January, 1911] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 5 
as a semi-established plant, say they have flowered one similar, getting an 
A.M. in Manchester. In sheath are C. Triane, Mossiz, Lzliocattleya 
Dogas, intermedia and intermedia alba x Schroedere alba. The Trianz have 
splendid stout pseudobulbs, with sheaths showing spikes at their base, but 
the plants have secondary growths, and we wonder whether both growths 
will flower on completion or simply go on growing again. A noted grower 
of Cattleyas says they are strong enough to flower on both growths. 
On the left side stage quite a number of Cypripediums are in bud and 
flower, well represented with the old favourites C. insigne Sandere, Harefield 
Hall var., and Wm. Millie Dow, and other varieties of insigne and 
hybrids, with C. x Leeanum Clinkaberryanum, giganteum, G. S: Ball’s 
var., and the pretty C. Arthurianum. C. Maudiz magnificum flowered in 
August, and now has a good spike. A plant of C. callosum Sandere, 
Jules Hye’s var., keeps at a standstill whilst a portion of it grows well. 
At the coolest end are some Odontoglossum seedlings, varying from the 
tiny state up to those with the first bulb. They are growing nicely, being 
placed over a large tank, which seems to be an ideal place for them when 
small. On the right side are a batch of Cattleya Harrisoniana plants 
which have flowered well, quite a number having seven flowers to their 
growths. Two Odontoglossum grande were quite a blaze with flowers, 
another plant having twenty-nine buds. One plant had thirty-six flowers, 
six inches across, on three leads (photo enclosed). These plants were got 
semi-established six years ago with one lead each, and grew quite as well in the 
Cool house, but did not flower the same as last year and this year in the 
Cattleya house. We pot them ina mixture of osmunda two parts, leaves 
one part, and moss one part, with a little dried cow manure, afterwards top- 
dressing half way down the pot, and the year following removing them from 
the pot and replacing the lower half of the compost with new, and if they 
require larger pots simply packing new compost round the sides also. Such 
a method does not disturb the plants, and in their growing period we give 
liberal doses of liquid manure. 
Cymbidium Lowianum, Tracyanum, Lycaste Skinneri, and three large 
pans of Ccelogyne cristata grow splendidly at the coolest position, The 
Cattleya house is shaded only with calico, arranged as sliding blinds, and 
ventilators are fitted at the top, ends and bottom, the general conditions 
resulting in a breeziness of the atmosphere which, combined with good light, 
seems so far very suitable for Cattleyas and other plants. 
Our Odontoglossum house is rather crowded, and the stages appear to 
be banks of foliage, though at present there is a scarcity of bloom, only a 
dozen fine spikes of O. crispum being out; but a fine lot of spikes are on the 
point of opening, including O. Harryano-crispum with a fine spike of 
fourteen buds, O. loochristiense, O. eximium, and spotted crispums. The O. 
