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THE GARDEN ALBUM AND REVIEW . 
SchomDurgkia chionodora. — This rare 
species was shown by Sir T. Lawrence, Bart., 
Burford, Dorking (gr., Mr. White). It had 
several pure white flowers like miniature 
Cattleyas on the stem. The rose-purple variety 
Kimballiana was also shown from the same 
source. The species was described in the 
Gard. Chron. Jan. 1886, p. 73, and the variety 
in the same journal in Feb. 1888, p. 136. 
Award of Merit, R.H.S., Dec. 19, 1905. 
Odontoglossum x Vuylstekese.—A photo¬ 
graph of a flower of this remarkable Hybrid 
is given in the Orchid Review for December, 
and Mr. De B. Crawshay discusses the probable 
parentage of the plant in an interesting article. 
This Hybrid was raised by M. Ch. Vuylsteke, 
of Loochristi, Ghent, and was exhibited at the 
R.H.S., on November 7th, when it received a 
First-Class Certificate. Mr. De B. Crawshay, 
who has made the study of Odontoglossums a 
speciality, considers it to be M. Vuylsteke’s 
“ grandest production.” Unfortunately its 
parentage is shrouded in obscurity, but it is con¬ 
sidered probable that 0 . Harryanum, 0 . crispum, 
and 0. x ardentissimum have had something to 
do with it. The flowers are of a deep crimson- 
purple with a few transverse bars and streaks 
of white. The petals are richer in tone than 
the sepals, and the fine lip has a narrow white 
margin. 
Cymbidium erythrostylum. — A new 
species from Annam, introduced by Messrs. 
Sander & Sons, St. Albans. It has just 
flowered at the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 
The leaves are over a foot long, and half-an- 
inch broad. The flowers “ are white with a 
few rows of purple dots down the centre of the 
petals below the middle, while the three-lobed 
lip is closely lined with red-purple.” The 
column is remarkable for its bright crimson 
colour, in allusion to which the specific name 
is given. (R. A. Rolfe, in Gardeners ' 1 Chronicle, 
Dec. 16th, p. 427). 
Lissochilus Mahoni.—This remarkable 
novelty has been figured in the Botanical 
Magazine for December, 1905, at tab. 8,047. 
It has been named by Mr. Rolfe, after its 
discoverer, Mr. John Mahon, Curator of the 
Botanic Gardens, at Entebbe, Uganda. He 
sent it to Kew in 1902, but it did not flower 
until April, 1905, in the Victoria Regia House. 
The plant grows to a great size, the flower 
stem being quite 8ft. high, almost rivalling its 
near ally, L. giganteus. It is a deciduous 
terrestrial orchid, somewhat resembling a 
Phaius in growth. It has deep green lance¬ 
shaped pointed and plaited leaves, from 44 to 
54 feet long, and about 4 inches broad. The 
flowers are amongst the largest in the genus, 
the sepals being reflexed, about an inch long, 
green, suffused, and veined with brown. The 
roundish ovate petals are over an inch long 
and broad, and of a soft rosy-lilac colour, 
while the three-lobed lip has green side lobes 
striped with brown, and a purple lobe in 
front of the yellow raised keels. Column green. 
DISA PULCHRA. 
Although described so far back as 1847 by 
Sonder in “ Limnzaf Vol. xix. p. 94, this pretty 
species does not appear to have attracted any 
attention as a garden plant until recently. No 
mention of it appears to have been made in 
the horticultural press so that one may come to 
the conclusion that it is not only an extremely 
rare plant in gardens, but also that it has not 
often been seen in flower in this country. 
It came very much into notice on November 
21st, 1905, when a couple of plants were shown 
at the R.H.S., Westminster, by the Right Hon. 
Lord Rothschild, Tring Park, whose gardener, 
Disa pulchra (two-thirds natural size). 
Mr. A. Dye, may be congratulated on its 
successful cultivation. On the date mentioned 
an “ Award of Merit ” was given to the plant. 
It should also be put on record that specimens 
from H. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr., Mr. 
Thurgood), were also exhibited on December 
19th. 
The plant grows 12 to 18 inches high, and 
has stem-clasping narrow-pointed leaves 4 to 6 
inches long, and 4 to 4 inch wide. The flowers 
vary a good deal in colour, but the prevailing 
tint is rose, distinctly and delicately veined 
with deeper colour. The sketch gives a fair 
idea of the flowers on a reduced scale. 
