THE. ORGEID REVIEW. 
OLAV JUL Xa. 1007. [No. 175. 
ORCHIDS AT THE DELL, EGHAM. 
One of the oldest and richest collections of Orchids in the country is that 
of Baron Sir Henry Schréder, situated at The Dell, Egham, and if less 
frequently represented at our Orchid Exhibitions of late years than was 
formerly the case it still maintains its high reputation for excellence and 
cultural skill, as we have just had the pleasure of witnessing. To give an 
account of the twenty or so departments devoted to these beautiful plants 
at The Dell would tax our own and our readers’ patience, for the best part 
of three hours were exhausted in the company of Mr. Clark, Mr. 
Ballantine’s able chief, in inspecting the treasures there collected. And the 
time passed only too quickly. 
We found Mr. Clark busy among the Cypripedes, and here our notes 
commence. We were immediately attracted by the numerous fine specimen 
plants, which have been grown on from small pieces without any cutting or 
making up, many of which presented masses of bloom, and showed the 
different kinds at their best. A beautiful clump of C. Lawrenceanum bore 
15 very richly-coloured flowers, and among numerous others of this fine 
species we noted four of the albino variety Hyeanum, one of them being 
exceptionally large. Here were also some good C. callosum Sander, and 
a batch of C. X Maudie, raised in the collection, three beautiful examples 
being in flower, and showing the same perfect albinism as the parents. 
C. x Cymatodes is evidently a very useful thing, for about a score of 
plants, raised by Mr. Clark from C. Curtisii and C. superbiens, were flower- 
ing profusely, and showed the best characters of the parents. It was very 
interesting to see an original plant of C. Mastersianum, described in 1879, 
bearing three fine flowers. Specimens of C. barbatum with 25 flowers, and 
C. X superciliare with 11 and 9 were very effective, and a noble plant of 
C. x Lord Derby was throwing up ten fine spikes, and will shortly present 
a picture. A plant of C. Stonei was in flower, but not the remarkable 
variety platyteenium, of which about ten plants were pointed out. It is 
said to be a very slow grower, scarcely producing more thana leaf a year. 
There were several fine C. X Harrisianum superbum in flower, with C. 
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