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October. The ground colour of the sepals and petals of the January 

 flower was flesh-tint, while the October flower was greenish-yellow. 



Epidendriun RueckeraC' and E. fragrans may be easily confused, but 

 in the former the labellum is gradually prolonged to a point, while in 

 the latter the lip ends in a sudden point. — S. E. W. 



Orchids. By U. Dammer (Orchis, vol. iv. pt. iv. pp. 58-61). — 



Maxillaria ruhrofusca, Octomeria deci/piens from Brazil, Gomezia 

 recuTva from Brazil, Cycnoches steMiferu7ii, and Pleurothallis cuneifolia 

 are described. — S. E. W. 



Orchids. By L. Lindinger (Orchis, vol. iv. pt. iii. pp. 37-42; 



2 plates). — Examples of pseudodichotomy and pseudotrichotomy in 

 Cattleya are described and illustrated. — S. E. W . 



Orchids, Garden. By E. Schlechter (Orchis, vol. iv. pt. vii. 

 pp. 105-109). — Dendrochilum Krauseanum, a new orchid from the 

 Battak Mountains in Sumatra, is found at an altitude of 3200 feet 

 in a cool, moist atmosphere. It resembles D. ahbreviatum, but differs 

 in the structure of the labellum and the greater length of the stylidia. 

 The flowers resemble D. latifolium, the petals and sepals are pale 

 brownish-yellow, and the labellum has two brown lines. 



Eria Goldschmidtiana, from Formosa, bears pale yellow flowers. 



Biilbophyllum hirmense has smaller flowers than B. viridiflorurii; 

 the pseudo-bulbs are bifoliate. 



B. Bittnerianum, from Siam, is related to B. Careyanum. 



B. glutinosum is described by B. Eodriguez in the second volume 

 of his work on Brazilian orchids. The only living specimen of this 

 orchid in Europe is in the collection of Baron von Fiirstenberg in 

 Hugenpoet. — >S'. E. W. 



Orchids, Indigrenous. By Fr. Fourgons (Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. 

 Fr. ser. iv. vol. xi. p. 158 ; Feb. 1910). — Hints are given on the 

 cultivation of the native French orchids in the open air and in pots. 

 These include: Ophrys muscifera, apifera, aranifera; Orchis militaris, 

 montana, bifolia, latifolia, purpurea or f us ca, Morio; Epipactis latifolia. 



M. L. H. 



Parks and Arboreta. By E. Goeze (Oester. Gart. Zeit. vol. V, 

 pt. ii. pp. 58-63, pt. iii. pp. 93-100, pt. iv. pp. 146-152, pt. v. 

 pp. 183-188, pt. vi. pp. 225-228, pt. vii. pp. 272-274, pt. viii. pp. 307- 

 312, pt. ix. pp. 345-351, pt. x. pp. 371-830, pt. xi. pp. 406-414).— 

 This is a list of trees and shrubs, arranged in groups showing their 

 native country, and the date of their introduction into Europe. 



S. E. If. 



Palms, Collection of (Jour. Soc. Nat. llori. Fr. ser. iv. vol xi. 

 p. 202; April 1910). — The collection of palms in the Botanical Gardens 

 at Buitenzorg (Java) is said to be the most remarkable in the world. 

 M. Wigman has just published a list of them in the " Bulletin du 



