is also sent by Mr. St. 
Quintin, the plant having been originally 
collected by him in the Central Pyrenees. 
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Cypripedium ACAULE. — It may interest 
readers of the ORCHID WORLD to know that 
Cypripedium acaule grows in the woods at 
Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. It is 
almost invariably found under pine trees, and 
a very remarkable thing that I noticed was 
that all the plants without exception were 
growing on the north side of the trees, so that 
the shadow of the tree fell across them. They 
root very freely amongst the pine needles 
