September, 1921.] 
THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
admiring M. muscosa, witfi its wonderful lip so constructed that whenever 
an insect alights upon it an upward movement occurs and imprisons the 
visitor. After a time the lip falls back into its original position, only to 
repeat the movement when another fly arrives. 
Maxillarias seem to have fallen out of cultivation during the last few 
years, but Mr. Pitt always admires M. sanguinea and M. tenuifolia. He is 
fond of handling a well-grown plant, and with just pride likes to show them 
to his friends. There are few plants of Miltonia Phalaenopsis that equal 
the one grown here. Eulophiella Elisabethae has been over 20 years in the 
collection, and many others have only a few less to their credit. How many 
growers are successful with Laelia Jongheana ? Yet here is a plant that 
obtained an Award of Merit 21 years ago. 
Odontoglossums have long made the Rosslyn collection famous through¬ 
out the world. All the best known blotched varieties of O. crispum can be 
seen both in large and small plants, the latter being recently propagated 
pieces. In addition to those previously mentioned, there are the following 
varieties of O. crispum:—Lindenii, LuCianii, Carpartianum, Ashworth- 
ianum, and Fearnley Sander. At the end of one of the Cool houses may be 
seen most of the Mexican Odontoglossums, including several plants of O. 
Duviverianum, O. nebulosum, O. cordatum, O. Humeanum, and O. 
aspersum. Also O. bictonense album and O. Uro-Skinneri album. A very 
free-flowering species is O. aspidorhinum, of which five good plants are 
nearly always in bloom. In a corner of one of the hot houses are the 
Phalaenopses, and they look uncommonly well. All the plants root very 
freely. They include P. Lueddemanniana, P. Stuartiana, P. Esmeralda, 
and P. amabilis. Alongside is the rare Vanda Sanderiana, a plant that 
never seems at home in the English climate. 
The Dendrobium house is filled with species and the best hybrids. 
Dalhousieanum is freely propagated by removing the young plants that form 
on the upper portion of the old stems. Plants so obtained are found to be 
healthier and better growers. In other houses are grown numerous 
Cymbidiums, not forgetting Pitt’s variety of Low-grinum, some of the best 
Zygopetalums, Oncidium Leopoldii, always distinct on account of the long 
rhizome that separates the bulbs, and a strong specimen of Peristeria elata. 
On entering the Cattleya house one is astonished at the quantity and 
variety of the plants. A whole chapter could be written on the species 
alone, and still another on the hybrids. C. Hardyana continues to be much 
valued, especially the varieties having white sepals and petals. Then there 
is the elegant C. Iris var. His Majesty, not yet equalled, also the best 
varieties of Lc. Ophir, Lc. Golden Goblet, Lc. Golden Crest, and Lc. Cloth 
of Gold, all producing golden-yellow flowers. Many albino Cattleyas, of 
which we may mention C. Cowanise alba, several Brassocattleyas, including 
