334 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1923. 
Certificate when shown at the Manchester Orchid Society, December 7th, 
1922. 
Another Odontoglossum house is reached by ascending a few steps, and 
as it contains most of the finer varieties of this collection, Mr. Worsley 
jokingly describes it as the Upper House of Lords, in distinction to the 
Lower House of commoner forms. Here are cultivated more varieties of 
O. crispum, including the well-known solum, magnum bonum, Charmian, 
in which the only spotting is seen on the three sepals, and the charming 
variety known as Mrs. Harry Worsley. As an example of the robust nature 
to be seen in most of the plants, mention may be made of O. Lambardeanum 
giganteum with a spike over 30 inches in height and carrying immense 
flowers of violet-purple colour, the petals prettily toothed at the edge, and 
the labellum well above the average size. Another giant exists in O. 
Leviathan, unfortunately of unrecorded parentage, and a singular flower in 
O. memoria J. G. Fowler, which closely resembles O. ardentissimum solum 
by an occasional large circular blotch of colour. O. Grand Duke Nicholas 
is certainly one of the best of all the large-flowering hybrids, for the 
individual blooms measure five inches across, while the colour is an arrange- 
ment of vivid crimson-purple on a rose-violet ground. 
Of the more recently produced yellow-spotted hybrids this collection 
‘includes the very fine Odontoglossum Goldcrest, which received a First- 
.Class Certificate at the Royal Horticultural Society on June 12th, of this 
year, when the arching spike bore 13 flowers with the segments prettily 
spotted with bright lemon-yellow. A handsome hybrid may be seen in O. 
Lambeauianum var. Harry Worsley, of fine formation and deep wine-purple 
_colour, while a couple of choice varieties of O. eximium are cultivated in La 
Papillon, F.C.C., R.H.S., Oct. 22nd, tg18, and Earl of Chester, with 
segments of rich colour. It is impossible to describe all the many fine 
Odontoglossums in this collection, but mention must be made of O. Everest, 
F.C.C., R.H.S., March 23rd, 1920, a flower of remarkable development and 
_elegantly blotched, and of several that came from the late Mr. W. R. Lee’s 
_ celebrated collection at Plumpton Hall, among them being Charmian, Ajax, 
and Thais. The latest addition to this remarkable assemblage is O. 
Maceanum (His Majesty x crispum Fearnley Sander), of which the 
.llustration gives a faithful idea of its superlative qualities. There is also a 
good example of the famous O. President Poincaré, still regarded as one of 
the best of its kind. 
In a spacious corridor numerous Cypripediums are grown for cut-flower 
purposes, also several specimen plants of Sobralias, and a varied collection 
. of Cymbidiums, the latter including the beautiful and rare C. Sybil album, 
_several hybrids of eburneum, Alexanderi, Gottianum, and Pauwelsii. A 
large lean-to house is entirely filled with choice Cypripediums, and during 
