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also in bloom, and a plant of Ansellia africana was bearing a fine panicle. 
Some Stanhopeas and other good things were suspended from the roof near’ 
the entrance, and we noted Gongora quinquenervis and Ccelogyne Mas- 
sangeana in bloom. 
In the Intermediate house which followed, and which was about half 
devoted to Vanda ccerulea, in thriving condition, we found a lot of Phaius 
x Norman in bloom, making a fine display, also the pretty little Vanda 
coerulescens, and some Megaclinium falcatum, with plants of various Bul- 
bophyllums. There were also plants of Bartholina pectinata in bud, Disa 
caulescens, and various other Cape species, including some of the blue- 
flowered section. It is unfortunate that these Cape species should be so 
difficult to keep for any length of time, for they are very beautiful objects in 
their native homes. 
The last was a Warm house, where we found:a lot of Phalznopsis, with 
a few P. amabilis and a number of P. Lueddemanniana in bloom. P. x 
intermedia Portei was in bud, and bearing a fine panicle., There were also 
many of the brilliant Renanthera Imschootiana, Angraecum modestum, a 
batch of Oncidium varicosum flowering very freely, the rare Camarotis 
purpurea, and the beautiful Vanda suavis pallida, in which the spots are 
greenish yellow in colour. Plants of V. ccerulescens Boxallii and Cymbidium 
Huttoni were in bud, while some species of Aérides were pushing a few 
spikes, and among numerous other things which were pointed out were 
plants of Bulbophyllum Ericssoni, virescens, Reinwardtii and Lobbii, the 
latter being in bloom. 
In the Corridor itself a number of Epidendrums have been planted out, 
and are being trained to the sides, E. X Boundii and several others being 
already in bloom. We next proceeded to the second Corridor, and the 
block of seedling houses, which were even more interesting than the others, 
but we made no attempt to keep notes of the different houses, and cannot 
mention a tithe of the interesting crosses that were pointed out. To say 
that there were thousands of seedlings in every stage of existence is only a 
mild way of putting it, but the extent to which hybridising and seedling 
raising have been carried out by Messrs. Charlesworth is pretty well known 
though one requires to see it to appreciate it fully. The plants are for the 
most part pictures of health and vigour, but seedlings of a few remarkable 
crosses grow very slowly, as if there is some incompatibility between the 
constitutions of the two parents that retards their progress. Seedlings of 
Odontoglossum Uroskinneri crossed with crispum grow very well when 
small, but then do badly, as the spot to which the former is subject makes 
its appearance, and this is the case with some others derived from this 
t. 
ee (To be concluded.) 
