May, 1903.| THE ORCHID REVIEW. 131 
through into the layer of blue-limestone shingle which is spread over the 
‘solid stages beneath the open ones. Many interesting crosses were pointed 
‘out, and M. Peeters told us that most of them had been effected both ways, 
though not all. A fewof the more promising ones may be mentioned here. 
Cattleya Gaskelliana alba X C. Warneri alba should yield a very fine 
hybrid, and there are many young plants, with some of larger growth. 
‘Theoretically the flowers should be white, but M. Peeters believes they will 
‘contain both white and coloured forms, as some of them have purple 
‘margins to the leaves. Sophronitis grandiflora x Lelia purpurata, and 
‘Cattleya Lawrenceana X Sophronitis should both be good. Home-raised 
plants of Cattleya granulosa Schofieldiana « Schilleriana were in flower, and 
are considered identical with the natural hybrid C. X resplendens. Léeelio- 
cattleya X Fanyauana (L. tenebrosa X C. Trianz) is a richly coloured hybrid 
‘of which several flowers were seen, and they vary considerably. We noted 
also flowers of L.-c. X Massangeana, the pretty Cattleya Xx Miranda, 
and C. intermedia Parthenia. Cattleya Schilleriana and Lelia purpurata 
‘have yielded another handsome hybrid, and the seedlings were raised both 
‘ways. 
In the next house we saw some good Cattleya Schroeder and Mendelii 
‘in flower, some of the latter being curiously abnormal, one flower being 
‘dimerous, and another reduced to a single segment and a slender column. 
Here also was a hybrid from the true Lelia grandis X Cattleya Mossiz, in 
‘sheath, some capsules of Odontoglossum, and one of Brassavola Digbyana 
‘showing its remarkable beak. Passing into the following house we found 
-a lot of Cypripediums and Cattleyas, various forms of the latter being in 
flower, also a curious form of Miltonia X Bleuana, which we at first took 
‘for M. Roezlii. It is a seedling of the same origin, though the flowers 
closely resemble M. Roezlii. The leaves, however,.are intermediate, and, 
unlike M. Roezlii, the plant can easily be divided. 
The last house of the block contained many plants of Cattleya 
Dowiana aurea, and we mention this fact specially because M. Peeters called 
attention to a raft, suspended close to the glass, in which were plunged 
about eighteen pots containing lots of tiny seedlings, and _ rather 
startled us by saying that they were Odontoglossums! In such a 
temperature, too! ‘' Yes,” said M. Peeters, “if you want to raise Odonto- 
glossums you must get them up in a fortnight.” At all events here they 
‘were, and we then adjourned to the adjacent cool department to see the 
larger seedlings, nearly 1400 in number, and of various sizes, about forty 
having reached a considerable size. Two only have yet flowered, namely 
O. xX loochristiense and ‘O. X crispo-Harryanum. There were a few 
-good plants derived from the intercrossing of spotted forms of O. crispum, 
which should prove very interesting when they flower; also O. Rolfez 
