May 22. 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



725 



Cattleyas in California 



The accompan, ,ug »;i„.~ii,i;, .,, .-iiows one side of a 

 cattleya house at the well-known establishment of Mr. J. 

 B. Coryell, Menlo Park, California. The entire house 

 is filled with Cattleya Trianse, between two and three 

 thousand plants, and finer stuff I have never seen. The 

 entire stock was imported two years ago, and at the 

 present time shows decided evidence of the care and 

 attention which Mr. McDonald, the head gardener, has 

 given them. 



Mr. Coryell is catholic in his tastes and there is no 

 phase of gardening in which he does not take pleasure. 

 In addition to a large and varied collection of orchids 

 occupying several large houses, there are a number of 

 houses devoted to stove and greenhouse plants, all of 

 which show evidence of a high degree of cultural skill. 



Menlo, California.. 



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Orchids at the Berlin International 

 Exhibition 



There was no favorable position set apart for orchids 

 at this exhibition, and the hall was spoilt for these 

 plants by its many dark corners due to the cathedral 

 glass of the windows. Herr Otto Beyrodt, Marienfelde, 

 exhibited a large group containing many species and 

 varieties. Especially good were the plants of Cymbid- 

 ium insigne (syn. C. Sanderse), a large number of 

 which were imported a few years ago. This species is 

 difficult to bring into flower ; and is grown under cold 

 treatment by some, and slightly warm by other culti- 

 vators. Once the cultivation is carried out under ra- 

 tional treatment it will take its place as a free-flowering 



plant for cutting purposes. Of this exhibitor's other 

 plants mention may be made of the large-flowered white 

 Miltonia x Bleuana. Herr Beyrodt had among others 

 a Cattleya Trianae Blue King, with broad sepals and 

 petals and a peculiar colored lip; a pretty Cattleya 

 Schroderae with almost white petals and sepals, lip 

 broad with a border of a light tint, and a dark colored 

 patch in the centre. To the right and left of his large 

 group, Herr Beyrodt showed a large variety of orchids 

 for affording cut bloom. In every way he had not 

 spared expense or trouble, to show the importance and 

 purposes of his establishment, and he was awarded the 

 Prize of Honor given by tlie city of Berlin. 



Herr W. Hennis, Hildesheim, put up a portion of an 

 importation of orchids in excellent condition, together 

 with several Cattleya Schroderje alba, and a white 

 Calanthe Hennisiana as varieties. 



M. Firmin Lambeau, Brussels, showed a group of the 

 handsomest cypripediums, odontoglossums and cattleyas, 

 all of them crosses or hybrids. This amateur, an en- 

 thusiastic and celebrated orchidist, who spares no ex- 

 pense in adding to his collection, has accumulated an 

 enormous capital in his glasshouses: and it frequently 

 happens that at the orchid auctions in London, he will 

 purchase plants which he may be desirous of obtaining, 

 without any price limit. These treasures are cultivated 

 by his clever headgardener, De Hunter, who appears 

 especially to have much success with miltonias. Cypri- 

 pedium x Delbekeanum, a variety whicli has marks of 

 C. bellatulum strain, was bought in England for a few 

 shillings where it probably never came to perfection. 

 It is now flowering for the first time with M. Lambeau, 

 and is one of the finest cj'pripediums extant and worth 

 a lot of money. Of other crosses mention may be made 

 of those of odontoglossums: viz., the three wine-red, 0. 

 X von Arnim Criewen, 0. x Kronprinz Wilhelm, 0. x 

 Empereur Guillaume II. Further there were the fol- 

 lowing: Odontoglossum crispum "W. J. Whitely, flow- 

 ers large with brown spotting on the sepals. 0. c. Fas- 

 cinator, 0. ardentissima, whose almost wliolly brown 

 flowers are a strikingly conspicuous feature; 0. c. var. 

 Eolfse, and 0. c. Loochristiense. Among a number of 

 remarkable cypripediums was C. x Dr. Clinge Dooren- 

 bos which is fine variety for cutting. The plant bore 

 enormous flowers on stalks two feet in height ; the color 

 green with brown stripes. Of cattleyas the more inter- 

 esting were the beautiful albino C. x Suzanne Hye de 

 Crom, Lselio-cattleya x Firmini, a large-flowered hybrid 

 with deep yellow sepals and petals and deeper colored 

 lip (C. Mossise x L. cinnabarina). There were several 

 other hybrids of Lslia and Cattleya including some in 

 which C. aurea was one of the parents; but few showed 

 any influence of this last species. C. x nivea is a 

 hybrid of C. intermedia alba and a large-flowered white 

 cattleya, and is a handsome flower, similar to one shown 

 at Ghent last year under the name of C. x Dusseldorfii 

 var. Undine. There were likewise some fine Brassavola 

 hybrids, viz., Brasso-cattleya x Queen Alexandra 

 (Brassavola Digb. x C. Mossis alba) with pure white 

 sepals and petals and prettily fringed lip. Similar was 

 Brasso-cattleya x Langleyensis, in which C. Schroderse 

 was one of the parents; and Brasso-cattleya x Veitchii, 

 in which C. Mossis played a part. L. c. x Fred'k Boyle 

 (Lselia anceps x Cattleya Trianae) a var. midway be- 

 tween the two parents. This exhibitor was awarded the 

 magnificent prize of Honor given by the Prince of 

 Thurn and Taxis for his admirable group. 



(To he, continued.) 



