258 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (SEPTEMBER, I910.- 
The next Warm house contained the Cypripedium Stonei platytenium 
previously mentioned, a fine C. X W. R. Lee, raised in: the collection, and 
now bearing three spikes and eleven flowers, the richly-coloured C. x Mary 
Beatrice, C. X Argo-Rothschildianum, C. xX Wiertzianum, C. x Lord 
Derby, a very fine C. X picturatum with twelve spikes, several of them 
twin, C. X Pollettianum with seven spikes, three of them twin-flowered, 
C. X Harrisander, C. X Lord Derby, two good C. x Mabeliz, C. X 
Euryale with nine flowers, a good C. X Holtii (Curtisii x prastans), C. x 
Martin Cahuzac, and many others, the plants generally being in splendid 
health. Dendrobiums occupied the sunny side of the house, while a fine 
collection of Catasetums and allied genera was suspended from the roof, 
including C. maculatum in bloom and C. Bungerothii with five buds, also 
male spikes of Cycnoches chlorochilon and C. maculatum, with C. 
stelliferum in bud. Other interesting things in bloom were, the beautiful 
Dendrobium x formoso-Lowii, a pretty cream-coloured Eulophia from the 
Orange River Colony, Bulbophyllum Dayanum, and_ Saccolabium 
Witteanum in spike, while out of bloom were pointed out a fine plant of 
Megaclinium purpureorachis, a very curious Philippine Bulbophyllum 
twining round a branch, a fine plant of Tylostylus discolor on a raft, the 
remarkable leafless Vanilla Humblotii, several Schomburgkias, and many 
other interesting things which we must pass over. Some dwarf Fittonias, 
planted at the edge of the solid stage below the plants, and a row of 
Eucharis at the edge of the path gave a very neat appearance, and the latter 
are said to bloom well. 
In the next two Warm houses we found plants of Thunia venosa in 
bloom, the fine Polystachya grandiflora, P. paniculata, an African species 
only recently introduced to cultivation, and a good plant of the remarkable 
Arachnanthe Lowii, with a spike of 26 flowers, the two basal ones being 
orange-coloured, while out of bloom were pointed out plants of Zygopetalum 
X Roeblingianum, Renanthera Storiei, Cleisostoma Fordii, Sarcanthus_ 
peninsularis, &c. 
An adjacent Warm house contained a number of Sobralias, including 
part of the original S. Lucasiana, with broad white sepals and petals, and 
a rosy lip, with much yellow in the throat, the rare S. Lindenii, just out of 
flower, and a good Eulophia guineensis. A plant of Holothrix Schlechteriana 
was pointed out, with several Habenaria zambesina and H. Ugande, also 
about five dozen plants of H. militaris, approaching the flowering stage. The 
latter is a brilliant little species, having mottled leaves and flowers with a 
scarlet lip, which succeeds well at Burford. Its culture has been given in 
detail by Mr. White (O.R., i. pp. 83-85). 
The Odontoglossum house is filled with sturdy, well-grown plants, and 
Mr. White remarked that no top air is given during the day-time, as it is 
