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with our Orchids last week that she has gone in for the cult, and will 
succeed, I am sure, because she is so keen herself. It was the blooms fo Be 
Lzliocattleya eximia, Cattleya Minucia, C. Harrisoniana, and a fine dark 
variety of C. labiata, that charmed her. And it was the species she was | 
anxious to have a try with, rather ambitious perhaps for a beginner. 
When my husband and I were staying with these friends a few weeks ago 
we saw a small greenhouse at the end of arange of glass and against a wall. 
We decided that if it belonged to us it would be filled with a collection ot 
Lzlias and Cattleyas instead of the plants it then contained. It was this 
conversation that led my friend into taking an interest in the cult, and when 
she saw our lot, that finally decided the question. So we have bought for 
her sixty Cattleyas of good sorts, and for the time being are taking the 
responsibility of being advisers-in-chief, not having enough responsibilities 
of our own! Anyhow, there is only one genus to deal with, which in our 
opinion is a vastly different proposition to having everything from 
Odontoglossums to Dendrobiums under one roof. Certain it is that if we 
had to make a new start now with only one house we should confine 
ourselves to whatever genus the house was best adapted for; if it had the 
possibilities at all I am sure it would be hybrid Odontoglossums and 
Odontiodas. We have just acquired another fifteen of these beautiful 
crosses, mainly owing to the splendid progress made by those we already 
ss. 
An awful tragedy has happened. Workmen have been putting some 
new spouting on the house, and the rain water from these has been diverted 
to the tanks inside the conservatory. The spouts were given a very liberal 
coating of creosote, and a few hours later—in the night—there came 4 
deluge of rain. When we opened the conservatory in the morning the 
odour of creosote was awful, and we had the joyful job of clearing all the 
tanks and pipes thereto. Luckily it was discovered in time, and we do not 
appear to have suffered. 
We have taken off all the shading from the cool end of the house, and 
are giving the Odontoglossums and Odontiodas all the light we can. 
Every piece of glass has been thoroughly washed, inside and out, also an 
awful undertaking with our weird erection. We do not think that the rays 
of what little sun we get will now do any harm. The Cattleyas and 
Lzliocattleyas have made very good ripe bulbs, and every one of the fully 
grown plants has made a sheath. Those which have not bloomed are 
filling fast, and some of the seedlings with tiny sheaths are also filling. We 
do not know enough to judge by the colour of the leaves, but some with 
deep shades of red are marked on the labels albinos crosses, and with these 
one would expect the foliage to be pale green. Time, however, will prove 
their true nature. 
