302 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
these two plants pass into each other we feel justified in regarding them as 
distinct. There are many cases of closely allied species of Orchids which 
are yet distinct in the sense here indicated, and we have to investigate the 
differences which occur in Nature rather than to point out how we would 
have them to be.—Ep.] 
ORCHIDS AT TWICKENHAM. 
Amonc the interesting Orchids now in flower in the collection of H. Little, 
Esq., The Barons, East Twickent is an dingly handsome form of 
Cattleya x Hardyana, of the Massaiana or marmorata type. The sepals 
and petals are beautifully marbled, and the latter veined with white ona 
rose-coloured ground, the front lobe of the lip deep rich velvety crimson, 
which extends round the side lobes as a: narrow margin, and the disc and 
side lobes with the yellow blotches and golden veining almost as in C. 
Dowiana aurea, forming a most harmonious blending of colour. The 
raceme bears two flowers, which are quite intermediate in shape between 
the two parents, and the sheath is six inches long. Side by side with it is 
a form of C. Dowiana with a dark lip and no trace of the yellow blotches at 
the sides, but the sepals and petals clear yellow. The sheath is 3} inches 
long. About a dozen others are showing flower, and as one has a sheath as 
long as in C. x Hardyana its development is being carefully watched. 
C. labiata and C, Bowringiana are also showing for flower, and a few are 
already bursting their sheaths. Cattleyas and Lzlias are generally strongly 
represented in the collection. Five plants of Lelio-cattleya x Schilleriana 
are carrying seven spikes of bloom, and two of L.-c. x elegans are still out, 
but about a dozen are just over, including the handsome variety Littleana. 
Five nice plants of Miltonia spectabilis Moreliana are just at their best, also 
Vanda Kimballiana, while V. suavis, Dendrobium formosum, and D. 
Phalzenopsis are making a good show. Among Cypripediums may be 
mentioned several plants of C. Charlesworthii, C. tonsum, and C. t 
superbum, C, Chamberlainianum, C. niveum, C. Haynaldianum, C. Stonei, 
C. Spicerianum, with the inevitable hybrids, including C. x cenanthum 
Superbum, X Crossianum, x politum, x supercili ~ phyllum 
Polystigmaticum, x Laforcadii, x Mrs. Canham, x vexillarium, x Seegerianum, 
Xapiculatum superbum. Those who grow these plants can rely upon having 
some flowers throughout the year. A batch of Vanda Hookeriana 
thriving splendidly in a low house close to the glass in full sunshine without 
a particle of shading, which suggests a method of treatment for those who 
fail to succeed with it, : 
