260 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
knocked down at eight shillings each. A fine mass of Lelia crispa with 
over forty bulbs went for £2, and a few lots of four plants ranged from seven 
to thirteen shillings each. 
Sophronitis grandiflora was offered in good condition. ‘‘ Grand pieces” 
went for six and seven shillings, and in lots of three each for eighteen to 
twenty shillings. And in one case over twenty lots of six pieces each were 
lumped together and only fetched £2 Ios. 
A few Oncidium Forbesii, in ‘‘ grand masses,” ranged from five to seven 
shillings each and in two’s of smaller size fetched about the same. Onci- 
dium concolor went a trifle cheaper, only reaching six shillings on about one 
occasion. Lots of six pieces fetched about four shillings each, and a few 
lots grouped together averaged rather less. A small parcel of Scuticaria 
Steelii found purchasers at from four to six shillings per lot, while a dozen 
small pieces grouped together realised nine shillings. 
Odontoglossum crispum from Pacho, of which over a hundred lots were 
offered, would hardly sell. One lot of four pieces sold for three shillings, 
but when grouped six lots together fetched only seven to ten shillings, and 
ten together eleven to thirteen shillings, ultimately falling to about five 
shillings for similar quantities. One would think that the work of extermi- 
nating this beautiful species might now cease for a time. 
Miscellaneous Orchids, mostly in flower, are now a regular feature of 
these sales, and on this occasion amounted to nearly one hundred and fifty 
lots. Among those not in flower may be noted two Lycaste Skinneri alba, 
which went for two and three guineas, Ccelogyne cristata alba twenty-four 
shillings, Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni two and a half guineas, Selenipe- 
dium x grande £1, and a few others at prices ranging down to five 
shillings. Cattleya Trianz alba fetched seven guineas, but a dozen plants 
of the type ranged from five to six shillings each, or even less, while three 
plants of Cattleya Dowiana aurea in sheath ranged from seventeen to twenty- 
two shillingseach. And, by way of keeping insects in check, a case of twenty- 
five green tree-frogs was sold for fourteen shillings. 
Orchids in flower made quite a show. A plant of Cypripedium x vexil- 
larium fetched two guineas, C. tonsum ten shillings, several C. x cenan- 
thum four to ten shillings each; indeed, many Cypripediums of various 
kinds ranged from about five to nineteen shillings, and one as low as three 
shillings. A good number of Dendrobium Phalznopsis ranged from five to 
ten shillings each, and a batch of four fetched thirteen shillings. D. nobile 
album realised £2 ros., various D. formosum from six to fifteen shillings, and 
D. chrysanthum seven shillings. Two Cattleya Leopoldi fetched twenty and 
twenty-one shillings each, three C. Warscewiczii ranged from eight to 
a shillings, and several C. Gaskelliana from seven to twenty 
illings. A fine Vanda suavis, four and a half feet high, with two racemes, 
fetched two guineas, and a small V. tricolor seven shillings, this being also 
