262 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPTEMBER, 1903-. 
together, anda number of the former, with some white forms of the latter,. 
were in flower. 
We now entered a long corridor, containing imported Dendrobium 
Wardianum and various other things, and from which a batch of seven new 
houses extended at right angles. The first of these was devoted chiefly to: 
Cypripedes, and here we saw a seedling from C. Spicerianum %_nitens,. 
bearing a considerable general resemblance to C. x Lathamianum; also 
C. x Ultor (Lawrenceanum xX Sanderianum) bearing a three-flowered! 
spike. A few others were in flower, and a number of capsules representing 
choice crosses were also noted. A good deal of care is now exercised in the: 
selection of parents in this group, but opportunities for making promising 
crosses are continually presenting themselves, and the succession of young: 
seedlings should produce some good things as they reach the flowering stage. 
A curious hybrid from C. Lathamianum and C. superbiens had the ground: 
colour of the leaves mostly white veined with green. It is part of a 
larger plant showing the same character, and has not yet flowered. 
Three succeeding houses are devoted to Cattleyas, from one and two 
years old up to those already in sheath. All are grown in leaf-mould and 
are thoroughly healthy, several being turned out of the pots to show their 
free-rooting character in this medium. To enumerate the various crosses 
would be impossible, but a fine lot of C. Dowiana crosses were pointed out. 
Passing through two houses of Cymbidiums, including both established 
species and hybrid seedlings, we came to amore miscellaneous house, where 
several interesting things were noted. There were a good many Zygo- 
petalum seedlings, including a plant of Z. x Roeblingianum (rostratum * 
Gautieri), brought over from America last autumn ; also numerous Zygo- 
colax seedlings. Warscewiczella Wendlandi was carrying two fine seed- 
pods. A plant of Promenza xanthina bore half-a-dozen flowers and a capsule, 
and it was curious to note that capsules of Colax jugosus retain the sepals. 
_ and petals, which, as in the case of Phalaenopsis Lueddemanniana, become 
green and fleshy after fertilisation, and then apparently do duty as leaves 
while the capsule matures. A few Pescatoreas were doing well here, and 
we saw some good plants of the handsome Madagascar Cynorchis 
‘purpurascens, a nice batch of Cypripedium niveum bearing some capsules, 
and plants of Sophronitis grandiflora in the same state. Epidendrum X 
Endresio- Wallisii was in flower, and it was curious to see plants of a hybrid 
between Diacrium bicornutum x E. radicans, which make plenty of small 
growths and numerous aérial roots, but never make any attempt to flower. 
Another miscellaneous house contained a lot of Phaius—mostly hybrids 
—with P. maculatus nicely in flower, a small batch of Eriopsis rutido- 
bulbon, Cypripedium Godefroyz, seedling Sobralias, &c., and in flower we 
noted Miltonia spectabilis Moreliana and several Brassavola Digbyana. The 
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