NovEMBER, 1908.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 335 
grande, Oncidium tigrinum, a fine plant of Maxillaria picta which was 
quite a mass of flowers, Cypripedium x cenanthum, a good hybrid between 
C. Rothschildianum and villosum, having yellow flowers striped with brown, 
and many others. 
In an Odontoglossum house not much was seen in flower, except a plant 
of O. crispum, though several spikes were pushing up, anda plant of the 
pretty Restrepia elegans bore a number of flowers. 
As is well known, Mr. Appleton has paid much attention to hybridising, 
and a good many hybrids have been raised in the collection, but we have 
only been able to note the best of those seen in flower. A few of the plants 
may appear out of place, which chiefly arises from displacement in prepar- 
ing for the sale. We regret the dispersal of this very interesting collection, 
and hope that Mr. Brooks, who has managed it with great success for a good 
many years, will soon meet with another suitable engagement. 
A small collection of Orchids is grown by Mr. W. Brooks, F.R.H.S., 
Whitecross Nurseries, Weston-super-Mare, partly for cut blooms and partly 
as an interesting hobby, and here we saw a few interesting things in bloom, 
including a good Coelogyne Massangeana, with three spikes, two plants of 
Cypripedium Fairrieanum, C. glaucophyllum, C. Chamberlainianum, C. 
concolor, C. xX tonso-insigne, the pretty C. X Thornianum (X_nitens 
Sallieri x Charlesworthii), C. X Hitchinsiz, various forms of C. insigne, 
and plants of the curious reversion from C. insigne Dorothy x C. insigne 
Sander mentioned on the preceding page. 
In another house were several Cattleya labiata in bloom, one havir.-z a 
very deep purple front lobe to the lip, examples of C. Harrisoniana, 
Dendrobium Phalenopsis and bigibbum, with some good Lalia pumila, a 
plant of Oncidium bicallosum throwing up two scapes, and a few others. 
Another house contained a varied collection of Dendrobiums whose 
growths were about finished, some of the stems of D. Wardianum being 
well developed and promising a good display of bloom in the spring, There 
were also plants of Coelogyne cristata. We saw also a small batch of 
imported Brazilian Cattleyas, apparently C. Harrisoniana and allies. 
CJ 
CATASETUM FIMBRIATUM. 
I was interested in the article on Catasetum fimbriatum at page 283, as I 
sent a flower of this Orchid to you this summer for you to name, and it was 
from a plant I collected myself in 1907 whilst travelling in South America. 
As there has been some doubt as to its correct habitat, it may be of interest 
to hear of my experience in finding my plant, which I value, not for its 
horticultural beauty, but from the fact that I was on my way to the great 
and little heard of waterfall of the Iguazu, which is a tributary of the 
