156 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1906, 
Now for a few words about the way I have raised these plants. In 
November, 1904, I received an importation of over 600 Phalznopsis, and on 
five P. Stuartianas among them I noticed a few small plants growing on the 
roots. All were semi-established on sticks of wood, and in due time were 
taken off and put in baskets. Before I could pot the Stuartianas all the 
little plants had damped off and disappeared, but, as some of the roots had 
been broken and severed from the plants, the idea struck me to pot them 
too and see if they would break. I then put a thin layer of Osmunda fibre 
over the crocks and charcoal in a basket, and on this the roots were laid 
and securely fastened down with copper wire. A few roots of P.Schilleriana 
were put down with them for the sake of experiment. The basket was 
then hung up amongst the rest of the Phalznopsis, and treated in the same 
way as the old plants, being dipped whenever the fernroot was dry, which 
was about twice a week. This was during the first week in February of 
last year, and in a few weeks some plants appeared on the roots—some on 
top, some on the bottom. Some roots started at three and four different 
places. About twenty-five plants were thus produced during the summer, 
eighteen of which are alive now, the remainder having damped off after 
potting, this being done too late in the season for some of them. 
M. J. POPE. 
Naugatuck, Conn., U.S.A. 
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ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL very beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of John 
Leemann, Esq., West Bank House, Heaton Mersey, by Mr. Smith. Leelio- 
cattleya X Frederick Boyle var. Kerchover is a most beautiful albino, 
which gained a First-class Certificate at Manchester on April 26th. It was 
raised from a white form of Lelia anceps crossed with Cattleya Triane 
alba. It is most like the former in shape, with the lip and petals enlarged, 
and the flower having an expanse of six inches. The colour is white, with 
a very large bright yellow disc to the lip, and at the base a light maroon 
blotch, as long as the column and about twice as broad. L.-c. X Hyeana 
(L. purpurata X C. Lawrenceana) has light rose sepals and petals, and an 
intense purple-crimson lip, witha deep yellow throat and numerous maroon 
lines on the disc. It is most like the Lelia in shape, and very beautiful. 
The rest are Odontoglossums. . crispum Queen of Spain is a large, flat, 
pure white form, rather regularly blotched with deep red-brown on all the 
segments. O. crispum Queen Victoria and O. c. Mars are two handsomely 
blotched. forms. There are also, a dark form of O. luteopurpureum, 
O. Hallii Leemann’s var., a very dark and heavily blotched form, two 
fine forms of O. x Adriane, one very copiously blotched with red-brown, 
