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to those which are producing their first flowers, one realizes how peculiarly 
applicable is the latter word, and prophetic of the coming period when we 
. shall raise most of our Orchids at home instead of importing them from 
abroad. ‘‘ Even Odontoglossums?” you ask. Well, we will not utter rash 
prophesies, but we know that several artificially raised ones have already 
flowered in different collections, and others are progressing towards that 
interesting stage. We believe it is only a question of time and perseverance, 
with the addition of that knowledge gained by experience which has reduced 
the raising of seedlings of some other genera almost to an exact system. And 
Mr. Charlesworth has had a share of success with Odontoglossums too, for 
we saw a few nice little seedlings in various stages—which brings us back to 
our subject. 
It was previously noted that hybrid seedlings were one of the features 
of the establishment, Mr. Charlesworth having taken up the subject 
systematically some years ago, and after aseries of careful experiments was 
able to germinate good seeds with almost as much certainty as the proverbial 
‘‘ mustard and cress,” and had thousands of seedlings in every stage of 
germination, and beyond. This applied largely to Cattleyas and Lelias, 
and the plants have now made further progress, and are reaching the flower- 
ing stage in a gradually increasing ratio. The plants generally are in 
excellent condition, and are pictures of health and vigour, and the great 
majority are now in leaf-mould, the remainder being put in as the work 
progresses, but of this more anon. The question of room has already been 
faced, as pointed out above. Numbers of the most promising combinations 
were pointed out, but we can only mention a few actually in flower or bud. 
Cattleya X flavescens (Forbesii X Dowiana) isa very pretty little plant, 
combining well the characters of its parents, two examples being in flower. 
C. x Bowringiano-velutina was represented by several examples. A seed- 
ling from C. Loddigesii x Gaskelliana virginalis was opening and had good 
flowers with a pale lip. Lzeelio-cattleya x Issy (L. tenebrosa xX C. Leo- 
poldi) and L.-c. x Amelia (L. cinnabarina xX C. intermedia) are two inter- 
esting things represented by two or three flowering examples, and a flower 
of L.-c. x Ingrami was very fine. Numbers of plants in bud and sheath 
were pointed out, among the latter being a nice batch of L.-c. X 
Charlesworthii. 
In a house largely devoted to the Cypripedium group we saw a small 
example of the rare C. Fairrieanum—not in flower, though several other 
interesting things were—those noted being three plants of C. X Lawrebel, 
while a fourth had a scape with three buds, showing great vigour. Of C. x 
Sir Redvers Buller three plants were in flower. C. Curtisii and C. X Ash- 
burtonz were bearing two-flowered scapes, and C. X A. giganteum was 
very fine. A strong plant of C. x A. de Lairesse was remarkable for its 
