286 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, Ig00,. 
in Osmunda fibre, which is found to give excellent results. Leaf mould has 
been tried as a compost, but has now been given up. A large plant of 
Vanda coerulea stood at the end of this house, where it grows and flowers 
well. 
A number of Phalznopsis are grown, some of them having been 
obtained from the Philippines many years ago, and we noted some good 
‘plants of P. Schilleriana, several P. Lueddemanniana in bloom, and a plant 
of P. X intermedia Portei throwing up a spike. There were also plants of P. 
amabilis Rimestadiana, some being in bloom, and one of the very rare 
P, Lowii. We also saw plants of Bollea ccelestis, and the rare Aganisia 
ionoptera, while A. lepida was in bud. These occupy a rather shady 
position in the house. We also saw a plant of the rare Catasetum 
Bungerothii Pottsii, and one of Arachnanthe Cathcartii which was growing 
well. 
The collection is a particularly interesting one, containing a good many 
rareties in addition to the usual popular species, and some of the plants 
have been successfully grown here for many years, a fact which speaks well 
for the skill of Mr. Woore, Dr. Hodgkinson’s excellent gardener, under 
whose care it has been for a long period. There are also a number of 
hybrid seedlings, for a few hybridisation experiments have been carried on 
from time to time, partly in the hope of raising novelties, and partly for the . 
interest felt in watching the development of the seedlings. In fact, Dr. 
Hodgkinson finds in Orchid growing a delightful hobby, and the possession 
of such a collection affords a perpetual source of interest. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
A FLOWER of the handsome Cattleya Warscewiczii var. W. Waters Butler, 
which received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society on 
August 3rd, is sent from the collection of W. Waters Butler, Esq., of 
Edgbaston. It is of excellent shape, and has bright rose-purple sepals and 
petals, and a much darker lip, with a pair of large yellow blotches in the 
throat. | 
A flower of a fine dark form of Odontoglossum Harryanum is sent from 
the collection of D. L. Thorpe, Esq., Etterby Scaur, Carlisle. It has the 
usual markings on the petals and lip, but is much darker in colour than 
the typical form. 
A flower of Cattleya X Louis Blériot is sent from the collection of the 
Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Birmingham, by Mr. Mackay, 
who remarks that it isa hybrid from C. X Chamberlainiana X Hardyana. It 
has light rose-purple sepals and petals, and a broad, open, very dark crimson- 
purple lip, which is entire, and has a prettily undulate margin, and some 
yellow and paler veining in the throat. It appears to be the first hybrid 
