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tenebrosa bore seven fine flowers on two spikes. We also note with interest 
a small batch of what is evidently Cypripedium Charlesworthii, received in 
September, 1891. They were small plants, in poor condition, when received, 
which probably accounts for their not having yet flowered, but as the leaves 
have the shape and very characteristic markings of this species, there should 
be no doubt of what they are. The strange thing is that a few plants should 
have been introduced so long ago without anything being known of its remark- 
able character. Other plants worthy of note are some fine Oncidium ampli- 
atum majus, Angrecum falcatum with eight racemes, quite a mass of flower, 
the very rare Dendrobium eburneum, D. Dearei, D. Parishii, and a very 
pretty form of D. suavissimum, Spathoglottis Vieillardii, Platyclinis latifolia, 
the curious little Epidendrum ohraceum, and a variety of the showier Orchids 
usually met with at this season. 
MEssrs. CHARLESWORTH, SHUTTLEWORTH, AND Co. 
The compact and well-arranged Nursery of Messrs. Charlesworth, 
Shuttleworth, and Co., Heaton, Bradford, of about half an acre in extent, 
is devoted almost entirely to Orchids, and contains many features of interest. 
The houses are built of iron, with a well-arranged system of heating and 
ventilation, and entirely fitted with lath roller blinds, which latter, we 
believe, are likely to play an important part in the Orchid culture of the 
future. Although more expensive at the outset than canvas blinds, they 
are far more durable, better for the plants during summer, and of great 
service in conserving heat during cold and windy nights in winter. We 
believe that a well-known firm are about to commence their manufacture on 
a large scale. 
Most of the usual commercial Orchids are grown in quantity, and we 
observed large batches of such things as Cattleya labiata and its allies, 
Lelia purpurata, cinnabarina, and tenebrosa, Cymbidium Lowianum, 
Odontoglossum crispum, Pescatorei, polyxanthum, Harryanum, cirrhosum 
and ramosissimum, Miltonia vexillaria and Roezlii, Cypripedium Charles- 
worthii and bellatulum, Oncidium macranthum and cornigerum, Vanda 
Kimballiana, coerulea, and Amesiana, and many others. Many of the 
summer-blooming kinds were flowering in profusion, including several of 
those just mentioned; one fine clump of Lelia purpurata bearing eleven 
spikes of five and four flowers each, while a spike of six flowers appeared on 
another plant. Of Sophronitis grandiflora we noticed a large batch of both 
the short- and long-bulbed variety, and curiously enough, the same pecu- 
liarity applies to their capsules—the short-bulbed form having a short 
capsule, and vice-versé. Many plants of the rare Epidendrum Frederici- 
Gulielmi were in flower, also the brightly-coloured Oncidium concolor, 
Thunia Marshalliana, Maxillaria Sanderiana, Miltonia spectabilis, M. 
Roezlii, and the very pretty M. Warscewiczii. Among rarer things we 
