294 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTOBER, 1903. 
“LOST” ORCHIDS. 
CATTLEYA X _ LUCIENIANA. 
You ask, at page 283, what has become of the original Cattleya xX 
Lucieniana? I think that it will be quite easy to trace it. I sold it in 
1886, I think, to Messrs. Sander & Sons, of St. Albans, who should be able 
to give you the necessary information. 2 
CATASETUM BUNGEROTHII AND ITS ALLIES. 
With respect to plants which have disappeared, or supposed to have 
done so, I should be glad to know if there exists still in England plants of 
Catasetum Bungerothii from our original importation, also of the varieties 
Luciani, Lindeni, and imperiale, and again of the varieties of C. splendens ? 
I have these now in flower, also C. splendens var. Alicia, with fourteen 
flowers on a spike, which is remarkable, and many other species and 
varieties I have grown for ten or fifteen years. I have also a plant of the 
marvellous variety imperiale in bud, which I intend to exhibit at one of the 
ensuing meetings in London. 
Catasetums have the reputation of degenerating under European 
culture, but this is not absolutely the case. If properly cultivated they 
thrive as well as the majority of other Orchids. 
L. LINDEN. 
Brussels, September 11th, 1903. 
ORCHIDS AT CLARE LAWN. 
LasT autumn we gave an account of the experiments which were being 
made in the collection of Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East 
Sheen, in cultivating Orchids in leaf-compost (Orch. Rev., x, pp. 357-360), 
and a few further notes on the subject may now be of interest, especially in 
view of a recent statement that unfavourable symptoms must sooner or later 
manifest themselves under this treatment. It was with a view of reporting 
progress that we called on Mr. Young in the spring, when we found every- 
thing as satisfactory as before, in consequence of which the treatment was 
being extended over a wider field. A few days ago we called again, and 
found evidence of further progress on every hand. Mr. Young is 
not at all apprehensive of the appearance of the predicted unfavourable 
symptoms, though he agreed that it was about time that some of them 
did put in an appearance, if they are to come at all. For example, Mr. 
Young pointed out some plants of Papiopedilum bellatulum which were 
potted into leaf compost three years ago, and have not been touched since; 
but the improvement that was at first noticed is completely maintained, and 
the plants are masses of healthy foliage, and as vigorous as the most exact- 
ing cultivator could wish for. In some cases plants in leaf compost were 
