THE ORCHID REVIEW. 275 
ORCHIDS AT LIVERPOOL. 
A VERY interesting collection of Orchids which we had the pleasure of 
inspecting about the end of May last is that of Reginald Young, Esq., Frin- 
gilla, Linnet Lane, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Mr. Young, it is well known, is 
a great lover of Cypripediums, but does not confine his attention to them 
alone, for three of his five houses are devoted to other groups. The houses 
are attached by a glass lobby to Mr. Young’s residence, and thus can be 
conveniently visited in all weathers without stepping into the open air. 
First in order comes the Cool or Odontoglossum house, in which we 
observed good flowering examples of O. crispum, Pescatorei, triumphans, 
polyxanthum, Cervantesii and Rossii, together with Epidendrum vitellinum, 
which is grown on rafts and succeeds well, some good Masdevallia ignea, a 
well-flowered example of Dendrobium infundibulum, also Polystachya 
pubescens, and Oncidium macranthum in bud. 
Next follows a Cypripedium house, kept at Intermediate temperature, 
where besides the inmates proper, which we will return to later, we also 
noted good examples of Odontoglossum citrosmum with its beautiful 
pendulous racemes, Maxillaria Sanderiana, Chysis bractescens, Saccolabium 
ampullaceum, and the remarkable Dendrobium Brymerianum. Miltonia 
vexillaria is also grown here, and the plants were in bud. 
Then comes a Warm Cypripedium house, where, besides a fine collection 
of these plants, we observed examples of Dendrobium Dearei and pulchellum 
(Dalhousieanum), also the graceful Platyclinis filiformis in bud. 
The next house may be described as a Stove, as it has various Orchids 
suspended from the roof, with stove plants below, the former including 
various Dendrobiums, Lelia anceps, good plants of Ccelogyne cristata, 
Vanda teres, &c. 
The Cattleya house is a larger structure, and contains numerous good 
examples of this genus and its allies, with a few other interesting things. 
Among those noted in flower were several good forms of C. Mossi, C. 
Mendelii, C. citrina, forms of Lelia purpurata, Epidendrum X O’Brienia- 
num, a fine plant of Ornithidium Sophronitis, the handsome Vanda teres, 
and Dendrobium thyrsiflorum. 
The Cypripediums, however, are Mr. Young’s special hobby, and of 
these he has a fine collection, besides hundreds of his own seedlings, in all 
stages from the tiniest seedlings up to those which have reached the 
flowering stage. These belong to upwards of 150 different batches, raised 
between 1892 and 1898, and some good things may be anticipated during 
the next few years. Mr. Young has recorded all his crosses in the most 
careful manner, and further has the most complete list of hybrids of this 
group from all sources which we know of, as he keeps all the additions 
