1* THE ORCHID REVIEW. [September, i v ai. 
i:he varieties Wm. Pitt and Mrs. Pitt, as well as Be. Cliftonii, are fine 
examples of cultivation. The same remark applies to Lc. St. Gothard and 
-some interesting hybrids between C. Eldorado alba and C. gigas F. M. 
Beyrodt. Perhaps the finest plant in this house is C. Ariel, a beautiful 
hybrid between Bowringiana and Gaskelliana. 
An idea of the extent to which some of the more interesting species are 
cultivated may be gained from the fact that there are as many as 30 plants 
•of Chondrorhyncha Chestertonii. Another of Mr. Pitt’s little favourites is 
Kefersteinia laminata. Of the richly-coloured Sophronitis hybrids there are 
representatives of all sections, including some of the very best yet raised. 
Miltonias and their hybrids are frequently in bloom, and it is only a short 
time back in the current year that a First-class Certificate was awarded to 
Miltonia Venus. Of all the plants that have been imported of Odonto- 
glossum grande there has never been one more distinct than Pitt’s variety, 
and it is pleasingto see upwards of half-a-dozen plants doing well in a corner 
of one of the spacious houses. 
The last house is devoted to Odontoglossums, and in it are cultivated 
a most representative collection of present-day hybrids. Of these there are 
fine plants of O. waltoniense, O. Ossulstonii, carrying two seed pods, a good 
•batch of O. Zena, raised at Rosslyn, the fine O. Mauretania, O. Pembury, 
with a very strong flower spike, O. Wilckeanum Pittianum, one of the 
handsomest forms of this natural hybrid, the singular O. crispum solum, O.c. 
Magnum Bonum, O.c. The Marquis, and rare O. coronarium, a large batch 
of O. Edwardii hybrids, and the seldom seen Oncidium insculptum. 
All through the war, when many other cultivators took a lesser interest 
in their plants, Mr. H. T. Pitt never slackened his keen admiration for these 
beautiful flowers, andscarcelya week went by that did not see some addition 
being made to his already extensive collection. Almost needless to say, 
numerous Medals and high Awards have been bestowed upon exhibits from 
the Rosslyn collection. And although Mr. Pitt rarely grumbles when a 
plant fails to receive its just reward, he is never more pleased than when 
-other experts grant the prize which he, as a long experienced amateur, 
.knows the plant is worth. It was to Mr. H. T. Pitt, of Rosslyn, Stamford 
Hill, one of our oldest and most enthusiastic Orchidists, that the twenty- 
eighth volume of the Orchid Review was cordially dedicated. As one of the 
most frequent exhibitors at the Meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
Mr. H. T. Pitt’s plants have been admired by a multitude of. enthusiasts, 
;and his reputation as one of the principal amateurs is not only great in 
England, but it extends to every part of the world where the highest art of 
horticulture is appreciated. In point of variety and in the number of rare 
species, the Rosslyn collection has perhaps only been equalled by the 
splendid assemblage of plants formed by the late Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 
