ABSTRACTS. 



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Odontoglossum crispum Leoniae (Cogniaux in Diet. Icon. Orch. 

 Odont. t. 1 P; December 1902).— A lightly spotted variety, of good 

 shape, which recently flowered with M. Jules Closson of Liege. 



G. C. H. 



Odontoglossum crispum ' Memoria Bulli ' (L. Linden in Lind. 

 xvii. t. 780; 24 6/1902).— A beautifully blotched form, with broad 

 segments. — C. C. H. 



Odontoglossum crispum 'President Roosevelt' (L. Linden in 

 Lind. xvii. t. 787 ; 25 '10/1902). — A good form, with chocolate blotches. 



C. C. H. 



Odontoglossum crispum ' Prince Albert ' (L. Linden in Lind. 

 xvii. t. 789 ; 25/10/1902). — A peculiar form, with truncate blotches. 



C. C, H. 



Odontoglossum crispum 4 Reine Emma' (L. Linden in Lind. 

 xvii. t. 785 ; 25/10/1902).— A fine form, with large blotches ; flowers 

 rather smaller than usual, but from a small plant. This should develop 

 into a magnificent variety. — C. C. H. 



Odontoglossum loochristiense 'Etoile de Moortebeek ' (L. 



Linden in Lind. xvii. t. 792 ; 25/10/1902).— A. form of this well-known 

 hybrid raised at Moortebeek by Messrs. Linden, canary-yellow with 

 chocolate blotches and spots. — C. C. H. 



Odontogflossum x sceptro-crispum (L. Linden in Lind. xvii. 

 t. 773; 24/6/1902). — A hybrid raised at Moortebeek by Messrs. Linden, 

 the name of which denotes the parentage. If O. sceptrum be considered 

 a form of O. luteopurpureum, this hybrid would be a form of O. x 

 Denisonice. — C. C. H. 



Onion Industry, The Brined. Anon. (Jour. Bd. Agr. vol. ix. 

 No. 3, 1902, pp. 349-354). — "Representations were recently made to the 

 Board of Agriculture by the Biggleswade Trades and Agricultural Associa- 

 tion to the effect that the cultivation and preparation for pickling of 

 Onions, Gherkins, and Cauliflowers, which was until a few years ago a 

 flourishing industry in the Biggleswade district, had declined since 1895,. 

 owing, it was said, to the increasing competition of Dutch and Belgian 

 producers, who were apparently able to place their goods on British markets 

 at lower prices than the market-gardeners of North Bedfordshire could 

 afford to accept. This decline was not only a matter of deep concern to 

 the gardeners at Biggleswade, but it had been accompanied by a large 

 reduction in the incomes of the working classes in the neighbourhood, as 

 the various operations connected with the growth and brining of pickling 

 Onions gave employment to a large number of women and children. The 

 Board accordingly sent an officer, who was accompanied by a representa- 

 tive of the Biggleswade Association, to investigate the conditions under 

 which the brined Onion industry is carried on in Holland and Belgium. 



" It appears that the chief centres of the production of Onions in the 

 Netherlands are the provinces of Zeeland and North and South Holland, 



