THE ORCHID WORLD. 
Angraecums are also happy in this tempera- 
ture, one plant of Sanderiana carried three 
spikes last year, and the stock of the white 
flowering A. Leonis now consists of six plants. 
Most of the Cypnpediums are grown in 
this house, many of the plants being large 
specimens. C. aureum virginale with nine 
flowers, having a pretty white dorsal sepal, 
stands out strikingly from the others. C. 
glauco'phyllum, which is in flower all the year 
round, here makes particularly broad leaves, 
and proves a very useful addition to any 
collection 
where a con- 
tinuous supply 
of bloom is re- 
quired. Several 
w e 1 1 - k nO'wn 
Cypripediums, 
such as Sal- 
lieri, Mrs. Wm. 
Mostyn, t h e 
old - fashioned 
and curious 
Sedenii, Miss 
Louisa Fowler, 
and many 
others, make a 
welcome dis- 
play of bloom 
in the dull 
winter months. 
One of the 
finest yellow 
varieties o f 
these favourite 
slipper flowers 
is Queen of 
the Yellows, 
the plant has nine flowers with a white m,ar- 
gined yellow dorsal, slightly spotted. Some 
strong plants of the red flowering Renanthera 
Imschootiana and Vanda teres may be seen 
in excellent health. 
At this season of the year Dendrobiums 
are at their best. A large piece of the rare 
D. Goldiei has sixteen deep-purple flowers, 
borne on two spikes ; it has been in flower 
over two months. D. Ainsworthii Salter's 
variety, distinguished by having pure white 
sepals and petals, is much admired. 
Walter Cobb, Esq. 
D. Dearei Cobb's variety is the largest form of 
this charming pure-white species yet seen. 
Near the door of the second house is an 
interesting and varied collection of Lcelia 
anceps ; many of the jjlants producing num- 
bers of long roots which grow through the 
lattice staging. At Normanhurs't Sophro- 
Cattleyas are represented by most of the 
brightest and best forms. For many years 
hybridists have attempted the production of 
a scarlet Cattleya by using the intense 
scarlet of Sophronitis grandiflora. The finest 
result so far 
achieved is to 
be seen in 
S.-C. Doris, 
Cobb's variety, 
which received 
a First-class 
C er'tificate 
from the Royal 
H o r t icultural 
.S o c i e t.y on 
November 8th, 
igio. 
Pure - white 
or albino 
forms are 
much appre- 
ciated in this 
collection 
w h i c h com- 
prises the 
beautiful Catt- 
leya Dussel- 
dorfei Undine, 
C. Gaskelliana 
alba, C . 
S c h r od e ras 
alba, the hybrid between C. Gaskelliana alba 
and C. Warneri alba known as Mrs. Myra 
Peeters, and C. Trianae Prima Donna which 
is pure white. Some strong plants of Cattleya 
Mossis Reineckiana and C. Maggie Raphael 
alba must not be forgotten. 
The Dulcote variety of Laelio-Cattleya 
Hippolyta, which received a First-class Cer- 
tificate in i8g8, is still the best of its kind, 
and the same remark may be made concern- 
ing a large plant of Laslio-Cattleya Dominiana 
superba. .Several plants of L.-C. Fascinator, 
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