April 28, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



561 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM PIT- 

 TIANUM. 



The cut shows an individual flower 

 of Odontoglossum crispum Pittianum, 

 reduced to one-half its diameter. This 

 is the variety which brought the record 

 price of $5750.00 at a recent orchid 

 sale in London, the purchaser being 

 Sander & Son of St. Albans. This 

 beautiful Odontoglossum has twice won 

 the gold medal at Manchester and is 

 called the best blotched Crispum in 

 existence. The flowers are described 

 as white, slightly tinged with rose, the 

 sepals and petals being heavily 

 blotched with red-brown, the reverse 

 side heavily tinged with purple. The 

 labellum has a yellow crest marked 

 with reddish lines, in front of which 

 are brown spots on a white ground. 

 The specimen sold bore three bulbs, 

 two with leaves and young break. 



PROGRESS IN BALTIMORE. 

 For four years the Baltimore people 

 have had no flower show. They used 

 to have good shows, but the deficits 

 discouraged them. Now they have 

 taken courage once more and are to 

 have a show the coming fall on new 

 lines. At the monthly meeting of 

 the Gardeners' Club, held on the 23rd 

 inst, a guarantee fund of ample di- 

 mensions was promptly subscribed 

 and competent committees appointed 

 to push the enterprise forward to a 

 successful conclusion. Encouraging 

 words are spoken by Fred. J. Michell 

 and other visitors from Philadelphia; 

 the members who spoive evinced 

 great enthusiasm which argurs well 

 for the success of the venture. Sub- 

 scriptions to the premium list were 

 opened as soon as the guarantee fund 

 was assured and a good beginning 

 made. President W. Lehr appointed 

 the following committee to take gen- 

 eral charge of the show: George Mor- 

 rison, chairman; Albert Feidler, Fred. 

 C. Bauer, Jno. J. Perry and James 

 Glass. A spirited debate took place 

 at the same meeting as to who had 

 the best of it, "The Grower or the 

 Retailer." The orators who distin- 



guished themselves were Fred Burger 

 in the role of diplomatist, Isaac H. 

 Moss as humorist, and Fred C. Bauer 

 as philosopher. Thos. Patterson was 

 good, but one sided; Phil Walsh was 

 undecided, and Jno. Perry, as whole- 

 saler, tried his best to squirm out, 

 but it was hopeless. Chas. Seybold 

 made a good vice-chairman while 

 President Lehr was out on committee 

 duty, and contributed considerably to 

 the enthusiasm of the meeting. The 

 Maryland Horticultural Society is to 

 be asked to combine its show with 

 the Baltimore exhibition. A suitable 

 hall has already been promised, free 

 of charge, and all members of the 

 club are to be enlisted as volunteers 

 in the sale of tickets, and prizes are 

 offered for the best workers in that 

 connection. The press is to be well 

 supplied with reading matter, tickets 

 and bouquets. The school children 

 are to be admitted free in the morn- 

 ing and many other things done to 

 make the show a success. 



Gov. Herrick violet has rapidly 

 risen to a leading position in the Bos- 

 ton cut flower market. Its unrivalled 

 color is a strong point, and another 

 quality which is much appreciated is 

 its disposition to continue blooming 

 until late in the spring. 



The disappearance of Wm. Woods, 

 of Lenox, Mass., mentioned in our 

 issue of last week, proves to have 

 been a case of suicide, his body hav- 

 ing been found in a pond nearby. 



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