138 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Society. The photograph here reproduced was kindly sent by Mr. Winn, 
and represents the plant raised in his own collection. He states that it is 
a very free grower, with strong thick pseudobulbs, and {very floriferous. A 
living flower sent at the same time shows. that the sepals and petals are 
creamy white, tipped with light rose-purple, which is most distinct on the 
petals. The lip has a very large orange disc, on which is an irregularly 
pencilled crimson blotch; in front of this is a cream-white area, and, 
finally, the apex is rose-purple. Altogether it is a very handsome plant, and 
Mr. Winn remarks that it has been very much admired. He also states 
that one of the plants raised from the same seed-pod is nearly white, with 
the exception of the disc, which is normal in colour. The other characters 
of the plant can best be seen by a glance at ourzillustration, which conveys 
more to the eye than the longest description. 
Dendrobium X Aspasia, Hort. ; Gard. Chron., 1890, i. p. 336. 
D. Wardiano-aureum, Gard. Chron., 1889, i. p. 490. 
AN ORCHID COLLECTION FIFTY YEARS AGO. 
Eacu of our previous issues has contained an account of some famous 
modern collection. To-day we vary the proceedings with an account of af 
ancient one, the facts of which have been kindly communicated by # 
veteran who served under Donald Beaton, one of the most successitl 
gardeners of his day, and one who paid considerable attention to Orchids, 
as the following notes will prove. It will serve to show how great . 
advance has been made in the interval which has since elapsed, both 1 
the composition of Orchid collections and in their management, and wi 
doubtless prove interesting to our readers, few of whom can ess: = 
personal recollections of this remote period. It was Beaton, it will 
remembered, who first used brick troughs of water for heating Li 
We have prefaced the account in question with a few general remarks 
Beaton and his methods. 
’ In 1836, when Beaton was gardener to W. Gordon, Esq-; 
some of his notes on Orchid culture were published in the second a 
of Paxton’s Magazine of Botany (p. 263). He there remarks that he a 
did and never could purchase any of these plants, so that he had to at 
mence with only the smallest pieces, presumably given, Of obtain 
exchange. He then details his method of treatment, and we need 
remark that it was before the days of cool Orchid growing. 
“IT never allow young plants,” he remarks, ‘to have 4 
they attain a flowering size, or are otherwise well established, 
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words, I keep up a constant stimulus.” He then’ proceeds * 
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