348 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1907. 
Surprise, and C. X Kubele I noticed in grand form. There were four 
plants of C. X Minos Youngii, several of the fine C. xX Niobe Westonbirt 
var., and C. insigne Godseffianum, carrying a good bloom, while a plant of 
the rare C. Lawrenceanum Gratrixianum was growing well. 
Mr. Rogerson and his gardener are anxiously looking forward to the 
flowering of two strong seedlings from the seed pod which produced the 
beautiful C. X Priam. These seedlings must be at least ten to twelve years 
old. The fine C. X Actzus var. revolutum was carrying a fine flower. 
I noticed several strong plants of C. x Mary Beatrice, and C. x Para 
(bellatulum X Charlesworthii) were nearly open, also four plants of the chaste 
and beautiful C. X Princess, in my opinion the most beautiful of all the 
Fairrieanum hybrids. C. x Sir Redvers Buller was in bloom, and I also 
noticed fine pieces of C. X Germaine Opoix, C. x King Edward VII.,a fine 
piece of the rare C. X Chorltoni, C. x Tityus superbum, C. insigne 
Amesianum, C. X Massaianum Pitt’s var., and many others of equal merit. 
In the Cattleya x Hardyana “‘ Countess of Derby ” Mr. Rogerson has a 
treasure, and I was fortunate to see it in flower. Hung up on the 
roof I noticed two fine plants of C. X Hardyana alba showing their buds, 
and Mr. Price pointed out to me that the numerous Cattleyas so hung were 
the albinos of different species—C. Mendelii alba Mrs. A. Lees, C. aurea 
Imschootiana in flower, and at least a dozen C. Triane albinos, 
including the ‘ Crookleigh”’ var. I noticed a nice plant of a Lelio-cattleya 
from L. prestans X C. X Hardyana, fairly intermediate in character, and 
with an intense dark crimson lip. In this house Mr. Price has a nice batch 
of Cypripediums propagated from all the best varieties, including five good 
pieces of C. X William Lloyd. 
Mr. Rogerson does not grow many Dendrobiums, but has several strong 
plants of D. X Dalhou-nobile, and a good plant of D. nobile “Queen 
Victoria,” while D. Phalzenopsis album wasin flower. Here I had pointed out 
to me a plant of Cattleya amethystoglossa var. Sanderz as being very 
difficult to grow, but Mr. Price has got it well on the move and it should 
flower shortly. . 
In the Odontoglossum house Mr. Rogerson has contrived to collect a 
very valuable lot of these beautiful plants. O.crispum Oakdene Surprise, 
with ten flowers, was very striking, the shape and texture being excellent, 
though the blotching is not quite so dark as could be desired. Here was 
pointed out to me plants of O. crispum Rossendale, O. c. Ed. Roger 
son, O. c. Karthausii, O. c. virginale Edward VII., O. c. Oliver Ashworth, 
and two plants of the beautiful O. c. Lelia Sander, a painting of which 
shows it to be quite in the first rank of blotched crispums. There were — 
also the varieties punctato-violaceum, H. Low, Stanley Rogerson, xanthotes 
Charlesworth’s var., Ladas, showing a good spike, xanthotes var. Edward 
