December, 1921.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. i 7t 
Empress Frederick), which obtained a First-class Certificate at the R.H.S., 
Jan. 29th, 1918. It has blush-rose sepals and petals, the latter very broad 
and crimped, and a rich, ruby-purple lip, with a light yellow blotch on each 
of the side lobes of the labelium. 
Passing into the fifth house, there is again ample evidence that the 
method of cultivation produces well-ripened bulbs and flowers of good 
substance, for there are excellent Brassocattleyas, a strong plant of Cattleya 
Maggie Raphael alba; C. labiata coerulea, with a bluish lip; C. Enid, 
represented by several with white sepals and petals ; C. Harrisoniana alba, 
Stanley’s variety, a nice plant of seven bulbs and two leads ; Lc. Ettrick, 
derived from the crossing of C. aurea and Lc. bletchleyensis, with yellow 
flowers; several dark varieties of C. Warscewiczii; and Lc. Linda (C. 
aurea X Lc. Arachne), of which there are two or three excellent varieties. 
This house also contains a representative collection of Cypripediums, 
including Maudiae, Euryades splendens, Leoniae Gratrixiae, insigne 
Harefield Hall, and Thalia magnificum, the latter carrying five large flowers. 
At the end of the staging may be seen Miltonia Charlesworthii, M. Venus, 
M. Cobbiana, M. Bleuana Stevensii, and the Blenheim variety of M. Hyeana. 
Suspended in pans from the roof are healthy plants of Odontoglossum 
citrosmum* Ccelogyne Massangeana, and others. 
The Odontoglossum house measures 50ft. in length and is separated from 
the block of Cattleya houses just described. Here, again, there is every 
means of maintaining suitable conditions : large rain-water tanks, under¬ 
staging to prevent the heat from the pipes acting directly on the plants, and 
roller blinds placed about nine inches above the glass. The autumn is not 
the best time for seeing these plants in flower, but the plants themselves are 
really excellent examples of good health, having just that nice finish and 
slight bronze-like tint to the foliage that every careful cultivator likes to 
witness. Among the Odontoglossums are crispum xanthotes, with yellow 
spotting, Boadicea, with golden-yellow ground colour, Jasper, of rose-purple 
tints, several hybrids of Rossii, including Woodroffeae, and a choice variety 
of Lambeauianum. On the other side of this house can be seen several of 
the best varieties of Odontoglossum crispum, and of which mention may be 
made of Starlight, crispum solum, and crispum Bryndir, the latter a very 
fine, large, white flower of thick texture. There are fine plants of the 
handsome Oda. Zenobia, the pretty Oda. Madeline, and the Roehampton 
variety of Oda. Joan, which is remarkable on account of its rich, dark 
coloration. One of the gems in this house is Od. Miguelito (Dora X Doris) 
recorded by Dr. Lacroze in 1918, and yielding large round flowers in which 
the segments are almost covered with rose-purple blotching. Od. Glorita 
is a distinct hybrid of Rossii descent, and Oda. Buenos Ayres has round 
petals of rose ground, and heavily blotched. At the end of this house is a 
