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ing upwards of three hundred, and now his MSS. additions indicate an 
extensive addition to the list. 
In the third house we observed a healthy batch of about three hundred 
plants of Miltonia vexillaria ; Cymbidium Devonianum, two plants showing 
for flower; Pleurothallis Roezlii bearing an eight-flowered raceme of large 
vinous-purple flowers; the rare Dendrobium senile, remarkable in having 
its pseudobulbs covered with long woolly hairs; a very fine plant of 
Oncidium ornithorhynchum album; the beautiful C. insigne Sandere and 
C. i. Ernesti; C. x Arthurianum with 25 growths; the yellow C. venustum 
Measuresianum, remarkable not only for the absence of purple from the 
flower, but also from the underside of the leaves; Selenipedium caricinum 
with 40 growths; and various other interesting Orchids. 
Masdevallia is a genus in which Mr. Measures takes a special interest. 
A catalogue issued in June, 1890, uniform with that of Cypripedium, shows 
that it contains most of the species, varieties, and hybrids in cultivation. A 
few pages at the end are devoted to Pleurothallis and Restrepia, and show 
that some forty species of the former and eleven of the latter are in the 
collection. The next house visited is a cool one, and contains most of the 
smaller Masdevallias, for the Saccolabiate section and the scarlet-flowered 
group are elsewhere. Among the rarities we note, M. O’Brieniana, allied 
to M. simula, but with broader leaves and larger flowers; M. elephanticeps, 
M. torta, M. Arminii, Mr. cupularis, M. Mooreana, M. x Courtauldiana 
and M. x Hincksiana, the latter flowering almost throughout the year, and 
as the flowers open deep buff and fade to cream or nearly white, it looks 
as if two plants were mixed in the same clump. Odontoglossums grande 
and Harryanum are also grown here. 
The next is a small house containing Lelia anceps, Coelogyne barbata 
and Cypripedium insigne, whence we pass into another chiefly devoted to 
C. villosum, Boxallii, insigne and the cooler hybrids. Here are C. x nitens 
and its varieties Sallieri, Celeus, and others, C. x Godseffianum, many plants 
of C. Boxallii and C. villosum in flower, including a richly-coloured C. v. 
aureum. Hanging from the roof are fine plants of Masdevallia Chimera 
and its varieties and allies, in robust health, a splendid clump of the 
remarkable M. muscosa with two hundred leaves; also Pleurothallis 
Grobyi, and the singular P. ornata, with three spikes. 
The large Cattleya house contains some two hundred plants of Cattleya 
labiata, a fine lot of C. Trianz and its varieties, with fifty flowers open, 
among which C.’T. Ernesti is conspicuous; also C. Mossiz, C. Mendelii 
and C. Warscewiczii (gigas) in variety, together with various other species 
and varieties. Cattleya citrina crossed with Lelia purpurata has developed 
a fine capsule, while the same species fertilised with C. Schroederee and the 
reversed cross were both equally promising, and we a that. seedlings 
will be obtained. 
