198 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1907. 
the pure albino variety alba. Some good seeds of the latter crossed with 
L. pumila alba were ready to sow, and seedlings of Cattleya Percivaliana x 
L. anceps Amesiana (Crawshay’s var.) were already pricked off. The 
Thunias, which had been grown in the Dendrobium house, had just been 
put here to ripen. 
In passing through some other divisions we noticed a lot of Pleiones 
growing well, also various Brassovola Digbyana and other crosses, seedlings 
of Lelia Jongheana x Cattleya Lawrenceana Vinckeana, the handsome 
Oncidium sessile in flower, and other good things which must be passed 
over. It was interesting to see three plants of the rare Cattleya X Lamber- 
hurst hybrid, one of which has a curious history. One of the pseudobulbs. 
decayed, all but a tiny bud at the apex, scarcely the size of a pea. This. 
was laid on a little moss and began to grow, ultimately developing into a 
good plant. 
The Phalznopsis house contained some Phalzenopsis amabilis in flower, 
with a number of good Cypripedes. Some seedlings of C. X Maudiz were: 
pointed out, also Eulophiella Elisabethz from the original importation, and 
Angrecum infundibulare, together with Phalznopsis X casta, P. x inter- 
media and its variety Brymeriana, the three latter from the Day collection. 
We saw also the original P. x John Seden, a good healthy plant, and one 
tiny seedling, obtained from a repetition of the original cross. A small 
batch of seedlings was obtained, half of which were placed on teak wood, 
and the rest on rough thorn branches. The former all died, and ultimately 
those little destructive snails which smell of garlic (Helix alliaria), played 
havoc with the remainder, and only one survived, but as that is producing 
healthy roots it is hoped to save it. 
Lastly we looked into the Vanda house, which contains a lot of plants 
of V. tricolor and V. suavis, from the Paterson and other old collections. 
In fact, the number of old, historical plants is one of the features of the 
collection at The Dell, for Baron Schréder has secured many of these 
plants during a long period, and under the care of Mr. Ballantine, and his 
able lieutenant Mr. Clark, they have been taken good care of. The other 
prominent feature of the collection is the order and excellent culture which 
prevail, and the numerous fine specimens, which have been grown on from 
year to year, are something to be remembered. But such a collection cannot. 
‘be maintained without casualties, and we were particularly sorry to learn 
that the charming little Sophrolelia Batemaniana, always a weakly 
grower, had succumbed. We hope someone will repeat the cross. 
Before leaving we had a walk round outside, and noticed on the rock- 
work a fine lot of the handsome Orchis foliosa coming into flower, while. 
Cypripedium pubescens was about over, with which remark we may close: 
_ our record of a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. 
