78 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE CLARE LAWN COLLECTION. 
THE collection of Orchids at Clare Lawn, East Sheen, the residence 
F. Wigan, Esq., J.P., though not so large as those previously noted in 
these pages, contains a number of very interesting features, and is fame 
for the successful cultivation of Phalznopsis, Lelia majalis, and one of tw 
other things which do not succeed everywhere. Ten houses are devote 
to Orchids; some of them being rather small, but they are filled withs 
representative collection of healthy and well-cultivated plants, which testi 
to the skill and intelligence brought to bear on their culture by Mr. W. fh 
Young, who has charge of the collection. Specimens from it are familiar 
to those frequenting the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society, whet 
they have been exhibited with success on various occasions. 
The Phalaenopsis house is the feature of the collection, and a few nots 
about it will certainly be interesting to our readers. We may, howevel, 
take the different houses in the order which we passed through them a! 
recent visit. | 
_ In the first house we observed some good specimens of the ever-popul | 
Ccelogyne cristata, without which no good collection would be complete 
Also a large plant of C. barbata, Oncidium Cavendishianum, throwing ¥_ 
several flower-spikes, Cymbidium elegans, C. eburneum, etc. i 
The Masdevallia house contains most of the varieties commonly cul 
vated, also large plants of M. leontoglossa, M. Mooreana, and M. macrule 
We observed in flower M. ignea, M. polysticta, with its racemes of purpt 
spotted lilac flowers, with yellow tails; also the hybrids M. x Chelsoni 
M. x Hincksiana. A curious feature of the latter is that its flowers are b 
yellow on first opening, but gradually pass to cream-white before fadili 
The effect of two differently coloured fowers on the same spike, a | 
in strong specimens, is very pretty. The plant here seen had two flowe® 
but not on the same spike. In this house are the Pleiones, which are het 
grown with great success. 
In another compartment of the same range the Miltonias are a 
M. vexillaria, M. spectabilis Moreliana, M. Russelliana, and others pp: 
represented. On a shelf in this house is grown a grand batch @ 0” 
chaste Masdevallia tovarensis; Cymbidium tigrinum also is grown 
and flowers annually. 
Another house contains the Vandas of the tricolor section, the Angtl 
and other plants, with a batch of the beautiful Odontoglossum cits 
suspended from the roof. sa 
In the East Indian house are several plants worthy of ee | 
Coelogyne pandurata is represented by three large plants, on€ of “a 
sending up a fine spike. Stauropsis gigantea, generally cultivate ite 
the name of Vanda gigantea, is throwing up a spike from 2 plant 5 
