2252 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [AUGUST, 1907. 
fine examples of M. vexillaria, several Epidendrum prismatocarpum, 
Lycaste cruenta, Brassavola nodosa, Odontoglossum citrosmum, and Vanda 
Parishii in bud. Two plants of Cattleya Skinneri alba were pointed out, 
also the dwarf Epidendrum polybulbon crossed with E. x Boundii, which 
‘may give some curious result. A fine example of Renanthera Imschoot- 
iana bore a panicle with four side branches and about 120 flowers. 
The Odontoglossum house was gay with bloom, and included numerous _ 
forms of O. crispum, noteworthy among them being the varieties Colman- 
janum, with a large deep cinnamon blotch on each segment, castaneum, 
with a large cinnamon-brown blotch on the sepals and lip, Mary Colman, 
a very fine form with a large blotch on lip and sepals, the latter being tinged 
‘with pink, Elinor, with many small blotches on the sepals, and unspotted 
petals, Colmaniz, a beautiful white, Richard Knight, with a very large blotch 
-on each segment, caudatum, with the petals caudate-acuminate at the apex, 
-and others. One fine O. crispum had three spikes and a seed pod on it, this 
being the third year it has borne seed without injury. We also noted O. X 
elegans Pollett’s var.,O. X warnhamense, O. polyxanthum, O. X excellens, 
-a good O. X Ruckerianum, O. Hunnewellianum, some pretty forms of O. X 
Adriane, including the handsome Gatton Park var., O. x Andersonianum 
having a spike with five side branches and 32 flowers, O. x Wilckeanum 
The Don, with a spike of 13 flowers, the yellow O. Hallii, var. E. Ashworth, 
having the blotches nearly suppressed, and numerous other interesting 
‘things. There were also many good Masdevallia Veitchiana, a fine M. X 
Pourbaixii with 34 flowers, the rare Miltonia leave, Oncidium monach- 
icum, some good O. macranthum in bud, Cymbidium Lowianum, one fine 
plant having about 15 spikes and 200 flowers, the yellow C. L. concolor, 
fine examples of C. X Lowio-eburneum, and two plants of a secondary 
hybrid from C. Lowianum crossed with C. x eburneo-Lowianum, and 
‘showing a marked approach to the original parent. 
The Cymbidium house contained a lot of seedlings and plants of most 
‘of the well-known species, while two Dendrobium houses were filled with 
healthy plants in various stages of growth. Calanthes were growing 
vigorously in a Melon house. 
We might have extended our notes much further had time permitted. 
The progress being made in hybridisation is very rapid, and this includes 
the Odontoglossums, a large number of seedlings being now present in 
various stages, which we hope to say more about later. The collection 
‘generally is in excellent condition, as may be inferred from the splendid 
‘groups which appear from time to time at the R.H.S. meetings. Mtr. 
Jeremiah Colman takes a great personal interest in the collection, 
which, under Mr. Bound’s able management, has come so rapidly 
to the front. 
