THE ORCHID REVIEW. 195 
DR. HODGKINSON’S COLLECTION. 
A VERY interesting and representative collection of Orchids is the one 
brought together by Dr. Alex. Hodgkinson at his residence, The Grange, 
Wilmslow, Cheshire, where five houses are more or less completely 
devoted to them. The usual showy species are, of course, well repre- 
sented, but we note with pleasure that some of the rarer and less easily 
grown kinds are specially looked after, some of them succeeding very well. 
Bolleas, Aganisias, and the rare Coryanthes Wulfi, may be mentioned 
among these difficult subjects; but as efforts are made to grow them under 
something like natural conditions, it is hoped that they will prove less 
intractable than formerly. 
The Odontoglossum House, which is span-roofed, contains a typical 
collection of cool Orchids, the smaller ones being suspended from the roof. 
The stages are part open and part covered with wet gravel, the former being 
a recent introduction. Among the plants observed during a recent visit 
were many plants of Odontoglossum crispum, a fine O. Pescatorei, the 
inflorescence showing twelve side branches and fifty-two flowers, the rare 
O. nevium, O. nebulosum and bictoniense coming into flower, two good 
O. Reichenheimii, various O. Cervantesii, O. C. roseum, O. ZErstedii; and 
others. A plant of Cochlioda Noetzliana bore two spikes; a plant of 
Oncidium incurvum was pushing seven spikes, while O. macranthum was 
flowering well. Nanodes Meduse succeeds well suspended in this house, 
its buds being not quite expanded. Disa grandiflora was grown here in 
a peat bed, a pane of glass being removed near it, and a batch of 
Epidendrum vitellinum with twenty spikes close by. E. syringothyrsus 
grows well, but has not yet flowered. Here were also Cypripedium 
insigne and Boxallii, various Masdevallias, some being in flower, Restrepia 
antennifera, and a batch of Sophronitis grandiflora. 
In the Mexican House was a specially interesting sight—a batch of 
twenty plants, of which many were flowering, seventeen flowers and buds 
being counted. A few spikes were two-flowered. The other Mexican 
Lzlias were also doing well, and included many plants of L. anceps, one 
being still in flower, L. albida, and L. autumnalis; also a good batch of 
Cattleya citrina in thriving condition. Here were also some Sophronitis 
grandiflora, Coelogyne cristata, Dendrobium Falconeri, &c. The smaller 
Lelias are suspended near the glass, and the larger ones grown in pots 
underneath, no shading being used. Care is taken to secure a good growth, 
and then by means of plenty of air and a limited supply of water to mature 
it thoroughly. Very little water is given to Lelia majalis until flowering 
is over, which is in accordance with its natural requirements, as this 
beautiful species blooms just at the commencement of the rainy season. A 
