356 : THE ORCHID REVIEW. [DECEMBER, I9I1- 
Youngii, Maudie magnificum, Kubele grandis, gigas Corndean var., batches 
of the large C. Franconia, and C. triumphans Jules Hye’s variety. Six 
more Cattleya houses follow, and here were pointed out in flower C. 
Portia and C. labiata alba, also Leliocattleya luminosa and Binotil- 
There was also a house full of C. Dowiana aurea, many being in flower, and 
all excellent varieties. 
A large Cool house came next, and here were noticed Odontoglossum 
amabile, Groganie, Dixoniz, and maculatum, Odontioda Charlesworthii 
and ignea (C. Neetzliana X O. Lindenii), the latter bearing a long spike 
of most beautiful scarlet flowers. A good Masdevallia Chimera was in 
bloom, with many Epidendrum vitellinum, and the rare Oncidium cruciatum. 
In another house was a large batch of the beautiful Cypripedium insigne 
Sanderze and C. i. Harefield Hall var. A nice batch of the yellow 
Acineta chrysantha was seen in another house, together with many large 
specimen Lelia anceps. 
Some more Cattleya houses follow, and amongst many plants in bloom 
may be mentioned Lzliocattleya Zephyra, Felicity, Endymion, La France, 
Ella, Harrisoniz (xanthina xX Harrisoniana), and some new hybrids of 
great promise, including Cattleya bicolor x Empress Frederick, C. Whitet 
x Mendelii, C. Dido (Bowringiana X Iris), and C. Bowringiana xX L.-c. 
bletchleyensis. Here also were Vanda suavis, the curious Catasetum 
macrocarpum, the swan-like Cycnoches chlorochilon, and a batch of 
Renanthera Imschootiana, comprising several hundred plants. A quantity 
of Vanda teres and Phaius were observed in other houses. 
Messrs. Sander have a unique collection of botanical Orchids, and 
amongst them we observed the pretty Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum, with 
a large umbel of flowers, Houlletia Sanderi, Ccelogyne speciosa, 
Phalenopsis Esmeralda, Brassia longissima, Dendrochilum glumaceum, 
latifolium, and Cobbianum. We were pleased to see a plant of the rare 
Lissochilus Krebsii, Ccelogyne ocellata, and what is probably the darkest 
form of Cypripedium Fairrieanum in cultivation, Measures’ variety. 
The above are only a fraction of the good things seen in flower, but 
these notes are becoming lengthy. The collection of Cattleyas and Lzlio- 
cattleyas grown at St. Albans is extensive, and contains almost every cross 
yet raised, and judging by the vast number of new hybrids raised by the 
firm, the class wil! become as large as that of the Cypripedium. The 
houses are scrupulously clean, and every plant in the most robust health 
and vigour, showing that great care and attention are given to all the many 
genera. 
Besides their large establishment at St. Albans, Messrs. Sander have 
extensive glass houses at Bruges, Belgium, where Vanda ccerulea and the: 
raising of the finest Odontoglossum hybrids claim special attention. 
