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glossums, the first of them showing numerous spikes, and one plant we 
noted had enormous bulbs. 
The fourth house was chiefly devoted to Cattleyas and Cypripediums, 
and here was pointed out a nice plant of the rare Cattleya Warneri alba. 
Two nice forms of C. Schroeder were in flower, one of them being nearly 
white. Various Cattleya pods also told of hybridising operations in 
progress, and we also noted some pods of Miltonia Warscewiczii, a batch 
of 22 plants of the handsome M. xX Bluntii Lubbersiana, and Lelia 
Jongheana bearing a two-flowered spike. 
We now entered another Odontoglossum house, where we noted some 
good things in flower, including a good form of O. X mulus, O. triumphans 
latisepalum, forms of O. X loochristiense, one of them carrying a fine spike 
of fourteen flowers, O. X Adrianzw, O. Pescatorei, and among forms of O. 
‘crispum one bearing a spike of ten very round lilac-coloured flowers. 
Many others were not yet expanded. Oncidinm incurvum album was also 
throwing up flower-spikes. Here was a nice batch of about sixty seedling 
Odontoglossums, some from O. polyxanthum x cirrhosum being about 
half grown, and we noted also some old back bulbs set apart for 
propagating purposes. These were placed in pots and kept moist, and 
were just beginning to break. The next house was also devoted to cool 
‘Orchids, including many Odontoglossums in flower and spike, Miltonia 
Warscewiczii in flower, and a lot of Masdevallias, including M. Veitchiana, 
‘coccinea, ignea, X Pourbaixii, caudata, and Estrada. 
Following this came a house largely devoted to Cattleyas, in which 
(C. Mendelii was in flower, and a batch of C. Warscewiczii was doing well. 
Phaius X Norman and Cymbidium xX eburneo-Lowianum were also in 
bloom, and it was very interesting to see a fine plant of Cypripedium xX 
Sallieri Hyeanum, which was the mother of all the numerous forms of C. X 
aureum which have been raised in the collection. Some of these were in 
flower in the next two houses visited. We cannot discuss their characters 
very fully in an article of this kind, but the wide range of variation was 
remarkable, and would be almost incredible were it not for the fact that 
every stage of the history of the hybrid is known, from the original crossing 
‘with C. Spicerianum. Some of the forms closely resembled C. X 
Leeanum, and were indeed taken for forms of it until the facts were pointed 
out, while others were absolutely without spots. One plant bearing six 
flowers was said to have been in bloom for five months. In the same two 
‘houses we noted a very good form of C. villosum bearing three flowers, a 
good C. Godefroye leucochilum, Platyclinis glumacea with seven spikes, a 
batch of Cymbidium eburneum, some of them being in flower, also a batch 
of Miltonia vexillaria, just beginning to flower, with two good forms of M. 
xX Bleuana. 
