102 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE CAMBRIDGE LODGE COLLECTION. 
CAMBRIDGE Lopae, Flodden Road, Camberwell, is the residence of a very 
enthusiastic Orchidist, in the person of R. I. Measures, Esq., who has 
brought together an exceedingly rich and interesting collection. Few 
people would expect to find so fine a one within a short walk of Vauxhall 
Station at the present day. The terrors of London fog and the encroach- 
ments of the builder might be supposed to have long ago driven it further 
afield. But not only does it exist there; it thrives, or, what is more to 
the purpose, the plants do. They are healthy and vigorous, and afford 
evidence of the care and intelligence brought to bear on their cultivation 
by Mr. Measures’ gardener, Mr. Henry Chapman, who has no light duty 
to perform. There are eighteen houses devoted to Orchids, being generally 
compact and well adapted to the requirements of the plants, of which there 
are about six thousand, exclusive of unflowered seedlings. 
Cypripediums occupy the leading position, and number about sixteen 
hundred plants, including nearly all the cultivated species and the majority 
of the hybrids. They are not grown by themselves, except perhaps in two 
of the houses, though six others are largely or partly devoted to them, 
and thus the requirements of the different kinds are easily provided for. 
A considerable number are in flower at the present time, but our purpose 
is not so much to enumerate these as to say something about the collection 
generally. 
In the two houses devoted exclusively to Cypripediums are many fine 
specimens, which have been grown on from small plants. Among them 
may be mentioned, C. x Harrisianum with over 100 growths, C. x 
cenanthum with 60, C. x cenanthum superbum with 50, C. x vexillarium 
and C. x Leeanum superbum with 30 each, C. x orphanum with 26> 
C. x marmorophyllum, C. x Charles Canham, C. x Morganiz, and 
C. xX euryandrum, of somewhat smaller size, three plants of C. x 
Winnianum with Io to 14 growths each, and many others of smaller 
dimensions. Among rarities we note, C. Mastersianum, C. x tessellatum 
porphyreum, and C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum showing for flower; also 
plants of C. x Greyanum, C. x microchilum, and C. x fascinator. 
Selenipediums are equally well represented, and comprise S. x cardinale, 
and its more brightly coloured variety rubicundum, each with 50 growths, 
S. x albopurpureum with 40, S. x leucorrhodum with 33, S. Klotzschianum 
with 20, and two plants of S. x Schroeder with 12 and 15 each. Also 
two fine specimens of S. x Sedeni candidulum in No. 1 pots; S. x Lindley- 
anum with a fine flower-spike of ten flowers and buds ; together with many 
large plants of the common Species, and smaller ones of the rarer hybrids. 
In fact, Mr. Measures, in July, 1888, issued a neat little catalogue of the 
species, varieties and hybrids of Cypripedium in his collection, number- 
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