THE ORCHID REVIEW. 291 
THE STAND HALL COLLECTION. 
For a number of years past Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, has been 
celebrated for its Orchids. The rich collection brought together by the late 
Thomas Statter, Esq., was sold at his death ; but his son, who bears the 
same name, is determined to uphold the tradition, and the houses are again 
filled with a large number of choice things, so that the collection, which 
still remains under the care of the old chef, Mr. Robert Johnson, bids fair to 
rival its former magnificence. The Cattleya group and Cypripediums are 
evidently first favourites, though many Dendrobiums and various cool 
Orchids are also cultivated, Odontoglossums naturally taking the lead 
among the latter. Some time ago we had the pleasure of going through this 
fine collection, and the following notes will doubtless prove interesting 
to our readers. 
The Cattleyas and allies may be mentioned first, and a particularly fine 
and well-cultivated lot they are. One or two peculiarities about the house 
may be noted in passing, as they probably exert an influence on the well- 
being of the plants, and may be of service to others. Very little top air 
is admitted at any time, but the bottom ventilators are almost always open. 
The larger plants are grown on stone benches, in which a number of 
circular holes are cut. Underneath are water tanks and the hot-water 
pipes, so that the air which is continually coming in becomes warm and 
moist before reaching the plants. This end may of course be attained by 
other means, but in conjunction with proper attention in the matter of 
potting and watering cannot fail to yield successful results, as in the 
present instance. 
In addition to a good collection of the usual commoner species may be 
mentioned many choice varieties and hybrids, as the rare Cattleya superba 
alba, a beautiful white form of C. Warscewiczii, the natural hybrid C. x 
Brymeriana, a fine form of C. Leopoldi, the splendid Cattleya Dowiana 
Statteriana, and C. x Hardyana Statteriana, a marvellous form of that 
fine natural hybrid with white sepals and petals, which is probably unique. 
A fine batch of ten plants of Cattleya Rex were in sheath, and have since 
flowered in brilliant fashion, as was recorded at p. 272. A curious and 
apparently rather rash experiment was made with a plant of Cattleya x 
Minucia, which we should hesitate to repeat, in spite of the success which 
attended it. There were five pseudobulbs on the plant, and each one was 
separated by cutting through the rhizome. Every one, however, produced a 
back growth, though some were very small at first, and now there are five 
plants instead of one, which says much for the constitution of the plant, 
which, it may be remembered, is a hybrid between C. Loddigesii ? and C. 
Warscewiczii ¢. 
A splendid plant of Lelia tenebrosa with thirty pseudobulbs was pushing 
