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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ May 1?, 1887. 
and margined with slight purplish hairs. The lip is long, green, marbled 
with a darker shade, tending to yellowish brown, the throat near the 
8taminode being dotted with rose. It is a bold handsome form, and if 
it be regarded as a variety of C. Dayanum it is quite distinct from the 
ordinary types, and superior to the majority. 
The houses, which are filled with so many other orchidic treasures, 
are all well constructed and admirably adapted for the culture of these 
plants. The details of arrangement inside with regard to stages, supply 
of water, &c.,have been carefully considered and judiciously carried out. 
In the majority the side stages are formed of an iron framework and 
supports, with cross pieces of T iron, about 9 inches apart, supporting 
slabs of Portland cement. Upon this is spread a layer of fine coal, 
which has been preferable to several other materials employed in a 
similar way, retaining moisture and not providing a harbour for insects 
or encouraging the growth of confervas. In several cases a small water 
pipe is taken along beneath the stage, a short pipe with a tap passing 
through it in a convenient position, so that the shelves can be readily 
flooded with water at any time. This is a great advantage, saving much 
labour and rendering it easy to have a constant moisture rising beneath 
the plants, which adds greatly to their health. Tanks are provided under 
The collection of Masdevallias is a full one, comprising fifty-four distinct 
forms, and including plants of such valuable types as Normani and 
Bulls’ Blood with the best of all the others obtainable. Phalmnopsis, 
Chysis bractescens, Saccolabiums, and the beautiful Phaius tubereulosus 
are found in another structure. The Chysis is evidently quite at home, 
the principal point in its treatment being a season of three or four 
months thorough rest. That it appreciates this is evident, for some of 
them have spikes with ten flowers, others with eight. The Phaius has 
also been exceptionally good, the plant having this season borne araceme 
of ten flowers. In the Dendrobium house is a good general collection, 
together with several exceptional specimens, one of which is D. Griffithi- 
anum with 300 pseudo-bulbs, no doubt the grandest plant in cultivation 
and the value of which would run into three figures. Ihis specimen 
has nine racemes showing, and another but slightly smaller has six. 
Brymerianum, Schroderi, fimbriatum oculatum, suavissimum Cambridge- 
anum, alto sanguineum, crassinode, and Wardianum are all well 
represented. 
The Cattleya house, about 70 long, contains a most valuable collection 
of the best Cattleyas and Laelias, the mere enumeration of which would 
fill a small volume, and it must suffice to say that they include several 
Fig. 60 .—Cypripedium Cambridgeanum. 
all the stages at the sides of the walks, and as much rain water as 
possible is caught and used almost exclusively for supplying the plants, 
and to this some portion of the success of the plants is attributed, the 
beneficial results being also evident in the fresh bright green appearance 
of the sphagnum used in surfacing, especially in the cool houses. In 
some open lattice stages are employed, but the others, which were con¬ 
structed on the design of Mr. Ernest Measures, are much better suited 
to the plants. Light hexagon netting blinds are employed for the roofs 
of the houses, while for the sides where much exposed similar material 
nailed on light frames a few feet square and easily secured by small 
bolts top and bottom have proved very useful. Indeed, one of the 
notable features of the garden is the prevailing neatness and thought¬ 
fulness manifested in the most minor details, all of which, however, 
conduce to the success achieved. 
It would be impossible to give a full description of this collection in 
one notice, and we hope to revert to it again, but a few words will serve to 
show its general character. The Cymbidium house contains some grand 
specimens of Cymbidium Lowianum, one of which has six racemes with 
nineteen to twenty-three flowers each, the variety a highly coloured one, 
the lip being especially rich. Aerides and Vandas of the choicest species 
and varieties have a house devoted to them, the former com prising thirty 
or forty forms. Of the best Ccelogyne cristata varieties there are some 
large plants, one of C. cristata alba being one of the best we have seen. 
specimens exceeding 100 guineas in value, and all are distinguished by 
most robust health. Then, too, in the Odontoglossum house is a col¬ 
lection which would alone render a garden noted, and there are several 
other houses similarly well occupied. Altogether Mr. Measures has 
every reason to be proud of his Orchids and their fine healthy condition. 
—L. Castle. 
THE SALE OF ORCHIDS AT DOWNSIDE. 
The sale of surplus plants in Mr. W. Lee’s collection at Downside, 
Leatherhead, attracted a large number of orchidists on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, May 3rd and 4th, the prices realised being astonishingly 
high, and proved how well the value of the best and rarest Orchids is 
maintained. The sale was conducted by Messrs. Protheroe <fc Morris, 
and the principal purchasers were Baron Schroder, Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
A. H. Smee, Esq., Sidney Courtauld, Esq., R. J. Measures, Esq., R. H. 
Measures, Esq., with Messrs. J. Veitch k Sons, B. S. Williams, J. Sander, 
W. Thomson, Ireland k Thomson, Thibaut <fc Keteleer, Vervaet. and 
Jules Hye. The great sensation was the plant of Cypripedium Stonei 
platytmnium, which was sold to Baron Schroder for 310 guineas, the 
highest sum ever paid for one Orchid. The total amount realised in the 
two days’ sale was nearly £6000. 
The following are some of the principal plants, with the prices 
obtained :— 
Cattleya Trianre var. Atalanta, fine strong plant, twenty bulbs, four 
