130 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
The shading of Orchid houses is an important matter at the present time, 
and we have received from Messrs. E. Spinner & Co., of Manchester, samples: 
of their Khaki cotton netting, which is very light and strong, and seems: 
admirably adapted for the purpose. It is mesh-like in pattern, light brown, 
and is made in two qualities. An advertisement appears in another column. 
We have received photographs of two views taken in the collection of 
General Gillespie, of Brynderwen, near Usk, one showing a fine bank of 
Cattleyas, and the other a splendid group of Calanthes and Dendrobium 
Phalznopsis, with a few other Orchids, the culture in each case being 
excellent. These views are taken in a range of houses erected by Messrs. 
James Crispin & Sons, of Bristol, which are evidently well adapted for the 
purpose. 
A fine four-flowered raceme of the handsome Dendrobium nobile 
Robsonz, to which a First-class Certificate was given by the Royal 
Botanical and Horticultural Society of Manchester, on March 15th, is 
sent by Mr. John Robson, of Altrincham. The flowers are very large— 
the petals being over an inch across, and the lip, when expanded, still 
broader—and very brightly coloured. 
A very fine flower of Cattleya Triane delicata is sent from the collection 
E. Hopper, Esq., of Morpeth, by Mr. Jones. Several others are said to 
have flowered in the collection, and they contrast very effectively with the 
coloured forms. 
An infloresence of the beautiful white Vanda Denisoniana is sent from 
the collection of H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, Gloucestershire, by Mr. 
Lane, together with the handsome Miltonia Recezlii and Dendrobium 
infundibulum, both of which are very effective at this season. 
A particularly fine form of Dendrobium primulinum is sent from the 
collection of H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesbourne, Gloucestershire, together 
with two of the typical form. Mr. Elwes remarks that the plant never 
grew well until one of the wires broke, and the plant hung with the pot 
sideways, after which it has made pseudobulbs from twelve to fifteen 
inches long. Several other fine Dendrobium flowers are also enclosed, 
A good form of Dendrobium primulinum is also sent by F. M. Burton, 
Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, together with light and dark forms of D. 
nobile. 
A flower of Cattleya Trianze alba is sent from the collection of Alfred 
Darby, Esq., Little Ness, Shrewsbury, one of twenty-three borne by the 
