300 -THE ORCHID REVIEW, 
which the plant receptacle is placed. An unshaded part of the house is 
devoted to Dendrobiums, and here D. formosum succeeds very well. A 
Cool house contained batches of various useful Cypripediums and various 
imported things. Before terminating a very pleasant visit, we learnt 
from Mr. Ashton that it is intended to put up another house chiefly for 
Odontoglossoms, for which greater accommodation is required. 
THE GRANGE. 
The Grange, Southgate, the residence of J. Bradshaw, Esq., is the 
home of a choice little collection of Orchids which is frequently represented 
at the Drill Hall meetings. Finding ourselves in the vicinity, we called, 
and were fortunate enough to find Mr. Bradshaw at home—in fact, busy in 
his garden, and we were soon among the Orchids. Odontoglossums are 
the acknowleged favourites, and a long house is filled with a collection of the 
various kinds, all in excellent health. The house is constructed on modern 
principles, and shaded with lath roller-blinds, which are found to answer 
their purpose admirably. We also found. a number of Murray’s Patent 
Orchid Stands in use for elevating the plants, and Mr. Bradshaw expressed 
himself as very pleased with them. It was the wrong season to find much 
in flower, but we found several good forms of Odontoglossum crispum, and 
a fine O. luteopurpureum, while others were throwing up their spikes. 
The Cattleya house also contains a choice selection, both of species and 
hybrids, and these, too, were in robust health, showing that they are well 
cared for. Several plants of Cattleya x Mantinii were developing fine 
sheaths, from which some good flowers may soon be expected. Laelio- 
cattleya x Thorntoni was also producing a fine sheath, and had previously 
borne a truss of its handsomely-fringed flowers. Among plants of Cattleya 
labiata showing for flower, one of the variety R. I. Measures was pointed 
out as one of the most beautiful, on account of the beautiful pink veining of 
the lip, which has such a pleasing effect on the white ground. The hand- 
some Oncidium tigrinum was flowering well here. 
In another house, we found a very nice lot of Cymbidiums, not now in 
flower, though the rare C. grandiflorum (Hookerianum) was throwing up a 
fine spike. There were also two plants of C. Tracyanum, the yellow C. 
owianum concolor, C. x Winnianum, also C. x eburneo-Lowianum and 
the reverse cross. Dendrobium infundibulum here was nicely in flower. 
These are only a few notes taken during a rather hurried visit about the end 
of August, which is about the dullest season of the year so far as Orchid 
flowers are concerned. Many choice varieties, however, were observed in 
various stages of growth, and the collection generally bore evidence both of 
careful selection and excellent culture, under which conditions the results 
cannot fail to be satisfactory, 
