214 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1913 
vexillaria, a number of young Cymbidiums, some good Oncidium Marshall- 
ianum in bloom, with Lycaste cochleata, Maxillaria Sanderiana, Sobralia 
macrantha alba, Saccolabium curvifolium, and others. 
Passing into a Cattleya house, where the plants were in robust health, 
‘we found examples of C. Mossiz, C. Schilleriana, and a few others in 
bloom, and the beautiful C. Warneri alba in sheath was pointed out, also a 
batch of seedlings from C. Skinneri x Brassavola Digbyana. Batches of 
Lelia anceps and Cypripedium Rolfei were in thriving condition, also three 
plants of Vanda Marguerite Maron, while Dendrobium ageregatum and 
D. nobile were in bloom. The Cattleyas are grown in osmunda fibre. 
The next house contains a lot of Cattleyas in all stages, and we noticed 
‘seed pods on C. Schilleriana and various others, also two Phalzenopsis 
Lueddemanniana in bloom, one of them with six spikes, with Catasetum 
™macrocarpum and the handsome C. splendens var. imperiale, the latter the 
type plant. Here was also a good batch of Vanda ccerulea. 
The seedling house proved extremely interesting, and contained thousands 
of plants in various stages, from the tiniest germinating seedlings, in fact 
hybridising is practised on a very extensive scale. The seedlings are grown 
in the usual closed frames,.and are sown on canvas and then pricked off 
and grown on in the usual way. We were much struck with the freedom 
with which some of the seeds germinate, but M. Lambeau remarked that 
this applies chiefly to the primary hybrids, for some of the secondary 
crosses have proved much more difficult. The seedlings generally were in 
thriving condition, and contained many whites, but we cannot ennumerate 
them. They are carefully recorded by a system of numbers, and already 
‘over a thousand seedlings of Cattleya, Leliocattleya and Brassocattleya, 
have flowered, while a large number are approaching that condition. M. 
Lambeau will have abundant material to select from. 
We now passed through four other houses largely devoted to the 
Cattleya group, and we noted a lot of good C. Schroeder, C. Mendelii 
x Lelia cinnabrosa, with acuminate segments and the colour of the former, 
C. Skinneri x L. tenebrosa, with two spikes of purple flowers, Lzlio- 
<attleya Hyeana, two L.-c. Doris with deep orange flowers, L.-c. Myra 
with white sepals and petals, Brassocattleya Maronii, Epidendrum 
Parkinsonianum, a few Phalenopsis amabilis, Renanthera Imschootiana, 
and others. A lot of white Cattleyas not in bloom were pointed out, and a 
capsule of C. Mossiz Wageneri x C. Warscewiczii alba, a very promising 
cross. There are others, for M. Lambeau purchased the plant of C. 
Warscewiczii alba and used it on all the whiter forms that were available. 
The beautiful white form of C. Adonis (C. M. Wageneri x Warscewiczii 
Frau Melanie Beyrodt), was also pointed out, and numerous batches of 
unflowered seedlings. 
