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"All Chinese men, "women 
and children seem to 
love flowers; and the 
poetry which has gather¬ 
ed around the blossoms 
of plum and almond alone 
would form a not incon¬ 
siderable library of it¬ 
self,"' 
says H.A. Giles in his 
book about China 2), 
The love of flowers is f I mean, specific oriental. 
The Chrysanthemum Festival in Japan for instance 
v/as one in which every body in the family enjoyed 
viewing chrysanthemum, us these flowers are tra¬ 
ditional symbolical or long life. 
"The Japanese boys". Prof. K.A. White Via id, 
"are the real flower-lovers * They all turn out 
enthusiastically for the course and miss novor 
miss & class" O* 
Reading about China and Japan I foujid the na¬ 
me "orchid" is a girl 1 a name, while Dendrobium 
laoniliforme ("Fur-ran") in the 17th century In 
Japan was one of the most handsome ornaments of 
temples. 
* xo feeodes pctola LIndl. is linked a very 
boaut iful jeivanGse luge; PL * 
Guodyera is an interesting class of terres¬ 
trial plants, often cultIv&tea as ornaments, with 
a compact habit of growth* Many of thorn have 
dark velvety-like foliage, marked with gold and 
silver down the centre of the leaves, and some 
of the kinds nave silver and gold markings spread 
over the ja&jctrsx entire surface of the foliage /The 
most wellknown kinds are: Goodyera beccarii Schltr 
endemic; G* bifida 31, (Java, ¥elobes); G. colo ¬ 
rs, t a Bl. { Javaf; ‘ "5 * pro c a ru Hook (Java, India, 
China, Japan); 0 , mbr 1 cuj Hla Li;nil. (Java, Borne o, 
Celebes, Ambon, 1 Soiree/ Cbram, Ilow-Guniea, tolay 
Peninsula, Phi 1 ipp 1nos J; (L secundif. 
(India, China)* 
.if lore. LIndl 
Coeiogyno . There are numerous species of this 
genus of Orchids, many of which are very beauti¬ 
ful, the colour of the flowers of some being 
rich and most delicate hue. Coology no a sporata 
liudl. (Borneo, Celebes, Ceram, ’Halmahora, Bcyt- 
Guiiiea, Malay Peninsula, Philippines ); C. cuiaingii 
Hindi. (Borneo, Borneo Siivgapore, Malay Ponih- “ 
mila); C* fOi>r.storaan.i l Bchb.f. m uMumie; C. p&n- 
durata nlndl'V {Borneo, Malay Peninsula), anlalrt- 
rnotive kind of on account of fine fancy as re¬ 
sembling of row of glossy pea-green frogs with 
black tongues, each three Inches in diameter. 
C . dayana Kchb.f * (Bor;a? o , Malay Peninsula), the 
spike of which Is three feet long sometimes, is 
pendant wreath of buff yellow flowers broadly 
<?* 
triped with chocolate* 
B undrob rum is a magnificent genus of Or¬ 
chids/ producing in so me of the species flowers 
which are very large and delicate in colour, and 
delightfully fragrant* There are not many Or¬ 
chids that surpass the .Dendrobium for their beau* 
t iful flowers are .nearly every shade of colour. 
J (Repr.) 
Hi 
1 ) Prof. E*A. Vvhite in Hawaiian Press, cited by 
The American Orchid Society Bulletin. 
2) Prof. Herbert A. Giles, The Civilution of 
China 9 j ■ London, 1 92 7 / 
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