196 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1903. 
In the tenth house visited we found a large number of Cattleyas and 
Cypripediums, some of them bearing capsules. Also plants of Angrecum 
sesquipedale, one being in bud. A number of the Cypripediums were in 
~ flower, but we did not particularly note them, and a similar remark applies: 
to the next two houses, which were largely devoted to Odontoglossums. 
The last house visited was more miscellaneous in character, and we 
were much interested in looking through a batch of seedling Cypripedes and 
others, and speculating on what the different crosses would produce, one 
particularly promising cross being C. X aureum virginale xX C. 
Lawrenceanum Hyeanum. Some good plants of Cattleya Leopoldi xX 
Brassavola Digbyana should flowersoon. But this part of the subject may 
be left till the different seedlings reach the flowering stage. Here we also: 
noted plants of Dendrobium thyrsiflorum and Parishii in bud and flower, 
Cypripedium X Annie Measures, Oncidium ampliatum with ten spikes, 
Cattleya Schilleriana in bud, and a good batch of Miltonia vexillaria. 
The foregoing are somewhat hasty notes taken in a large and very 
interesting collection, but it may be added that, owing to the extraordinary 
lateness of the season, things were backward, and there was less in flower 
than would otherwise have been the case; in fact, it was snowing during 
part of the time that we were there. M. Jules Hye is an enthusiast in 
Orchid culture, and his gardener, M. Coen, an expert of considerable 
experience, and we shall hope to hear more of some of the interesting things: 
under his charge. 
ORCHIDS AT HIGHBURY. 
Tue Orchids at Highbury are looking wonderfully well. The many beau- 
tiful hybrids, of which there is now a fine collection, have made a grand 
show of late. Many have been raised at home, and have produced some 
excellent varieties. On a recent visit the Show House was indeed gay 
with flowers. The following are a few lovely varieties amongst many then 
noted :—Brassocattleya % Pocahontas (C. Eldorado x B. Digbyana), 
Brassocatlelia xX Mackayi (Lelio-cattleya x elegans x B. Digbyana), 
Brassolelia X Gratrixie and B.-l. x Veitchii, Lelio-cattleya x Mrs- 
Astor, L.-c. x Ascania, L.-c. % Aphrodite, and L.-c. x highburiensis, 
a magnificent variety. 
Of species there were noble examples of many grand old kinds, a fine 
plant of Cattleya Skinneri alba with three spikes, Cypripedium niveum, 
a beautiful plant with 21 flowers, a plant of Ccelogyne Massangeana, with 
enormous bulbs and long spikes, and well-flowered plants of Angraecum 
sesquipedale, Cirrhopetalum Collettii and Pescatorea cerina. 
H.A.B. 
