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late Mr. C. Wolley Dod, where the two parents were grown together. Its 
history is given at page 125. Three plants of the bright purple O. laxiflora 
must also be mentioned. 
Inside, there is a good display of bloom, both in the cool and warm 
divisions, the former including a number of Odontoglossums and Odontiodas, 
the latter Cattleyas and Lelia purpurata, with a number of hybrids, and a 
fine bank of the brilliant Renanthera Imschootiana, which remains long in 
good condition. The Sobralias have begun to bloom, and include S.. 
macrantha and its white variety alba, also one called S. macrantha lilacina, 
presumably a wild plant, but indistinguishable from S. Veitchii, an artificial 
hybrid between S. macrantha and S. xantholeuca, and thus strengthening the 
belief that S. Veitchii also occurs as a wild plant. There are also examples 
of S. violacea and the bright yellow S. Lady Colman, while S. xantholeuca 
will soon be out. Thunias are also beginning to bloom, and include T. 
Marshalliana and T. Bensoniz, with the artificial hybrid between them, T. 
Veitchiana, and a plant called T. Majoriana, of which we are unable to trace 
the history, though it is indistinguishable from T. Veitchiana, and is believed 
to have originated as an imported plant. It would be interesting to have 
this point cleared up, for there is presumptive evidence that the parents grow 
together, as also in the case of the Sobralia. It will be remembered that 
Dendrobium Ainsworthii was long known as a home-raised hybrid before 
its discovery in Sikkim, in a locality where the two parent species grow on 
the same trees. 
Among examples of good culture may be mentioned a fine clump of the 
Japanese Angrzcum falcatum, which is grown in a basket, and is crowded 
with its graceful white flowers, which assume a cream colour as they fade. 
Also two large specimens of Lycaste Deppei, the larger with about forty 
flowers, these also being very effective. The distinct L. gigantea is also in 
bloom, with two plants of the bright yellow Anguloa Clowesii, while 
A. Ruckeri and A. virginalis are in bud. The quaint genera, Stanhopea 
and Catasetum, which are well represented in the collection, are also 
beginning to flower. : 
Miltonia festiva is a particularly interesting natural hybrid that Is 
carrying three spikes. The parents are M. flavescens and M. spectabilis, 
and the former was in bloom when the first flowers expanded; the other 
parent usually blooms somewhat later. Other interesting things in bloom 
are Dendrobium regium, aggregatum, and the violet-blue D. Victoria- 
Regina, Oncidium lamelligerum and incurvum, the former a species of the 
macranthum group, Maxlllaria tennifolia and Sanderiana, Calanthe 
Dominii, Microstylis Scottii, the bronzy leaves zoned with silvery white, 
and others too numerous to mention, for the collection is rich in botanical 
Tarities, and there is a constant succession of bloom, 
