2 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
frequently produce double-flowered scapes. Cypripedium Spicerianum has 
been known to produce a three-flowered scape, but we believe such an 
occurrence is excessively rare. 
Mr. Ross also alludes to a variety of Cypripedium insigne calléd 
Pynaertii, which always produces double-flowered scapes. It has long stems 
and large blooms, in the way of C. i. Maulei. Mr. Ross considers it one 
of the best, and thinks it is little known in England. 
Another white Cattleya labiata has just flowered in the collection of 
R. H. Measures, Esq., The Woodlands, Streatham. The flower is pure 
white with the exception of some yellow in the the throat, and thus is the 
variety C. 1. alba. It is out of an importation from Messrs. Sander. 
A fine flower of Vanda ccerulea from the collection of W. P. Burkinshaw, 
Esq., of Hessle, is 4} inches across its broadest diameter. Mr. Barker, the 
gardener, remarks that they have a much better one (presumably darker) 
which flowers every year in May and June. We have seen a similar very 
handsome form with Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., of Heaton, Bradford, 
and presume the character to be permanent. 
Lelia anceps is one of the best of winter-flowering Orchids. Mr. 
Hamilton, gardener to Hamar Bass, Esq., Byrkley, Burton-on-Trent, grows 
it very successfully. He uses no shading, and remarks that, although this 
has a tendency sometimes to make the leaves pale, a little soot and lime 
strewed on the beds underneath soon make the leaves dark green again. 
They flower very freely under this treatment. L. a. Hilliana and the large 
richly-coloured L. a. grandiflora are enclosed. 
At the Alderley Edge and Wilmslow Horticultural Society’s Show, held 
on November 2gth and 3oth, fine collections of Orchids were exhibited 
from the collection of E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. 
Mr. Holbrook), and from that of Dr. Hodgkinson, The Grange, Wilmslow 
(gr. Mr. Worre), forming quite a feature of the Show. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, send a fine flower of 
Odontoglossum tripudians in which the ground colour of the lip is white, 
ultimately changing to light sulphur. 
Oncidium cheirophorum is a very charming little autumn-flowering 
species, which succeeds well in hanging pans in the Cool house, its dwarf 
panicles crowded with pretty yellow flowers being very effective. A fine 
example comes from the collection of C. Winn, Esq., Selly Hill, Birming- 
ham, the panicle bearing nine side branches with flowers larger than usual. 
