THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
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DECEMBER, 1901. 
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fNo. 108. 
ORCHIDS AT CAMBERWELL. 
It is interesting to watch the progress made in some of our Orchid collec- 
tions in the course of a few years. An account was given in our second 
volume of the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, 
Flodden Road, Camberwell, (pp. 102-106), and we have subsequently had 
the pleasure of looking through it, the last occasion being only a few weeks 
ago. Mr. Chapman has gone in for hybridising extensively during the last 
few years, and, after overcoming some of the preliminary difficulties, has 
been very successful. We saw over a thousand young seedlings which have 
been potted up this year of Cattleyas and Dendrobiums only, most of them 
from very promising crosses, and there are many of other genera, some 
cases being filled with little seedlings in thimble pots. Some are found to 
germinate very well on cocoa-nut fibre, and Mr. Chapman pointed out that 
Seedlings of Lelia 
d C. Mendelii about 
for they have not yet flowered, 
from the under side of the leaves is 
: erpetuated, as has been observed 
notes on this subject, but shall hope 
they reach the flowering stage, con- 
ioning some of the plants seen 
noticed the usual amount of 
