140 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1923. 
seedlings raised annually, for a great many of these that are grown on 
‘must be sad examples when they flower. Possibly the unsuspecting 
amateur who is innocent of such matters gets a few at the growers’ price to 
experiment with. - 
The best of my Odontoglossums were a few crispums, a nice Pescatorei, 
eximium, Gloriana, Ossulstonii X Aireworth, harvengtense, and Rossii 
majus. One very interesting plant was Odm. Hibernicum (Hallii xX 
hhastilabium). Purchased as a seedling in 1915 from Messrs. Cypher, it 
grew into afine specimen and put up a big spike at flowering time. It isa 
far more decorative plant than some of the present day hybrids. The 
Odontiodas all over were a good show, and included fairly good forms of 
Diana, Charlesworthii, Cooksoniz, Vuylstekez, etc. Requiring the same 
‘treatment as Odontoglossums, these are well worth including in the small 
amateur’s collection. 
Of al! my Orchids I found Cypripediums the easiest to grow, and I 
believe that I would have attained better results with a warmer temperature. 
The critical time with these plants, as with all other Orchids, is at repotting 
time, more especially if one is dividing a plant or breaking up a larger 
specimen for stock purposes. The secret here is not so much compost, but 
plenty of heat and moisture, keeping off direct watering for some weeks 
until the plants are established. Naturally these Orchids will take longer 
to get established in a lower temperature, and require even more carefu: 
watering. There are so many good things in this genus that the amateur 
has no room for weedy forms; but at the same time he should not neglect 
the showier species and their varieties, and with a select list of hybrids he 
can havea splendid display from October to March. The one I put first is 
insigne Sandere, followed by insigne Harefield Hall and Maudiz 
magnificum. If there is room these should be grown in quantity, and they 
are well worth the extra space. Amongst others I had, for which I 
still have a special fancy are Minos Youngii, Helen II. Westonbirt var. and 
Queen Alexandra, Lee’s var. To these I would add good forms of Carola, 
Actzus, Pyramus, and the Westonbirt vars. of Cyclops, Lord Wolmer, and 
Swallowtail. To my mind these might form the nucleus of a good 
selection, but I do not suppose that one could get two experts to agree as to 
the best 50 Cypripediums. 
Cymbidiums were another excellent lot, but owing to lack of space I 
could only accommodate a few. Receiving ordinary ‘ greenhouse plant” 
treatment they always bloomed well with me. Amongst the species were 
Lowianum and Tracyanum, while the hybrids were represented by 
Alexanderi, Doris, Gottianum, Hanburyanum, etc. These are all fine 
decorative subjects and there are plenty of other hybrids to make a selection 
from. A good form of Miranda should be worth growing. Oncidiums are 
