2y6 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTOBER, 1903, 
In the Cool houses we noted several fine things, including Zygopetalum 
maxillare Gautieri with four spikes, Maxillaria grandiflora alba, Oncidium 
incurvum, Cochlioda vulcanica, Odontoglossum madrense, a very fragrant 
and pretty species, and O. Uroskinneri with a spike of fourteen flowers, ten 
of which were fully expanded together. Several plants of O. x spectabile 
were showing for flower, one of them carrying an enormous branched spike. 
Mr. Young considers that the use of leaf compost has worked a great 
improvement in this department, and some of the plants showed remarkable 
vigour. We noted here, too, the curious old Epidendrum cochleatum, and 
some fine pans of Pleiones in bud. We also noted here that a number of 
the plants were elevated on wire stands, which Mr. Young considers a great 
improvement over the old system of using inverted pots, for not only is the 
free circulation of air not impeded, but the syringe can be freely used 
underneath the stands in a way that is impossible when solid pots are used. 
The improvement is obvious, for both methods are in use side by side. 
In another house we noted Paphiopedilum Charlesworthii in flower, 
P. X Niobe and P. X Arthurianum just expanding, and some forms of 
P. insigne in bud, including Sander and the fine Harefield Hall variety. 
Cymbidium X Wiganianum was producing a spike, and some interesting 
seedlings of this genus were also pointed out. 
Various other interesting things were in flower, but the foregoing include 
the more noteworthy, and the collection promises a fine show of bloom in 
the coming autumn. 
PAPHIOPEDILUMS AS CUT FLOWERS. 
SomE of the Paphiopedilums are of great value as cut bl ooms, of which 
fact we have a striking example from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., 
Bridge Hall, Bury. Mr. Rogers writes, under date of September 7th last, 
as follows :—‘‘I am sending you a three-flowered spike of Cypripedium X 
callo-Rothschildianum, thinking it might interest you, as it was cut on 
August 7th for Mr. Wrigley to take with him to Windermere, when the 
third flower was a bud about the size of a damson. We think it rather 
remarkable that it should open, and the flowers last in such good condition 
for such a long time.” The spike survived an additional journey, arriving 
in good condition, and remaining fresh for several days longer. It is an 
_ exceedingly handsome specimen, and the two lower flowers are splendidly 
developed, the upper, as might be expected, being somewhat smaller, but 
it is somewhat surprising that it should have developed so well after being: 
detached from the plant at the size mentioned. The Rothschildianum 
ae matte .. in the genus, and it is interesting to find 
