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large. Cypripediums occupied the north side, and here were some plants 
of C. Fairrieanum. There were also six seedling Odontoglossums (O. xX 
elegans X triumphans Lionel Crawshay), all that remain of fourteen before 
a slug got at them. The tiny pots are placed in a pan of moss and 
suspended, being shaded by a piece of tissue paper. 
The next house contained a large lot of Coelogyne cristata, including 
many of the variety alba, of course not in bloom, but this beautiful species 
is largely grown for cutting. A lot of Odontoglossum citrosmum were 
‘suspended from the roof. A batch of Cattleya Percivaliana was thriving 
here, where they have been for a year and a half, since being imported, a 
fact suggesting rather cooler treatment for this species than is sometimes 
given. Leelia cinnabarina was in flower. 
Passing through a house of Cool Cypripedes, where Mr. Clark says C. 
Fairrieanum has been tried, but did not thrive, we came to a small seedling 
house, containing a lot of seedlings in all stages, and in several cases a 
great difference in size and vigour between seedlings out of the same 
capsule was pointed out. There were some interesting crosses, but we 
must pass them over. 
We next came to a house where, among other things, a lot of 
Vanda teres are grown in full sunshine. Those previously mentioned had 
been grown here, and a good many still remained in flower. The hand” 
some V. X Miss Joaquim was showing a spike. Epidendrum radicans, 
trained at the end of the house, was flowering freely and making a show. 
Thence we passed into a house of Aérides and allies, containing a fine 
lot of plants of this now rather neglected group, a good number showing 
for flower. A plant of A. Williamsii, the white form of A. Fieldingii, was 
pointed out as having been here since 1888. Saccolabium ampullaceum 
was in bloom, and two dissimilar forms of Renanthera Imschootiana made 
a fine display, one very dark form having unusually spreading lateral 
sepals. Vanda Sanderiana carried a seed pod, a flower having been 
fertilised, with the idea that seedlings of this very difficult species might 
row better if they could be obtained. Four plants of the rare Cymbidium 
atropurpureum were pointed out as a species very difficult to flower, for the 
spikes frequently push for a short distance and then go off. Some were 
now pushing, and a repetition of failure was feared. It once produced a 
‘dozen fine spikes, and an odd spike on another occasion, which suggests 
that the right treatment has not yet been discovered. One plant was once 
put in a Cool house, where it promptly died. Epidendrum radicans, X 
dellense, and x O’Brienianum made a fine show here, and Ansellia gigantea 
was also in bloom. 
The Mexican house contains a fine lot of Lzlias, including all the knowa 
varieties of L. anceps. The original variety Schroedere was pointed out, and 
