SEPTEMBER, 1909.| THE ORCHID REVIEW. 283 
concolor, and a plant of C. grandiflorum was pointed out as flowering 
during the proper season, without any difficulty in getting the buds to open. 
The first Orchid house contained a lot of Dendrobium Phalznopsis, 
growing freely, with a number of Lelia anceps and Brassavola Digbyana, 
all suspended from the roof. Then came a house of seedling Cypripediums, 
where we noted flowering examples of C. X tessellatum porphyreum, 
C. X Haynaldo-Chamberlainianum, C. x Fraseri, and a very attractive C. 
x Edithe, with about a dozen C. callosum Sandere in bud, and a few 
capsules, also a lot of healthy seedlings. In a second small house C. xX 
insigne Sanderianum was in bloom, with a good C. hirsutissimum, and C. X 
Arthurianum X Chamberlainianum. There were also some small seedlings, 
and a few C. callosum Sandere X bellatulum album about large enough to 
bloom, We also noticed some Cattleyas suspended from the roof, and 
seedlings of Cattleya Schrcederee alba X amethystoglossa alba, whose 
flowering is awaited with interest. 
Passing into a Warm house we noticed several plants of the handsome 
Zygopetalum Ballianum in bloom, showing a good deal of variation in 
colour, also good examples of Lzliocattleya Cappei, and Cattleya x 
Harrisiz, while plants of the rare Cattleya superba alba, C. Harrisoniana 
alba, andthe white Lelia Jongheana Ashworthii were pointed out. An 
adjacent house contained flowering plants of Dendrobium x Nestor, D. x 
rhodopterygium and D. xX rhodostoma, with the handsome D. x Arthur 
. Ashworth, derived from D. pulchellum x Brymerianum, and quite inter- 
mediate in character. We also saw a very fine Cypripedium Rothschildi- 
anum, with a few others, in some cases bearing capsules, and a plant of 
Selenipedium xX Hardyanum, with long petals, and most comparable with 
a pale S. X grande. 
Then came three houses largely devoted to Odontoglossums, containing 
a profusion of bloom, but what immediately caught the eye was a batch of 
the beautiful Dendrobium Victoria-Regina suspended from the roof, with 
over a dozen plants in flower. Since adopting this position Mr. Ashworth 
finds no difficulty in growing it. The Odontoglossums contained some 
good O. crispum, Pescatorei, cirrhosum, triumphans, luteopurpureum, Hallii, 
cordatum, xX Adrianz, showing a remarkable amount of variation, x 
Andersonianum, X harvengtense, Edwardii, Uroskinneri, pulchellum, 
Reichenheimii, apterum, platychilum, X Wilckeanum, X mirificum, and 
others. O. Pescatorei Lindeni was pointed out as a very good form, with a 
few purple spots on the sepals and lip, anda dark blotch in front of the 
crest, while O. x Rolfez superbum was particularly fine. A good plant of 
the charming Odontioda heatonensis carried two spikes, the best having 
fifteen flowers. We noted also examples of Ada aurantiaca, Cochlioda 
rosea and vulcanica, the charming little Epidendrum Endresii, Lycaste 
