146 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
for both parents are popular autumn-flowering species of easy culture, 
and when the plant becomes strong the inflorescence will probably bear 
several if not many flowers. 
ORCHIDS AT CLARE LAWN, EAST SHEEN. 
THE well-known collection of Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., maintains its 
excellent character, and on looking through the houses the other day we 
found many beautiful Orchids in flower, and among them noted a few of 
the more striking. 
A fine plant of Dendrobium fimbriatum, the unblotched type, bore 
fourteen of its beautiful racemes, and close by was a well-flowered example 
of D. xX rhodopterygium, also D. primulinum, and D. Hildebrandii. D. 
nobile was making a profuse display, and among its varieties nobilius and 
Cooksonianum were conspicuous. We noted, also, some interesting seed- 
lings derived from D. Hildebrandii x nobile, sown in 1896, which should _ 
prove interesting when they flower. A good Cattleya Schroedere carried 
nine spikes, and near by were examples of C. Mendelii, Triane, and 
Aclandiz, with C. intermedia alba, C. Schilleriana, and C. Skinneri in bud. 
The pretty little Lelia x Olivia was in bloom, and L. x Latona carried a 
spike of nine flowers. Nor must we forget the pretty little Epidendrum X 
Endresio- Wallisii, and the last-named of its parents. 
The handsome Zygopetalum x Perrenoudi bore a couple of fine spikes, 
-as did also Oncidium sphacelatum, besides which Sobralia macrantha, 
Phaius X Phebe, Spathoglottis ™ aureo-Vieillardii, Cypripedium 
barbatum, and four plants of C. hirsutissimum carrying an aggregate of - 
nine beautiful flowers, added to the display. The rare Stauropsis gigantea 
was also in flower. 
The Phalznopsis house here is always interesting, and we noted some 
nice examples of P. Sanderiana, Aphrodite, and Lueddemanniana, two good - 
examples of Eulophiella Elisabeth, Miltonia Roezlii splendens, and 
Pescatorea Klabochorum, not quited expanded, all of which do splendidly 
here. Warm-growing Cypripediums are equally well at home, and we 
noted in flower C. Mastersianum, Argus, Rothschildianum, and a fine lot of 
Lawrenceanum and barbatum. C. X Germinyanum, x delicatum, and X 
politum may be mentioned among the hybrids, and a seedling in bud from 
C, barbatum x Druryi should settle the parentage of C. x orphanum, 
were the point any longer doubtful. 
The plants of Cymbidium Lowianum in the Rock House have been 
noted more than once in these pages, and they are again a mass of spikes, 
which leaves no doubt of the success of the cool treatment adopted. Only 
a few blooms are yet expanded, but they will present a picture in a few 
