Aucust, 1907-] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 239 
ORCHIDS AT CAMBRIDGE LODGE, CAMBERWELL. 
THIs is one of the oldest collections of Orchids in the country, and many 
of the plants in it have historical interest, having found a home here for 
twenty years and more. This is one of the few private collections which 
changing fancies have but little influenced. The genera Masdevallia, 
Pleurothallis, Restrepia, &c., which for the most part are inconspicuous 
when in flower, are as much cherished as those which are in the front rank 
of fashion. The rapid movement in Lzlio-cattleyas, the almost fanatical 
craze after blotched Odontoglossums, and the dizzy prices that have been 
paid for them—even poor, inconsequential individuals like myself have got 
accustomed to talking glibly of the worth ofa plant as being a hundred 
guineas or a thousand guineas !—have not upset the equanimity of this col- 
lection ; not that Lzlio-cattleyas and Cattleya hybrids have been neglected, 
for very many crosses are here represented, a large number of which have 
been home raised ; only the old love has not been forsaken for the new. 
Among the showy Orchids at Cambridge Lodge the Cypripediums are 
probably the most important. A large number of well-known Cypripediums 
have been raised and flowered here. Many plants in the Warm house are 
being grown into good specimens, and there are a nice lot of unflowered 
Seedlings of interesting crosses merging on flowering size, among them 
being a number of secondary Fairrieanum hybrids. The named hybrids 
which have bellatulum or niveum for one of their parents are an important 
element in this house, there being also many of the named Fairrieanum 
crosses. The Cypripediums include many choice things, but I shall not 
attempt to catalogue them, and they are all doing exceedingly well, justify- 
ing their reputation as being excellent plants for town growing. Small 
Lezlio-cattleyas, Dendrobium cuttings and seedlings, &c., were occupying 
the roof of this house. 
In the Cool house adjoining were more good Cypripediums, and I 
noted among the insignes a plant of Harefield Hall variety having eight new 
growths. A batch of Miltonia vexillaria were in flower and bud, and there 
were also several plants of the rare M. Schroederiana. We now pass through 
a house containing the insectivorous plants, Cephalotes, Sarracenias, and 
Droseras, interesting plants which have been cultivated here for a large 
number of years. The next house contained more cool-growing apne 
pediums, while hanging up were a number of Masdevallias of the Chimera 
section, a few of which were showing their rather weird flowers. Anguloas, 
Lycastes, Selenipediums, &c., were also growing here. Ccelogyne barbata 
was throwing up a spike. 
The Cattleya house contains all the ere grown species, a good 
Schilleriana and a few other things being in flower on the day of my visit. 
