204 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Juty, 1909. 
The Cattleya house contained a lot of fine plants which were pointed 
out as all good varieties, and in bloom we noticed several C. Mendelii and 
Mossi, a very good light form of C. Schroederz with two spikes, C. inter- 
media coerulea with the front lobe of the lip slaty blue in colour, C. X 
Parthenia Prince of Wales, a plant of C. Schilleriana very dark in the bud, 
and a pretty natural hybrid clearly derived from C. Forbesii and C. 
Harrisoniana, and thus a form of C. X venosa. Other interesting things in 
bloom were Lzeliocattleya bletchleyensis, Brassocattleya Pluto with the side 
lobes of the lip well fringed, Bifrenaria Hadweni, Stanhopea_ eburnea, 
Cypripedium X Helen II., and various others. A plant of the rare 
Aracnanthe moschifera was pointed out, also what is supposed to be a 
white form of Cypripedium Charlesworthii, a healthy little plant. Some 
capsules and seedlings were also in evidence, among the latter being plants 
from Lelia tenebrosa Victor Warburton crossed with a light Cattleya 
Mendelii. | 
A small Cypripedium house was filled with choice seedlings of good 
size, while in the next house were lots of others in all stages, among those 
noted being C. bellatulum album x C. insigne King Edward VII., and C. 
i. giganteum X C. Druryi. We also saw in bloom two good C. Lawren- 
ceanum Hyeanum, with several C. bellatulum, and. good forms of the 
beautiful C. niveum. 
Another house contained more Cypripediums, all choice varieties, and 
we noticed a number of capsules, one of them on a fine plate of C. X 
Minos Youngii. There were also some good Miltcnia vexillaria, and other 
interesting things. Some other houses we had not time to see. 
We noticed that on some of the houses lath roller blinds are used, but 
bamboo blinds which roll up have also been tried, and found to be very 
good. Side ventilation is given by shutters in the walls. The collection 
generally is in excellent condition, and reflects great credit on Mr. 
Warburton’s excellent gardener, Mr. Dalgleish, under whose care it has 
been for some considerable time. 
ORCHIDS AT NEWCHURCH. 
Another very interesting collection is situated at Ashlands, Newchurch, 
the residence of Richard Ashworth, Esq., J.P., where several houses are 
devoted to the usual representative genera, and the plants are in a thriving 
condition under the care of Mr. Fletcher. 
The first house entered was devoted to Cool Orchids, and we noted many 
interesting things in bloom, including Odontoglossum Hunnewellianum, O. 
x Adriane, O. Pescatorei, anda lot of O. crispum, with good examples of 
Masdevallia Chimera, M. caudata, M. radiosa, M. coccinea, M. xX 
Pourbaixii, and a profusely-flowered plant of M. Houtteana, Lycaste 
Skinneri, Oncidium superbiens, and examples of Cattleya citrina. Here we 
