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majus in fine condition, and P. X pavoninum, a home raised seedling from 
P. venustum and Boxallii, said to be the first which has flowered in the 
collection. P. callosum Sanderz was throwing up its scape, but to enumer- 
ate the choice things not in flower would take up too much space. Phragmi- 
pedilum xX Schrcederz was in fine condition, also P. x Sedeni candidulum, 
and P. X grande, with its variety atratum. 
The Odontoglossum house contained nice examples in flower of O. 
Rossii, maculatum, some good crispum, gloriosum, pulchellum, several 
pretty forms of xX Andersonianum, Hallii, one of which had a spike 
of eighteen flowers, and others. A form of O. xX loochristiense, in 
bud, was obtained with the record O. crispum roseum ? X triumphans ¢, 
and should prove interesting. Here were also good examples of Ada 
aurantiaca, Masdevallia x Veitchiana and caudata, Oncidium concolor and 
macranthum, and nice, healthy examples of Disa x Veitchii in bud. 
In an Intermediate house was a wonderful specimen of Oncidium 
tigrinum, which it would be difficult to match, a very richly coloured 
example of Phaius X Norman, forms of Masdevallia Chimera, two good 
Miltonia Phalznopsis, Cymbidium eburneum, and the rare C. tigrinum in 
bud. 
Of the Cattleya house a very brief notice must suffice. We noted a 
nice example of Cattleya Schrcedere bearing nine flowers, the handsome C. 
x Louis Chaton, good examples of Oncidium sarcodes and Epidendrum 
Wallisii, a good plant of Sobralia macrantha Kienastiana, and many other 
good things ; also a fine batch of seedling plants which have been acquired 
- from various sources, whose growth is watched with interest, and whose 
flowering is awaited—let us hope—with all the patience necessary. It is 
only a question of time, and we wish Mr. Ball the same success that has 
attended him in other departments of his interesting collection. 
THE HAREFIELD HALL COLLECTION. 
The fine collection of E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, 
deserves a more detailed account than we shall be able to give, but ina 
somewhat hurried look through about eight different houses we saw many 
very interesting plants, and among them flowering examples of the very 
rare Chysis Limminghei and Dendrobium sulcatum were among the most 
noteworthy, also the pure white D. nobile Ashworthianum, whose sepals and 
petals are more twisted than most others, which has led to a doubt whether 
it is a true nobile form. 
The Dendrobiums had made a very fine display, but had been a little 
earlier than Mr. Ball’s, and were past their best. They contained many of 
those previously mentioned, together with the pretty D. x Imogen, D. X 
Cybele, D. x Sibyl, D. x Rolfez, D. x Cassiope, the rare D. O’Brien- 
ianum, and some choice varieties of well-known species. Five good plants 
