JUNE, 1914.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 167° 
also Leliocattleya Hyeana and Baden-Powell. Other interesting things 
were white and rosy forms of Odontoglossum citrosmum, the fragrant 
Epidendrum  glumaceum, Cypripedium bellatulum, and a batch of 
Trichopilia Backhouseana. 
A Cool house contained good plants of Masdevallia coccinea and ignea, 
with examples of M. Rushtonii, O’Brieniana, ephippium, Houtteana, Curlei, 
and Ajax, Physosiphon Loddigesii, several Restrepias, Scaphosepalum 
swertizfolium, several plants of a very free-flowering Stelis, and the rare 
Pleurothallis Barberiana, whose identity was not known, but the slipper- 
shaped lip enabled it to be immediately identified. 
A house devoted to seedling Odontoglossums followed, and contained 
plants in almost every stage. Large batches of seedlings about a year old 
were followed by those of two years and others of almost flowering size, 
showing the rapid progress that is being made. Here were some of the 
choice things being used as seed parents, and we noted a very fine white 
Odontoglossum crispum, O. Pescatorei bearing four capsules from different 
pollen parents, Miltonia Phalaenopsis X Odontioda Bradshawie, Oncidium 
cucullatum x M. Bleuana, Odontoglossum maculatum x M. Bleuana, O. 
armainvillierense xanthotes X a fine white crispum, and numerous others. 
The next house was also devoted to Odontoglossum seedlings, and 
many of these were used as seed beds, the seeds being sown on the new 
compost soon after potting. Quantities of germinating seeds were pointed 
out, and there were traces of a fine network of fungus mycelium on the 
surface of the compost. The seedlings were all in promising condition, 
From this we passed into a Cattleya house, where an enormous number 
of seedlings about two years old were pointed out. Here was a nice batch 
of seedlings of Dendrobium Wardianum hololeucum, from which it is 
hoped to raise the variety true from seed. The little globules were just 
pushing out their growing point. 
The seedling house is an interesting structure, and has sixteen rows of 
Pipes, but arched over and covered with moisture-retaining material so that 
the heat does not dry up the seed beds. Corrugated zinc covered with a 
layer of broken bricks is generally used for the solid stages over the pipes. 
The next house was similar in character, and heré were many Cattleyas 
bearing seed pods, also Cymbidiums, the curiously beaked capsule of 
Brassavola Digbyana, and a few Sophronitis grandiflora. The seedling 
department has been steadily developed for some years under the care of 
Mr. Banting, and a succession of seedlings from choice crosses are now 
Steadily progressing towards the flowering stage. 
On entering another range extending from the Corridor we found a large: 
Stock of seedling Cattleyas of about flowering size, and among plants in 
bloom we noted the fragrant C..suavior, C. Lawre-Mossiz, C. Dietrichiana,. 
