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central batch of this variety; labiata The (.icm {a. beauti- 

 ful dark form); Enid and Callistoglossa x Leemanni ; 

 Oncidiunis concolar and juscatam; Brasso-Cattleyas 

 Sedeni and Langleyensis ; Laelia harpophylla ; Renan- 

 thera Imschootiana ; Laelia-Cattleya Dominiana, and 

 Henry Greenwood ; Odontoglossums Ardentissinium, car- 

 rying a grand branched spike of seventy flowers, Arden- 

 tissimuni pescatorei Thwaitonie, Queen of Gatton, and 

 Jaspar ; X'anda amesiana, a deliciously fragrant varietx . 

 and Cymbidiuni insigne. 



In the group from \V. A. Manda were excellent plants 

 of Odontoglossum Pescatorei, Cattleya Law'renceana and 

 some unique forms of C. Trianae, Phalaenipsis Amabilis, 

 Dendrobium Chrysotoxum and Lycaste Skinneri. 



The collection from John P. AIossn\an, gardener to 

 Clement Moore, contained some of the gems of the entire 

 exhibition ; amongst others were Brasso-Cattleya, Impe- 

 rative de Russie with its immense fine white flowers, B. C. 

 Sedeni, B. C. Maroni ; Cattleyas Empress Frederick, 

 Zephyr, a fine seedling raised at Hackensack ; Alfre Dim- 

 mock and Schroederae alba ; Laelia-Cattleyas Tuttleoe, 

 and Warnhamensis ; Dendrobium nobile nobilius, Renan- 

 thera Imschootiana, Odontiodas, Casscope and Dora ; 

 Odontoglossum Ainsworth, Jascinator, Loochristiense 

 Jasper, Gladys and Dendrobiums nobile nobilius. 



A. N. Cooley, Pittsfield, Mass.. showed Odontioda 

 Zephyr and Odontoglossum Crispum very well grown. 

 Healso exhibited Sophro-Cattleya Thw'aitiae, a very 

 striking novelty. The rich rnby-like coloring of the petals 

 and lip were accentuated by the yellow throat. This 

 plant secured the gold medal offered by the Horticultural 

 Society of New York. 



Lager & Hurrell had a pretty and tastefully arranged 

 stand somewhat apart from the other orchid collections. 

 They had a scene at Rio Bache. in the southern part of 

 Colombia, representing a river on which a raft loaded 

 with cases of cattleyas were being transported ; a painting 

 in the background showed the home of Cattleya Trianae. 

 A few good plants in this group were : Lycaste Skinneri 

 alba, Miltonia Roezlii alba, Loelia-Cattleya Bella, Miltonia 

 vexillaria, Phalaenopsis amabilis, Dendrobium thrysi- 

 flofum and Renanthera Imschootiana. 



James Stuart, gardener to Mrs. F. A. Constable, had a 

 well flowered Dendrobium nobile albiflorum. . Donald 

 McKenzie, gardener to G. I!. Dane, had a splendid plain 

 of Odontioda Bradsliawiae carrying a pair of strong 

 spikes. Duncan Finlayson, gardener to Larz .Vnderson. 

 had a plant of Cybidiuni iusigue carrying five spikes 



which, in common with other orchids, showed signs of 

 having been chilled. 



The group of Cattleya speciosissima from Geo. B. 

 Schlegel, deserves a special word of commendation. It 

 contained some remarkably fine forms. M. J. Pope, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. B. B. Tuttle; William Ziegler, Jr.; A. 

 Bieschke, gardener, and C. G. Chapman (Frank Black's 

 gardener) each had plants or cut flow^ers which attested 

 their skill. 



J. P. Mossman's collection of cut orchids won the silver 

 cup for Clement Moore. 



Joseph Manda in the commercial class calling for fifty 

 vases, staged a splendid lot. The first prize vase of 

 orchids from Max Schling arranged for effect which won 

 the Lord & Burnham prize, contained a very fine assort- 

 ment, but if only one- fourth the flowers bad been used it 

 would have looked vastly better. 



Any idea that orchids are waning in popularity would 

 have been rudely dissipated if pessimists who enunciate 

 such ideas could have seen the admiring crowds around 

 the orchid groups and noted the unusual number who had 

 note books and pencils to jot down the names of such 

 varieties as especially attracted them. W. N. Cr.mg. 



The orchid group, illustrated on uur cover page, is 

 exhibit staged by Julius Roehrs Co. • 



AMERICAN AND ENGLISH FLOWER SHOWS. 



Bv J. TI.\KRiso\ Dick. 



When friend Eliel button-holed me and made me 

 promise to let him have a short summary of my views in 

 regard to the general position of the New York Flower 

 Show, recently held at the Grand Central Palace, with 

 those that I have witnessed in London and elsewhere in 

 England during the last fifteen or twenty years, I scarcely 

 realized the difficulty of the task. For it should be under- 

 stood that there are diflferences not only of season and 

 climate, buf also that the larger spring shows in Eng- 

 land, with which alone comparison with the New York 

 show can be made, are held generally in large marquees, 

 si> that the .American shows, in this respect, have an 

 architectural advantage over those in England. I was 

 verv nuich struck with the beautiful draping of the pil- 

 l.irs and walls of the ( irand Central Palace, and this was 

 certainly a very eftective feature. 



Three things would stand out more at an English show, 

 and these are the groujjs of orchids, the outdoor ex- 



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