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however two were destroyed while in bud by some insect, The 
third bore six flowers in a rather compact raceme each measur- 
ing 2\ inches across. The sepals were pure white the narrow 
twisted petals i inch across and i| inch lone white at the base and 
pale olive yellow above, margined with mauve, the broad lip white 
with mauve at the mouth of the spur and gradually paling into 
white on the keels, the tip of the lip pale mauve with a yellowish 
spot on the edge, the three ridges on the keel, are well marked, the 
central one ending in a flat subtriangular tooth. The broad thick 
column is white stained at the base with mauve and the anther cap 
orange. 
The flowers Remained fresh for three weeks. The plant is a 
native of the Philippines, (Ed.) 
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. 
Straits and Borneo Exhibits. 
The latest supplement to the Board of Trade Journal ’ dealing 
with matters connected with the Imperial Institute, contains some 
interesting notes on recent additions to the Indian and Colonial 
Sections. & The following is an extract 
Sira its Settlements and Federated Malay States : Considerable 
progress has been made in the re-organisation of this court, on a 
plan prepared last vear by Professor Dunstan, which was approved 
by the Government of ihe Straits Settlements, by whom the work 
of collecting and preparing in the Colony the new exhibits required 
was entrusted to Mr. H. N. Ridley, m. a. Director of Botanic Garden 
and Forests at Singapore Much assistance has kindly been given 
by Mr Leonard Wray, F.Z.S., Curator of the Government Museum 
at Perak, whilst on leave. The Straits Court is being re-modelled 
in accordance with the general scheme for the improvement of the 
collections, the object in view being to render the exhibits of greater 
value to commercial men, for educational progress, and as a means 
of bringing to public notice recent developments in economic re- 
search.* To this end the specimens have been thoroughly over- 
hauled and a representative series selected for exhibition. Temporary 
labels have been added giving information describing the collection 
and manufacture of important products, and the local uses of other 
products, many of which do not appear as exports. These tem- 
porary labels are being replaced as rapidly as possible by fuller 
specially prepared, printed labels, and when this work is completed 
it will be possible for the visitor to learn, as completely as the 
specimens allow, the method of cultivation, collection, and manu- 
facture of the products, and the uses to which they are put. The 
tin industry has received special treatment in view of its paramount 
importance, and a complete series of specimens and photographs, 
illustrating the modes of occurrence of the tin ores, the methods of 
mining and smelting, have been placed on exhibition with full des- 
