Bo THE ORCHID REVIEW. [MaRcH, 1923 
yellow one as Sandere. Both make exceedingly attractive plants when 
grown to the fine state of perfection here attained. Several First-class 
Certificates have been awarded to choice Cypripediums when exhibited at 
the Royal Horticultural Society by Baron Schréder. They include C. 
‘Pyramus var. Garnet, having the dorsal sepal heavily blotched with dark 
‘purple on a white ground; C. Eurybiades var. The Baroness, in which the 
dorsal sepal is circular in shape, copiously blotched with claret-purple; C. 
Eurybiades var. The Baron, the fine qualities of which are well displayed 
in the accompanying plate, showing this fine flower exactly life-size; and 
C. Eurybiades var. Shillianum, a grand flower, having the dorsal sepal with 
numerous purple blotches and spots. In all these varieties of Cyp. 
Eurybiades the petals are unusually well developed, thus making the 
balanced flower that is so much appreciated by specialists of this particular 
section. 
The cool house is admirably constructed for the cultivation of Odonto- 
glossums and Odontiodas. It differs somewhat from the others by having 
a brick wall on either side of the central path, and by the under-staging 
being covered to a depth of nine inches with broken bricks, which, with 
the side walls, act as moisture holding material. The results obtained are 
satisfactory in every way, and in a few years time this section will probably 
be equal with the high standard seen in the Cattleya houses. Odonto- 
glossum crispum xanthotes is represented by about fifty sturdy plants, and 
the remarkable point is that they do not seem to have any precise season of 
flowering, there is hardly a time when one or more spikes are not in course 
of formation. Among the coloured varieties of this popular species are 
some that have been cultivated here for over fifty years. The choice 
varieties include Graireanum, Pittianum, Leonard Perfect, apiatum, and a 
host of others that in the past have all enjoyed periods of considerable 
reputation. Among those of later date is O. crispum The Baroness, 
F.C.C., R.H.S., with very large flowers, prettily fringed at the margin of 
the segments, and heavily blotched with violet-purple on a white ground, 
the lip bearing a reddish-brown blotch. It is worthy of note that O. 
crispum apiatum received a First-class Certificate in April 1886 when 
exhibited by the former Baron. O. Pescatorei has two world famed 
representatives in the varieties Veitchii and Schrcederianum ; the spike of 
the latter carried over 40 flowers last season. Space will not permit the 
mentioning of more than a couple of Odontiodas, and these are the fine 
Oda. Latona, Fowler’s variety and Oda. The Dell Duchess, which last year 
produced a spike of 54 richly coloured flowers. Another example of good 
cultivation is a robust plant of Od. ardentissimum var. Ebor ; it carried no 
less than 50 flowers on the last spike produced. We are able to give a 
reproduction of the painting of Odontoglossum Colossus, showing a single 
