APRIL, 1913 | THE ORCHID REVIEW. Tit 
in this country so many months of brilliant sunshine. I fear the season of 
1g12 will not give us such satisfactory results. I will not suggest that 
Orchids, except just a few, will bear full exposure to light, but the aim 
should be to control it in keeping with the plants’ requirements. Shading 
should be employed to break or diffuse the sun’s rays, instead of totally 
obscuring them, as is so often the rule. Light, more than heat, is, in my 
opinion, most necessary to harden the tissues and to give to the foliage 
that robust and finished appearance so pleasant to the eye of all good 
cultivators. (To be concluded.) 
ORCHIDS AT WINTERSHILL HALL. 
AN old-established and very interesting collection of Orchids which we have 
just had the pleasure of seeing is that of John S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill 
Hall, Bishops Waltham. Pleasantly situated on an eminence of about 400 
feet above sea level, and withina dozen miles of the south coast, it possesses 
the advantage of a clear breezy climate, with a complete absence of urban 
fog, the result being visible in the health and vigour of the Orchids grown 
there. Plenty of light, especially during the winter months, is a very 
important factor in the successful culture of Odontoglossums. 
Mr. Moss has long been an enthusiastic Orchidist, and if the collection 
is not large it dates from a period of over thirty years ago. It is comprised 
in four houses, though we saw a few Ccelogyne cristata alba in bloom in 
another house, also two or three Cypripediums, the only ones in the 
collection. 
The Cattleya house is a three-quarter span of 50 feet by 15, witha 
southern aspect, and heated by nine rows of hot water pipes. There are 
top and bottom ventilators, and the shading consists of a single lath roller 
blind, running on a frame situated about 15 inches above the glass. Most 
of the plants are accommodated on the centre and side stages, but a few are 
Suspended from the roof, especially a nice batch of Cattleya Dowiana aurea, 
all selected extra fine varieties, which are in thriving condition. At this 
Season very few Cattleyas are in bloom, but we noted a few forms of C. 
Trianz, and a good C. Lueddemanniana with well shaped flowers. There 
were also three plants of the distinct Brassavola glauca in bloom, a plant of 
Leeliocattleya Haroldiana (L. tenebrosa X C. Hardyana), which came from 
M. Pauwels, and two or three plants of a very free-flowering scarlet Epiden- 
drum derived from E. Schomburgkii and E. radicans. The latter is some- 
thing like E. O’Brienianum in habit, but scarcely as tall, and the flowers 
show distinctly the character of E. Schomburgkii. We also noted Vanda 
tricolor in bloom, and a plant of Zygopetalum Mackayi bearing a capsule as 
the result of crossing with Odontoglossum Uroskinneri. This plant of 
Zygopetalum has a remarkable history. It is the fourth generation of 
