THE ORCHID REVIEW. [December, 192 <• 
novelties being produced. Judging from what has already been effected in 
this collection, Dr. Miguel Lacroze will have many rewards in the near 
future. 
The second house contains a number of choice Cattleyas that are being 
grown on to flowering-size plants. All have originated from back bulbs of 
proved varieties, hence, when this certainty of their meritorious character 
exists no care and labour seem too great to be bestowed upon them. There 
are several plants of the fine Brassocattleya Cliftoni magnifica, and two 
nice pieces of the rare Cattleya Warcewiczii var. Firmin Lambeau, having 
jive and four bulbs respectively. Also a small plant of Laelia pumila alba, 
which by way of an exception fails to grow satisfactorily. When the 
collections of the late Mr. J. Gurney Fowler and Mr. F. M. Ogilvie 
were disposed of numerous seedlings were purchased, and these are.now 
rapidly reaching the flowering period. A small plant of the beautiful 
Cattleya Dowiana Rosita is of interest. Dendrobiums are not numerous, 
but at the end of this house may be seen D. rubens elegans, a specially fine 
variety, D. Thwaitesiae, D. Sibyl, and D. nobile Rappartianum. 
In the third house are many superb plants of the well-known hybrids. 
Mention may be made of the choice Blc. Queen of the Belgians (Bl. 
Digbyano-purpurata X C. Mendelii), first recorded by Dr. Lacroze in 1916; 
Brassocattleya Cliftonii, with large flowers, but not quite equal to that 
known as magnifica; Cattleya Lueddemanniana Stanleyi, with white sepals 
and petals and an amethyst-purple lip; Cattleya Gravesiana, obtained by 
crossing C. Mossiae Wageneri with C. Lueddemanniana var. Empress, and 
now in sheath; Lc. Momus, with erect and flat petals derived from L. 
pumila; several plants of Cattleya Cowaniae alba ; Be. Dr. C. Macdonald 
(C. Peetersii X Be. Ilene); Cattleya Eleanore (C. Hardyana X C. 
Warscewiczii), very vigorous and represented by several specially fine 
varieties; Lc. Rex (Lc. Haroldiana X C. Tityus); several very fine forms 
of Lc. Colmaniana (C. aurea X Lc. callistoglossa); and last, but not least' 
an interesting plant derived from the crossing of C. Tityus Rex with 
C. Tityus Blenheim variety. 
All the plants in the fourth house have flowered, and their special points 
of merit duly noted. A plant of Sic. Meuse carried four good flowers on 
one spike, while many other similar examples of cultivation have been 
achieved. There are upwards of a dozen plants of the variety of Cattleya 
Warscewiczii known as F. M. Beyrodt; also several distinct forms of 
Be. Ilene and Blc. Triune. The large-flowering Cattleya Enid and C. 
Thora are much appreciated, and so also are Blc. Jupiter, with a very large 
flower, and Lc. Thyone Bryndir var., having deep yellow flowers, with a 
crimson band round the labellum (A.M., R.H.S., Aug. 29th, 1916). One of 
the gems of the collection is Cattleya Monarch Bryndir variety (Trian* X 
