December 15, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
529 
The Orchid Review. 
On January 1st, 1893, will be published the first number of an 
illustrated monthly journal, devoted exclusively to orchidology in 
all its branches, edited by Messrs. R. A. Rolfe and Frank Leslie. 
The prospectus states that the work will be specially devoted to 
the interests of cultivators of Orchids, and will be conducted on 
broad and independent lines as a general repertorium of infor¬ 
mation on every branch of Orchid lore. Among the subjects 
treated of will be found Descriptions of new species and hybrids, 
with their origin and parentage ; notices of interesting collections ; 
crest, which adds considerably to its charm. It is obviously a. 
useful Orchid for decorative purposes, inasmuch as it continues 
in full beauty for a long period. 
Cyperorchis elegans, Blume. 
Though this Orchid must have been introduced into England 
many years ago, it is still very rarely met with. It is a native of 
the Himalayas, where it was discovered by Wallich in 1821. It 
was originally classed as a Cymbidium by Lindley, and as such it is 
still generally known. Cyperorchis elegans is, as the name 
implies, a graceful plant, and though it may lack the brilliant 
colours of the Cattleyas, it is still sufficiently showy and attractive 
to merit a wider cultivation than it at present receives. It flowers 
during the months of November and December, and as the Orchid 
houses are as a rule not very gay at that season, it is surprising that 
this plant should have been so much overlooked. The leaves are 
strap- 3 haped, recurved, 12 to 18 inches in length by three-quarters 
of an inch broad. The tubular flowers are borne in a stout 
pendulous many-flowered raceme about 10 inches in length. The 
Fig. 70.—SPATHOGrLOTTIS VIELLARDI RUBEA. 
portraits of interesting Orchids ; cultural notes by experienced 
cultivators, with a comprehensive calendar of operations ; geo¬ 
graphical notes and sketches of Orchids at home ; biographical 
sketches ; reports of meetings and doings of the month generally, 
with any other matters likely to prove useful or interesting to 
lovers of Orchids. The price is Is. 
Spatiioglottis Yiellardi rubra. 
This charming variety was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence 
at. the Drill Hall on Tuesday, November 1st, when the Orchid 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society awarded it a first- 
class certificate. The plant shown, and from a sketch of which our 
illustration (fig. 70) has been prepared, bore a spike containing 
fifteen fully expanded blooms and a number of buds. The sepals 
and petals are of a bright purplish shade, as also is the lip, the 
latter, however, being a deeper colour, and possessing a yellow 
individual flowers are about 2 inches in length and nearly an 
inch in diameter, greenish-yellow in colour, with a few spots of 
red on the lip. 
This Orchid requires an intermediate temperature all the year 
round- It should be grown in a compost of fibrous loam, peat, and 
sphagnum in well-drained pots. Abundance of water is essential, 
particularly in the growing season. _ . 
A figure of C. elegans is given in the “ Botanical Magazine, ’ 
t. 7007, and a plant may now be seen in flower in the cool Orchid 
house at Kew.—A. B. 
Calanthes. 
These plants, now coming into bloom, are so useful that it is well- 
nigh impossible to grow too many. Crowding should certainly be 
avoided, or injury results. As many as can have room to develop 
themselves properly during the later stages of their growth only 
