﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Oncidium Marshallianum, Laelia purpurata, L. p. Queen Alexandra, a 

 beautiful white form, having a few narrow dusky lines on the light yellow 

 disc, L. p. chelseiensis, having white ground colour, with a purple blotch on 

 each side of the lip, and the disc faintly lined at the base, and numerous 

 other good things. A Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded for Orchids and 

 Foliage Plants. 



Mr. John Robson, Altrincham, staged a good group consisting largely 

 of Odontoglossums, and received a Silver Flora Medal. In addition to 

 numerous forms of O. crispum and Pescatorei, we noted a good O 

 luteopurpureum, O. cirrhosum, some bright forms of Masdevallia coccinea, 

 Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, Cattleyas, Cypripedium Rothschildianum, and 

 others. 



M. A. A. Peeters, Brussels, sent Laslio-cattleya X Martinetii Corona- 

 tion, a richly coloured form, and L.-c. X Stepmanii (L.-c. X corbeillensis 

 X C. Warscewiczii), the latter receiving an Award of Merit. It had light- 

 rose coloured sepals and petals, with the front lobe of the lip rich purple- 

 crimson and the throat white. 



We noted also in a small jar the inflorescence of a very pretty form of 

 Odontoglossum X Adrianae, and a peloriate state of O. crispum somewhat 

 resembling the variety Oakfield Sunrise, but could not ascertain who was 

 the exhibitor. 



Among the herbaceous and Alpine plants we noted numerous examples 

 of hardy Orchids, as Cypripedium acaule, Calceolus, candidum, 

 macranthum, montanum, pubescens, and Reginae, Ophrys muscifera, 

 Orchis fusca, the remarkable O. hircina, O. latifolia, O. militaris, 

 O. papilionacea, Habenaria bifolia, with a few others. The exhibitors 

 included Messrs. James Backhouse and Sons, Barr and Sons, Cutbush, 

 Guildford Hardy Plant Company, the Misses Hopkins, Mr. Amos Perry, 

 Mr. G. Reuthe, Ware and Sons, Messrs. Wallace and others. Some of 

 them produced a very beautiful effect, and one in Messrs. Backhouse's group 

 was specially interesting, being about intermediate between Cypripedium 

 Calceolus and C. macranthum, with which it was imported, and which 

 were exhibited with it. A note appears on p. 185. 



AN AMATEUR'S COLLECTION. 



The following letter which we have received from a beginner in Orchid 

 culture will probably be read with interest, and may recall to some of our 

 readers memories of their own early experiences :— 



•• I am very pleased to see you are going in for articles for Amateurs, as 

 I think it will make your journal more popular. Out of all the amateur 

 gardeners here I cannot find another who devotes his little greenhouse to 



