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THE ORCHID ^VORLD. 
[September, 1913. 
CHYTROGLOSSA MARILEONI/E. 
THIS scarce, but nevertheless interesting 
Orchid is the subject of an illustra- 
tion in the Journal of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, Vol. I., 1866. The 
technical description is by H. G. Reichenbach 
fils, who also wrote the following note, which 
is worthy of reproduction: — 
" On looking back to my past life, there 
is nothing in it that I value more than the 
intercourse I have enjoyed with so many 
distinguished naturalists and travellers. 
Amongst my most cherished souvenirs, I 
regard the opportunities I have had of seeing 
my lamented well-wisher and friend, Dr. 
Lindley, at four various times of my life. 
I enjoyed for more than six weeks his 
company. During the whole of that time I 
was at work on his collection of dried 
Orchids, allowed to make copies of all his 
drawings, and even to take flowers where 
they could be spared. The fruits of this 
activity have enabled me to work with great 
security, knowing pretty well the Lindleyan 
materials. 
" When I met with anything remarkable, 
I always wrote to Dr. Lindley, who, notwith- 
standing all his numerous occupations, was 
ever ready to render justice to any Orchid. 
I remember very well one foggy November 
morning, when I made an analysis of a most 
curious Orchid, of which Dr. Lindley 
possessed a single zig-zag raceme with a few 
pellucid flowers. The plant had been 
gathered at Novo Friborgo, near Rio Janeiro, 
V/y the Chevalier Pinel, and Mademoiselle 
Marie Leonie Pinel had prepared for the 
Doctor a nice coloured sketch. One flower, 
the best, was sacrificed for an analysis, and 
Dr. Lindley attended and watched my 
dissection. I have just now before me my 
own sketch. There was no anther, there was 
no free rostellum to be found, and regarding 
the plant as a neighbour of Ornithocephalus, 
we wanted a long beak or proboscis as of 
an elephant. There was, moreover, no 
stigmatic cavity. 
" It was the first Orchid we had ever seen 
with a very long dorsal sepal and very small 
lateral ones added to all the deficiencies 
noted above, and we looked at each other 
as two companion generals after a lost battle, 
and for the whole of the remainder of the 
day Orchids appeared to us less agreeable 
than they used to do. I named the plant 
Chytroglossa Marileoniae, in just and due 
acknowledgment of Mademoiselle Marie 
Leonie's merits as regarded the plant." 
A RUSSIAN ORCHID BOOK. 
THE ever-increasing interest in Orchids 
is a sure sign that these flowers are 
worthy of all the attention now being 
given them. We are fully justified in using 
our best endeavours to make this beautiful 
family of plants still wider known, for, 
although their cultivation has been taken up 
in almost every country, there are many 
lovers of Nature's wonders and beauties who 
will gladly welcome every detail of informa- 
tion concerning Orchids and their cultivation. 
The latest addition to Orchid literature is 
a comprehensive work by Dr. J. Troyanowsky, 
the ;well-known President of the Moscow 
Orchid Society. This book, written entirely 
in the Russian language, consists of 160 
quarto pages of letter-press, and more than 
30 full-page illustrations of various species 
and hybrids. There are also excellent 
coloured plates of Odontoglossum Troya- 
nowsky, Od. crispum Pittianum, Cattleya 
Hardyana and Laelio-Cattleya Dominiana. 
Dr. Troyanowsky has been an enthusiastic 
cultivator of Orchids for 28 years, during 
which period he has gained considerable 
knowledge on the best means of culture 
suitable to the Russian climate. It is with 
the praiseworthy object of assisting other 
amateurs, and with the intention of increasing 
the admiration for Orchids in Russia that 
he has published this excellent book. 
The general arrangement of the book is 
that of a calendar, giving full cultural 
directions for each month in the year, and 
referring to all the various details which from 
