EXTRACTS. 
Mk. James O’Brien says in a letter dated July 29th, 189G ; — “ I was much pleased 
with the marvellously good health of the whole of the collection.” 
The Orchid Revieio describes the collection as follows “ A fine and very interesting 
collection of Orchids is the one situated at The Uplands, Selly Hill, Birmingham, 
the residence of one of our most enthusiastic Orchidists. Here are several well 
constructed and arranged houses, containing several thousand plants in the most 
robust health, which we had the pleasure of inspecting a short time ago Mr. 
Winn spends much time amongst his pets, in fact he describes them as his chief 
pleasure, and has brought the collection to a condition of excellence which is in 
the highest degree satisfactory. Hj'bridisation is carrried on extensively in a 
systematic fashion, at first many difficulties were encountered, but they were 
gradually overcome, and now Mr. Winn is reaping the reward of his persever- 
ance. Over 2000 Seedlings of various kinds are in existence, to say nothing of 
those germinating and not yet potted up, in fact one block alone contains over 
1200 nice little plants which will probably yield some surprises in the future. 
“ Several good things have already flowered, our readers will remember the 
fine Cymbidium Winnianum, which was figured at page 361, Vol L, then there is 
the handsome Den, x Nestor, whose portrait appears on a later page, Cypripediuin 
X Edith Winn, of which only a single Seedling was raised. Gyp x Cleopatra, 
Gyp X The Duke, Gyp x Ensign, Gyp x Psyche, and one or two others which do 
not seem to have been recorded. There are also some seedling Calantles, Thunia 
Veilchiana, also Gyp x Calypso, a particularly fine form. 
■‘Here arc some healthly Seedlings raised from Gyp x Harrisiaum, Superbum 
crossed with Gyp Sanderianum, others raised from Gyp Eothschildiaum crossed 
with Gyp Niveum will probably prove good when they reach a flowery stage. 
Another promising hybrid is Gyp Niveum crossed with x Qilnanthum Superbum 
which we may expect to hear of again. An attempt has been made to get an 
improved white Selenepedium, after the style of x Cardinali, by crossing 
S X Sedeni Candidulum with the pollen of a fine S Schlimi Albiflorum. 
“ Turning to Cattleyas we find a variety of interesting crosses, amongst them 
Cat. Dowiana Aurea x Cat. Warscewiczii, an experiment made for the express 
purpose of obtaining the splendid Cat. x Hardyana, as we advised in these 
columns some time ago. Seedlings from Cat. Bowringiana, crossed with the old 
Cat. Labiata are promising, both are Autumn bloomers, free growers, and in 
every way likely to unite well together. Seedlings from Cymbidum Giganteum 
crossed with C Marstersii, have reached a good size but not yet flowered. 
