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Harry Smith, and H. S. Goodson, the latter 
a very strong grower. The remaining portion 
of this house is occupied with several good 
plants of the new hybrid Coelogyne Burford- 
ience, the scarce Cymbidium Huttonii, 
Cattleya Mendelii Queen Maud, which 
received an Award of Merit, May 24th, igio, 
and C. Mendelii Mrs. Annie Humphreys, 
which is a particularly fine variety. 
In a Cattleya 
house may be seen 
one of the finest 
collections of 
Cattleyas in the 
country, the albino 
varieties being 
strongly repre- 
sented. Near the 
door is an immense 
plant of Cattleya 
Mossias Wagneri, 
with over seventy 
bulbs, probably the 
largest in cultiva- 
tion. Suspended 
from the roof are 
five specimens of 
C. Gaskelliana 
alba, seven large 
pieces of C. 
Mossiae Wagneri, 
four large plants 
of C. Mossiae var. 
Mrs. A. Goodson, 
which has received 
an Award of Merit, 
and no less than 
twenty - three 
healthy pieces of 
C. Mossiae var. 
Mrs. H. Rider Haggard, which has pure 
white sepals and petals and a coloured lip. 
There are numerous plants of Cattle'ya 
Dusseldorfei Undine, C. Schroderae alba, C. 
Mossiae alba, C. Mossiae Reineckiana, C. 
Mossiae Princess Juliana, the rare Laelia 
Jongheana alba var. Nellie Blanche, C. 
labiata var. Queen Maud, a very fine variety 
with white sepals and petals, C. labiata 
Daphne, C. labiata coerulea, and a number of 
other choice Orchids too numerous to mention. 
VOL. I. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq. 
Along one of the side stages may be seen 
a batch of Cattleya intermedia alba and C. 
intermedia nivea, comprising in all some 
seventy-five plants. In other parts of this 
interesting house are many Laelio-Cattleya 
seedlings m all stages of growth, Brasso- 
Cattleyas of the finest parentage, the pure- 
white B.-C. Queen Alexandra growing exceed- 
ingly well, Cattleya Aliciae (labiata x Iris), a 
number of healthy 
plants of Cattleya 
aurea, mostly 
unflowered, the 
elegant C. choco- 
ensis alba Wigan's 
variety, more than 
half a dozen plants 
of the beautiful 
C. Suzanne Hye 
de Crom, the 
richly coloured C. 
Adula (bicolor x 
Hardyana), the 
red flowering 
Renanthera Im- 
schootiana, a 
couple of plants 
of Cattleya labiata 
alba, another 
variety of the 
same in the way 
of the renowned 
Gilmouriae, and 
last but not least 
a magnificent 
specimen of the 
unique Cattleya 
L ii d d e manniana 
Stanleyi with more 
than forty bulbs 
and numerous leads. 
The Dendrobiums are well represented, and 
there are large plants of Coelogyne cristata 
alba, C. cristata Chatsworth variety, numerous 
Selenipediums, and a large number of various 
Catasetums. 
The large Cattleya house is full of rare 
and choice specimens, all in the very best 
state of health. At one end is a remarkable 
batch of Laelio-Cattleya Bletchleyensis, some 
fifty strong plants, all of which were specially 
