356 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (DECEMBER, 1908. 
made of a loose cotton material, generally known as Manchester shading, for 
which Mr. Alexander expresses a decided preference. The error arose 
through the misreading of a hasty and imperfect note. 
The range was in the first place intended chiefly for seedlings, but the 
experiment has proved so successful that some of the species which are the 
most difficult to cultivate have been moved here, with satisfactory results. 
We may now mentionsome of the contents of the houses. 
The first house entered contained, among other things, a lot of duplicate 
plants which were being propagated from back bulbs, and all looked very 
promising. A plant of Cattleya x Hardyana was pointed out, one of the 
earliest plants of this hybrid which appeared, and which for a long time made 
no progress, though now it has four bulbs. We noted also a seedling from 
Lelia anceps and L. Dayana in spike, and some flowering seedlings from 
Cattleya Schroedere and Lelia Jongheana, which are forms of Léelio- 
cattleya Olivia. The second house was largely devoted to spring-flowering 
species of the Cattleya group, all in the most promising condition. 
The next house contains a large number of seedling Cattleyas and Lelio- 
cattleyas, many in flowering condition, and among them we noted some 
plants of the beautiful C. x Dusseldorfii var. Undine, some good C. x 
Fabia, the beautiful C. x Hardyana alba with two flowers, good examples 
of C. X Clarkiz, a fine L.-c. Elba (C. Warscewiczii x L.-c. Ingramii), a 
brilliant form of L.-c. Berthe Fournier, L.-c. Arethusa (C. Harrisoniana X 
L.-c. exoniensis) with four good spikes, a pretty hybrid between C. 
Harrisoniana and L.-c. luminosa, and some good examples of Lelia xX 
Gwennie, a pretty and free-flowering hybrid between L. Cowanii and L. 
Jongheana. We also observed a lot of capsules, including some of Brassa- 
vola Digbyana, which is being used successfully as a seed parent, though it 
was pointed out that the seeds are only found at the apex of the capsule. 
In the fourth house many beautiful things were in bloom, those noted 
including a very pretty Cattleya X Heloisiz, the new Brassocattleya Dante ~ 
(C. Grossii X B. Digbyana), a fine example of Leeio-cattleya Golden 
Beauty with a spike of ten flowers, and a very interesting seedling from 
Lelia anceps ? and L. autumnalis 3, producing two spikes, which it is 
suspected may prove to be a home-raised L. x Gouldiana, with other 
interesting things. 
One side of the fifth house was literally a mass of flowers, and we noted 
an exceptionally fine Cattleya labiata, C. x Clarkiz with a nine-flowered 
spike, a lot of C. X Fabia, C. x Thayeriana with three fine racemes, 
some excellent forms of C. x Hardyana, C. x Waldemar, a brilliant 
hybrid between C. Dowiana 9 and C. x Whitei g, Brassocattleya 
_ Siren and B.-c. Pluto, Lelio-cattleya Ortrude (L. anceps X C. Dowiana), 
good examples of L.-c. Lustre, one being exceptionally large and richly- 
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