309. THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
growth, having bifurcated above the fifth pair of leaves, a thing we do not 
remember to have seen before. Here also we saw a few young seedlings of 
Ccelogyne speciosa crossed with C. cristata whose flowering will be awaited 
with interest. 
In looking round the nursery we saw many interesting things in flower, 
and these we may now mention. First in order of merit we must place a 
magnificent form of Cattleya x Hardyana, which had just expanded, and, 
close by, examples ‘of ©. Warscewiczii, C. Eldorado in bud, and some good 
C. Gaskelliana. A nice batch of C. bicolor together with a few good C. 
Loddigesii and C. granulosa made quite a show, and a fine batch of L. 
pumila in flower contained several very good forms. A few plants of Vanda 
coerulea were out, but many more in bud, and a batch of V. Kimballiana in 
a cool house was gay with its pretty flowers. Several plants of V. Amesiana 
were in bud. Miltonias were flowering freely, and included some good 
examples of M. Clowesii, M. spectabilis, and a nice batch of its purple 
variety Moreliana, M. Warscewiczii xanthina, a group of M. candida, and 
the handsome natural hybrids M. x Bluntii varieties Lubbersiana and 
Peetersiana. We noted also M. vexillaria Leopoldi and M. xX Bleuana. 
grandiflora, the latter not yet open. Oncidiums included some fine O.. 
Forbesii and plenty more in bud, O. curtum, some good O. ornithorhyn- 
chum album, O. flexuosum, O. Kramerianum, and the striking O. spil- 
opterum. Masdevallias included nice examples of M. Schlimii, Davisii, Veitch- 
iana, ignea, forms of coccinea, the hybrids M. x Ajax, M. X Imogene, M- 
x falcata, and others. Of Odontoglossums, besides a nice batch of O. 
crispum, we noted the rare O. crocidipterum, with examples of O. cirrhosum, 
polyxanthum, grande, maxillare, Uroskinneri, bictoniense, and tripudians. 
And among miscellaneous things may be mentioned the plants of the very 
graceful Brassia longissima, the brilliant Cochlioda Noetzliana, Trichopilia 
coccinea, Restrepia guttata, Disa grandiflora, Zygopetalum maxillare, the 
new Catasetum eburneum (Rolfe) with ivory white flowers, Epidendrum 
porphyreum, Ccelogyne Massangeana, several Lycaste Skinneri and 
Comparettia macroplectron, the latter in bud, nice little batches of Cypri- 
pedium Charlesworthii and C. Spicerianum, and various other species and 
hybrids of the Cypripedium group. Lastly may be mentioned a charming 
little group of Ancectochili, and a fine batch of Dendrobium Phalznopsis 
in luxuriant health and crowded with spikes, of which a few were already 
out. These, it was specially pointed out, were in leaf-mould, and their 
growths spoke volumes for the treatment. 
CULTURE OF ORCHIDS IN LEAF-MOULD. 
And now we come to the question of leaf-mould, and, first, may mention 
a few of the Orchids which were pointed as doing especially well in it, and 
afterwards describe the modus operandi. 
