316 (ik ORCHID: “REVIEW. (OCTOBER. Ig10. 
ORCHIDS AT VALE BRIDGE, HAYWARDS HEATH. 
ABOUT a year ago, on the dissolution of the old firm of Messrs. Hugh Low 
& Co., Mr. E. V. Low established himself in business at Vale Bridge, 
Haywards Heath, having purchased the Orchid Nursery vacated by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co., on removing to their new establishment near by. On 
calling there the other day we found a very fine collection of established 
plants, with a good many of the inevitable seedlings, without which no 
Orchid establishment now seems complete. The place is pleasantly 
situated on a sloping bank, facing south, with a lake at the foot, from 
which the water is pumped up for watering the plants. Nine of the houses 
are situated on the slope, running east and west, with three or four others 
above, running north and south. 
Cattleyas and allied genera occupy the leading position in the houses 
first mentioned, and we saw a fine lot of established plants of the principal 
species, varieties and hybrids, and a large number of seedlings from good 
crosses, in various stages. A few interesting things were in bloom and 
sheath, some of which are included in the following notes. 
In the first house entered were a number of Cattleya x Iris and x Adula, 
two of the latter being in bloom and many in sheath, also C. xX Atalanta in 
sheath, with Brassocattleya Dante in bloom. Batches of various well- 
known plants were pointed out. In the next house were a lot of C. 
Dowiana aurea crosses, including a home-raised C. x Hardyana in sheath, 
half-a-dozen C. labiata alba in sheath, with C. Eldorada Wallisii in 
bloom. A lot of other white Cattleyas were pointed out, with C. x 
Thurgoodiana in bud, and a good batch of Leeliocattleya callistoglossa and 
various others in thriving condition. 
The next house, it was remarked, contained mostly white Cattleyas, 
including seventy white labiata, and a nice batch of C. x Dusseldorfii 
Undine, and various seedlings. C. Gaskelliana alba was in flower, and 
C. x Maggie Rafael in sheath, while a few good plants of Sophrocattleya 
Doris and several other good things were pointed out. We also saw a few 
healthy plants of Oncidium pulchellum, with Stanhopea eburnea in bud. 
Passing on we found a fine lot of Cypripedium seedlings in thriving 
condition, also an interesting cross from Lelia tenebrosa, Walton Grange 
var., and Cattleya seedlings from several good crosses, including five small 
plants from C. intermedia alba x Lueddemanniana alba, which at present 
look like true albinos. Mr. Low has made many promising crosses, and 
some were germinating in the greatest profusion, while others were potted 
off and were growing freely. Another Cattleya house contained a fine 
batch of C. x Fabia just beginning to flower, and numerous other good 
things were pointed out which we must pass over. 
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