. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. in light brown-coloured bractatheir whole length. After the flowers have diedaway, the leaves appear. These are about 2 feet The veins are very conapicuoua on the under surface,but leas so on the upper. The stems and leaves arerusty tomentose when young, but the upper side ofthe leaves becomes glabrous when old. The flowersare produced in April on the old wood near theroots. The inner or upper aide of the perianth isdark purple, the throat being creamy-yellow with afew purple spots on it. The month o
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. in light brown-coloured bractatheir whole length. After the flowers have diedaway, the leaves appear. These are about 2 feet The veins are very conapicuoua on the under surface,but leas so on the upper. The stems and leaves arerusty tomentose when young, but the upper side ofthe leaves becomes glabrous when old. The flowersare produced in April on the old wood near theroots. The inner or upper aide of the perianth isdark purple, the throat being creamy-yellow with afew purple spots on it. The month of the perianthis fully 2 inches across, and the tube 3.| inches long,bent in the shape of a hook. The outside of theflower is marked with purple veins and articulations,and densely covered with hairs, the general colourof the outside being greeniah. When the flowersare fully developed, a very disagreeable odour isemitted from them, similar to that of other speciesof the genus. A plant which I found had upwardsof a dozen flowers on it, and its growths were about10 feet long. W. J, Tutcher,. FlO. 58.—AN OLD STYLE OBCHID-BASKET. Hong Kong Botanic Gabbers. The annual report on the Botanical and Affores-tation Department of Hong Kong (by the Super-intendent, Charles Ford, ) for the year 1894is now before us. The climatic and other difficultiesof the season under review, not merely proved exces-sively difficult to cope with, but, in spite of all theefforts of the staff, caused serious and lasting injuriesto the gardens. Immunity from storms for many yearspast had been evident in the beauty of the plants;in 1894 a series of typhoons, and a sudden andprolonged drought, did mischief, which all theprecautions tiken were powerless to completelycounteract. A still more serious evil was the plague of cater-pillars which was prevalent during May and species (Batricha punctata) multiplied sonumerously, that an organised and very extensiveraid was made against it, over a thous
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