138 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Junn, 1916. 
petals and of Rolfez in the lip. Others were in bud, and all came out of 
the same seed pod. A pretty little plant of O. Cérstedii bore seven flowers, 
one of which has been fertilised with Odontioda. 
The QOdontiodas were a brilliant series, including good forms of O. 
Bradshawie, O. Lutetia, O. keighleyensis var. Firefly, a very dark scarlet, 
O. illustris, bearing a spike of sixteen crimson flowers with markings much 
like Odontoglossum Rolfez on the lip, O.. Diana with twenty-seven scarlet 
flowers, with O. Brunette and O. Lambeauiana in bud. 
Among Odontoglossums not in bloom were pointed out a nice plant of 
O. crispum Oakfield Sunrise, O.c. xanthotes, and the beautiful yellow O. c. 
aureum, Canary, Golden Queen, Laburnum, Holdenii, and O. crispo- 
Wiganianum, a class of which Mr. Ralli is extremely fond. There were 
also two Oncidioda Cooksoniz. 
The seedlings were particularly interesting, and besides a batch of some 
120 in tiny pots there were some of larger size and others germinating on 
the pots of established plants. We cannot enumerate them, but a batch of 
O. percultum X O. crispum Oakfield Sunrise is being watched with interest, 
to see how far the abnormal character of the latter will be reproduced. 
About a dozen Odontoglossum pods were maturing, and we noted seedlings 
of Cymbidium grandiflorum xX Wiganianum. There were also seedlings 
from Disa grandiflora self-fertilised, with a few established plants showing 
for flower, and a nice lot of D. Luna in flower and spike. 
Many plants of Sophronitis grandiflora were suspended here, and two 
plants with eleven and twenty flowers formed a bright little picture. A 
plant of the yellow S. g. Lowii was not in bloom, and it will be curious to 
see what the effect of hybridising it will be. Miltonia vexillaria memoria 
G. D. Owen bore four beautiful flowers, and other choice forms made a 
bright display. : 
In an Intermediate house were some good Miltonia vexillaria in bloom, 
including the pretty M. v. chelsiensis, and Epidendrum radicans, while 
plants of Miltonioda Harwoodii, Odontocidium Edwardatum, QOdonto- 
glossum Aliciz and some Odontoglossum seedlings were pointed out. 
Passing into the Warmer divisions we noted the same healthy and 
vigorous condition of the inmates, and it was remarked that a great 
improvement was observable when the old high span-roofed structure was 
replaced by smaller houses, in which the plants can be placed better up to 
the light. Here again we can only give a selection of the things noted, but 
it is remarked that Mr. Ralli is particularly fond of yellow Orchids, and 
among those pointed out were fine plants of Leliocattleya Trimyra and 
Le. Smilax var. Prince of Orange from the celebrated Burford collection, 
also Lc. Drapsiana primulina, Lc. Thyone var. Bonnie, and Lc. Cane, a 
pretty hybrid raised at Ashtead Park. 
