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THE ORCHID. REVIEW. 37 
THE WARNHAM COURT COLLECTION. 
AT all times of the year a visit to Warnham Court, Horsham, the residence 
of C. J. Lucas, Esq., affords the lover of Orchids very great pleasure, as not 
only are the more showy and gorgeous species and varieties well represented, 
but the owner, and his head gardener, Mr. G. Duncan, take exceptional 
interest in botanical beauties and curiosities, to which considerable attention 
is given. 
There are seven houses entirely devoted to Orchids, several being of 
large dimensions, and well filled, both on roof and stage, with the plants 
best suited to each. ‘Taking the collection throughout the plants are well 
cultivated generally, and reflect great credit on Mr. Duncan, who not only 
has charge of this extensive and valuable collection, but has heavy responsi- 
bilities in all other branches of modern gardening. 
In one division there is a beautiful display of deciduous Calanthes, 
consisting of many well-grown plants of C. vestita lutea, C. vestita rubra, 
and the hybrid C. x Veitchii. Arranged with them were a quantity of well- 
flowered specimens of the old Cypripedium insigne, intermixed with various 
Adiantums, the whole group giving the house quite a brilliant appearance 
at this dull season. 
Dendrobiums are well represented here. Many plants at this period are 
showing well for bloom, and will soon make a fine display. One particularly 
fine specimen of D. aqueum, generally known as D. album, was especially 
noticeable, having made thirteen splendid new-flowering stems, with over 
two hundred flower buds. Another equally well-grown plant, with an 
abundance of flowers showing, is D. x splendidissimum var. grandiflorum 
(D. aureum x D. nobile). This beautiful Orchid is certainly one of the best 
Dendrobium hybrids yet raised; other crosses have been made with the 
same parents, which produced such pretty examples as D. x Ainsworthii 
and D. x Leechianum, but neither are equal to the first mentioned, owing 
no doubt to the fact that only the best varieties were selected of each species 
that formed the parents of this splendid acquisition. An exceptionally well- 
bloomed plant of D. Findlayanum was standing out conspicuously among 
the other inmates, it being one of the best cultivated plants of this species 
we have seen. Inthe same house a handsome batch of the showy Australian 
Dendrobium bigibbum was making a grand show. Intermixed with these 
were several well-grown plants of D. superbiens, their rich crimson-purple 
flowers being exceedingly attractive. The beautiful Burmese D. albo- 
sanguineum, also D. Macrei, D. Wardianum, D. crassinode, D. Bry- 
merianum, D. nobile var. nobilius, D. fimbriatum oculatum, the perpetual 
blooming D. x Rhodostoma, and many others, were particularly remarkable 
for their strong healthy condition. 
Cypripediums are not general favourites at Warnham Court, but several 
