a Dowiana.
" " x Loelia grandis tenebrosa.
" " x Cattleya Mendellii.
" marginata x Loelia elegans Cooksoni.
Cattleya Mendellii x " purpurata.
" Trianae x " harpophylla.
" Percivalliana x "
" Lawrenceana x Cattleya Mossiae.
" gigas x " Gaskelliana.
" crispa x " "
" Dowiana x " "
" Schofieldiana x " gigas imperialis.
" Leopoldii x " Dowiana.
Cypripedium Stonei x Cypripedium Godefroyae.
" " x " Spicerianum.
" Sanderianum x " Veitchii.
" Spicerianum x " Sanderianum.
" Io x " vexillarium.
Dendrobium nobile nobilus x Dendrobium Falconerii.
" " x " nobile Cooksonianum.
" Wardianum x " aureum.
" " x " Linawianum.
" luteolum x " nobile nobilius.
Masdevallia Tovarensis x Masdevallia bella.
" Shuttleworthii x " Tovarensis.
" " x " rosea.

Of these, and so many more, Mr. Cookson has at this moment fifteen
thousand plants. Since my object is to rouse the attention of amateurs,
that they may go and do likewise, I may refer lightly to a consideration
which would be out of place under other circumstances. Professional
growers of orchids are fond of speculating how much the Wylam collection
would realize if judiciously put on the market. I shall not mention the
estimates I have heard; it is enough to say they reach many, many
thousands of pounds; that the difference between the highest and the
lowest represents a handsome fortune. And this great sum has been earned
by brains alone, without increase of expenditure, by boldness of
initiative, thought, care, and patience; without special knowledge also,
at the beginning, for ten years ago Mr. Cookson had no more acquaintance
with orchids than is possessed by every gentleman who takes an interest
in them, while his gardener the early time was both ignorant and
prejudiced. This should encourage enterprise, I think--the revelation of
means to earn great wealth in a delightful employment. But amateurs