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Measuresiana and M. X Chelsoni, also the allied Restrepia elegans, 
Octomeria crassifolia, Scaphosepalum ochthodes and S. punctatum. 
Among miscellaneous subjects may be mentioned some good Rhynchostylis 
retusa, Mormodes pardinum unicolor, Cymbidium ensifolium, the rare 
Tetramicra montana, Sobralia xantholeuca and S. macrantha, the pretty 
Maxillaria striata, Lycaste Deppei, Vanda Kimballiana, the rare rose- 
coloured Ccelia macrostachya, Dendrobium formosum and D. Guibertianum, 
Sobralia graveolens, Calanthe Masuca, Angrecum Scottianum, Ccelogyne 
Micholitzii and C. speciosa, the pretty little Sigmatostalix radicans, 
Lockhartia pallida, &c. A good plant of Vanilla planifolia on a 
back wall was bearing some nice clusters of fruit. 
Many Cypripediums were out, and among those noted were a fine 
lot of C. insigne just commencing to bloom, C. niveum, the beautiful 
C. bellatulum album, C. tonsum, C. purpuratum, C. callosum with twin- 
flowered scape, C. Curtisii, C. Victoria-Mariz, and numerous hybrids, 
as-C: ox Arthunaname Ci ot Alcides, Ceo: Ho Ballantine: C; xX 
picturatum, C. xX Io, C. x A. R. Smith, C. xX Uihleinianum, and 
many others. There were also the beautiful Selenipedium Xx Schroedere, 
and S. x Saundersianum, the latter from a fresh batch of several plants 
raised in the establishment, now beginning to flower. 
This brings us to the seedlings, a most interesting lot, now under the care 
of Mr. Armstrong, who was formerly with Mr. Winn, of Selly Hill, 
Birmingham. We have not space to mention them in detail, but would 
remark that the Cattleyas form a large and very healthy lot, and that other 
groups are also well represented. They are grown on open stages, with beds 
of coke underneath, which, being kept watered, gives off a constant supply 
of moisture. The plants are stood upon small inverted pots, and everything 
is done to ensure a free circulation of air about the roots, which is considered 
a point of the greatest importance. A number of fine seed-pods shows that 
the work is being followed up assiduously. It was very interesting to see 
nice little batches of seedlings between Cattleya Warneri and Lelia 
tenebrosa, and between the same Cattleya and Lelia grandis. These crosses 
were made with a view of proving the parentage of the natural hybrids, 
Lelio-cattleya x Gottoiana and L.-c. x albanense, and, of course, have a 
value of their own apart from their scientific interest. There are also 
seedlings of Dendrobium Brymerianum crossed with D. Dalhousieanum, 
and the sheaths have the characteristic red markings of the pollen parent. 
This cross has been repeated, as well as the reverse cross, and both are 
represented by good capsules. Many other interesting crosses could be 
enumerated, but they must be left over until they reach the flowering stage. 
