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Mr. Crawshay has many others that are prevented from blooming this year, 
as his practice is to let some of his fine things have a rest occasionally, in 
order to strengthen the plants. 
All the other showy Odontoglossums are well represented by choice 
varieties, among which may be mentioned many fine forms of QO. triumphans, 
including the magnificent Rosefield variety, which has received a First-class 
Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. O. cordatum, with four 
handsome spikes; several O. Harryanum, showing for flower; and an excellent 
batch of O. Rossianum, all good varieties. O. Hallii is also well represented, 
the beautiful dark variety nigrum being exceptionally fine. One plant of O. 
Pescatorei threw up a very strong spike, with thirteen branches and 111 
flowers, but being unfortunately injured it was cut off before the flowers 
expanded. Next year it should produce a phenomenal inflorescence. 
Hybrid Odontoglossums are specially looked after, and the collection 
‘ contains numerous very interesting forms, including a fine dark O. x tenta- 
culatum, and forms of O. x Wilckeanum, of which the Rosefield variety is 
exceptionally large and beautiful. O. x Andersonianum and O. x Ruckeria- 
num are represented by grand varieties, which are mostly resting this year, 
but one of the former, called Crawshay’s variety, received an Award of 
Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society on the 11th of April last. 
Mr. Crawshay has recently examined many importations of Odontoglos- 
sum, and selected a series of very distinct-looking bulbs, which, judging by 
appearances, should contain many hybrids and good varieties. On one 
plant two nice little seedlings were found, but it is impossible to say whether 
they are from hybrid seed. 
A batch of about forty plants of Cattleya citrina succeed well with the 
Odontoglossums, being attached to blocks of charred wood. Cool treatment 
is one of the secrets of success with this Cattleya. Epidendrum vitellinum 
and Disa grandiflora, with its fine variety Barrellii, also grow well here, as 
well as Oncidium tigrinum and O. macranthum, the latter now showing for 
flower. A batch of the polymorphic Masdevallia Harryana contains several 
very fine forms, including the Trentham variety, Bull’s Blood, and versicolor. 
Here also is the true M. Veitchiana grandiflora, with its giant blooms nearly 
double the size of the typical form beside it. The beautiful Miltonia 
vexillaria is, of course, represented in quantity. : 
The Cattleya house contains a fine series of Cattleya Mossiz an C. 
Mendeli, grand forms of C. gigas, of which ‘‘ Mrs. De B. Crawshay takes 
precedence with its immense deep purple lip almost devoid of yellow. C. 
Mendeli Rosefield variety is a lovely form. Numerous fine plants of C. 
labiata show growth well advanced, while C. Gaskelliana alba, the original 
variety that received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural 
Society in July, 1884, is still here among other grand forms. ae 
_ Turning to the Lelias we must first note four plants propagated from 
