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The following Coloured 
PlateS have appeared 
March 14.—NEW CHINESE PRIMULAS. > 
March 21.—A GROUP OF DAVALLIAS. : 
March 28.—TEA ROSE “CHAMELEON,’’ ( 
and COOMBE CLIFFE GARDENS. 
April 4.-COLEUS THYRSOIDEUS. 
April 11.—PITCHER PLANTS. 
April 18.—CESTRUM SMITHII. $ 
April 25 — JAPANESE PIGMY TREE. 
May 23. -Coloured Plate of SAXIFRAGA ) 
GRISEBACHII and A GROUP OF ALC > 
CASIAS. 
May 30.— Coloured Plate of DENDROBIUM ; 
NOBILE ROTUNDIFLORUM and D.n. { 
NOBILIUS. < 
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June 20.— Monochrome-tone Plate of ZENO ( 
BIA SPECIOSA PULVERULENTA. 
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With the PRESENT ISSUE we presents . 
Coloured Plate of APHELANDRA AURAN- ? 
TIACA ROEZLII. 
NEXT WEEK we shall present a Half-tone \ 
Plate of ORNITHOGALUM ARABICUM. > 
Orchids and their Culture.* 
At first sight one of the leading feature® 
of this new edition is the series of twenty 
coloured plates of Orchids. These have been 
well selected, /and represent ,a number of 
popular and interesting types of Orchids. 
Some of these are Odontoglcssum, corota- 
arium miniatum, Plialaenopsis schilleriana, 
P. s. vestalis and Saccolabium giganteum. 
Hybrids are, however, well represented by 
several forms of Laeliocattleya, Miltonia 
bleu ana, Odontoglossum wilckeanum, 0. ex- 
cellens, and others. These coloured plates 
being limited to the size of the octavo 
volume, it is necessary in many instances, to 
reduce the size of the flowers, but it has 
been possible, nevertheless, to give a fair 
idea of the general character of the subjects 
taken in hand. A double plate has been de^ 
voted to two hybrid Cala.nthes named C. 
Kenneth and 0. trumphans, these two show¬ 
ing off well by contrast. 
The alterations and additions in the new 
edition have been entrusted tef Mr. H. J. 
Chapman, who is well known to the frater¬ 
nity as one of the most expert of cultivator's. 
The first edition of the book included a 
large number of illustrations, chiefly draw¬ 
ings. These are reproduced and many 
fresh ones have been added in the way of 
photographs, which are intercalated with 
the text, and sometimes form full-page illus¬ 
trations. There can be no doubt that the 
hook has been greatly improved by these 
additions, as the camera reproduces them 
more faithfully than it is possible to do by 
drawings. Amongst those best reproduced 
by photographs, taken by Mr. Chapman, we 
should mention the group of hybrids of Cy- 
pripedium fairieanum, which has been, used 
as one of the parents; and in the flowers 
represented one can see the influence of a 
great number of other species, according to 
the parents which had been employed. An¬ 
other feature of the book is the addition of 
the various hybrids of different Orchids in, 
♦“Orchids: Their Culture and Managem-nt.” By w. 
Watson, Curator, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew New 
Edition. Revised throughout and greatly enlarged bv Mr. 
H. .1. Chapman. London : 0. Upcott Gill, Bazaar Buildings, 
Drury Lane, W.C. Formerly o 1 170, Strand. 
cultivation. The genera and species are 
arranged alphabetically throughout the 
book, and at the end of each genus the list 
of hybrids belonging to that genusi up to the 
time of going to press lias been added. This 
lias been part of the work executed by Mr. 
Chapman, who lias interested himself in this 
subject for many years: past. Taking the 
subject of Cattleya. we notice that in the first 
column, he gives the name of the hybrid, and 
in the second column lie mentions the two 
parents, giving the raiser’s name in brackets. 
Mr. Chapman lias also' added a, chapter on, 
hybridisation. He seems to consider that 
tli© art is still in its infancy, and that it 
will play a,n important fart in the near 
future. From more than one point of view 
we should be inclined to agree with him, not. 
the least important being the fact that we 
now have difficulty in getting; ne,w Orchids of 
interest in their native habitats, which have 
been so thoroughly ransacked all over the 
world. Possibly some new Orchids may 
come to light in. China, though at. present, 
we must confess that almost any other class, 
of plants has been brought into prominence 
of late years from that country. This, then, 
being the state, it remains that hybridisers 
still have a, field open to them for the repro¬ 
duction of superior new hybrid Orchids in 
order to maintain the interest in this par¬ 
ticular class of plants. We, in common with 
many others, admit that, old plants are fre¬ 
quently more showy than recent introduc¬ 
tions ; but, in the case of Orchids, with so 
much material to hand it is possible to de¬ 
velop new ones along lines more in accord¬ 
ance with the taste and desires of the cul¬ 
tivators and owners. 
Again, we cannot, tell what are the limits 
of the hybridist, for the simple reason that, it 
is largely a. matter of experiment. Year by 
year the hybridists themselves are becoming 
more skilful and succeed in effecting hybrids 
which a few years ago they believed to be 
impossible. Quite apart from the possi¬ 
bility of effecting a, cross, we think that many 
cultivators failed to raise* then' seedlings 
even after they had got seeds in abundance. 
In such a case it was the fault, of the cul¬ 
tivator rather than the hybridist. The pos¬ 
sibility of Orchid raising will become greater 
as the* grower realises, the fact that. Orchids, 
