JANUARY, 1908.] THULE ORCHWID REVIEW. 5 
but with colour on the lip and column. The pure albino crispum has all 
the segments pure white, with yellow disc and colourless crest. The 
removing of the colour from the crest seems nature’s greatest effort in 
perfecting the albino crispum. There are now eighteen or twenty plants 
of albino crispum varieties in the collection, which include xanthotes 
** White Lady,” x. ‘‘Snow Queen,” x. Charlesworthii, x. White’s var., 
virginale “‘ Madonna,” and v. “‘ Puritan.” 
It seems that the name “‘ xanthotes”’ may be applied to any albino which 
has yellow spots (no matter how few) on any of the segments, as distinct 
from the yellow disc, but I am not quite sure whether all those that I have 
classed under this name may be so called. O. x. Charlesworthii is 
undoubtedly the finest of this section, as the yellow or golden spots are 
spread over the whole ofthe segments. O.luteopurpureum Vuylstekeanum, 
of which there are several plants, is thriving immensely, some of the leaves 
measuring 2$ across. I might say in passing that there is no moisture- 
holding second stage in this house, there being sheets of iron close down on 
the pipes to spread the heat. 
In the Intermediate house a corner has been found for a nice little lot of 
Odontoglossum seedlings, among which are some home-raised crispums, the 
cross being a flushed variety crossed with c. F. M. Ogilvie. A plant of 
great interest, which should flower this season, is Cochlioda Noetzliana xX 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei. This department is really devoted to the 
cooler growing Cypripediums, particularly C. insigne, in great variety. 
The yellow varieties were collected together, and of Sandere alone 140 to 
150 blooms were open. Other varieties included Dorothy, Ernestii, Luciani, 
Laura Kimball, and a dozen or two other named varieties, the whole making 
an exceedingly fine show. A fine piece of C. X Arthurianum had 16 blooms 
expanded, and many of the other plants were fine specimens. The plants 
had the foliage wide and stiff, and bore the well ripened look of good culture. 
A lot of C. Fairrieanum was also in flower, besides varieties of Leeanum, 
including Clinkaberryanum, Lavertonianum, and other hybrids much too 
numerous to mention.’ In this house were also a fine lot of Miltonia 
vexillaria, containing some such choice varieties as Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria, chelseensis, and virginale, a well-flowered plant or two of the 
distinct variety Leopoldi being in bloom. 
The third division is devoted to Cattleyas, &c. Examples of most of the 
white species were noted; many Lzlio-cattleyas, including luminosa and a 
few others were in bloom, while two interesting Lzlia prestans were Cypheri, 
a flushed white flower with dark lip, and Beatrice Ashworth, which is nearly 
white. 
We now come to a department containing a good selection of Lelia 
anceps and L. autumnalis, and then follow several small pits containing the 
