MaRCH, 1907. ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 7t 
planted with their rhizomes a little under the surface of the bed. The 
moss is kept at all times moderately moist, and the plants have frequent 
sprays overhead. When the plants make roots and break they are potted 
up, and in time make plants. Many instances of progressive yearly growths 
were shown to me of choice Cattleyas propagated from back bulbs in this 
way. As this method is showing such good results, and as it is quite the 
opposite to hanging the bulbs up in the dry to break, I should recommend 
it to have atrial. There isa genial bottom heat, but there is no shutting 
in overhead, and the house is small and airy and not at all hot, and the 
case not far from the light. 
I will now mention a few of the things noted. The unfortunate thing 
about a collection of Orchids from a visitor’s point of view is that one can 
expect only a few to be in flower on any one day, but if the visitor bea 
grower this does not mean so much. In the first house entered were the 
Cattleya labiata varieties. Those with white sepals and petals and coloured 
labellums include plants of Mrs. J. Bradshaw, Amesiana, G. G. Whitelegge, 
R. I. Measures, Daphne, Penelope, Princess of Wales, Gilmourii, and some 
others, allin good flowering condition. Among several varieties of the pure 
white C. 1. alba was a plant of the original alba Ball’s var. | Other notable 
labiatas of which mention might be made were the richly coloured and 
finely shaped varieties Hector and Hercules, and also glauca. Most of 
those were exhibited in the autumn. Growing with these were some 
extremely robust specimens of C. x Mantinii, C. x John Baguley, and 
other hybrids derived from C. Bowringiana. 
In the large Cattleya house a series of lovely C. Trianz were in flower, 
and quite treble the number in bud, the paintings of some of which I saw, 
and a wonderful collection they make. {t was my intention to describe 
these, and I took the necessary notes, but as most of them have been 
exhibited and their descriptions recorded elsewhere, and as these lines are 
already getting numerous, I shall content myself with mentioning a few of 
them only. Those in flower with pure white sepals and petals, but with 
different shades of colour on the labellum, included Esmeralda, Pandora, 
~and albo-violacea, while those all white were “‘ The Pearl” and another un- 
named with pale lemon throat. In flower also was C. T. Lord Chancellor, 
in the way of Backhouseana, while The Premier, probably the best Triana 
of all, was only half open. There are two vigorous specimens of this last, 
and both again divided. In this house were sixty or seventy plants of 
Cattleya Trianz either pure white or having white sepals and petals. Other 
things in flower were C. Percivaliana splendens, a rich variety of fine shape, 
some Phaius hybrids, some Dendrobiums, Brassocattleya Mendelii- 
Digbyana Fortuna, pure white with greenish white lip, &c. Among note- 
worthy plants out of flower were Lzlio-cattleya G. G. Whitelegge (callisto- 
