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HORTICULTURE. 



June 4, l»iO 



THE GREAT ORCHID SHOW 



Supplementary Report 



The main facts concerning tliis 

 memorable event liave already been 

 pretty well covered in our issue last 

 week, HORTICULTURE'S advantage 

 in location giving this paper the dis- 

 tinction of being the only horticultural 

 journal giving any account of the show 

 in the issue of last week. 



We add a few more observations on 

 the various displays as they impressed 

 us but feel sure that our readers will 

 get a better idea from the illustrations 

 which we are now enabled to present, 

 than from any words of ours. The full 

 list of awards also appears herewith. 

 Read in connection with last week's 

 account, the following notes complete 

 our report on this notable occasion in 

 American floriculture. 



The Roehrs Cattleya gigas which 

 won the gold medal as the best speci- 

 men orchid in the hall, bore 250 flow- 

 ers and made a magnificent show in 

 itself. C. Mossije Reineckiana var. 

 Mrs. Julius Roehrs, was a beauty. This 

 and practically evei-y other uniqus' 

 plant in the exhibition was marked 

 "sold" early in the game. C. Dessel- 

 dorfi Undine well deserved the gold 

 medal whicTi it won. Messrs. Roehrs 

 won in all five gold, three silver and 

 several bronze medals. 



Most noticeable throughout most of 

 the orchid groups was the large num- 

 ber of Odontoglossums of the vexiliaria 

 and Pescatorei types, of unusual vigor 

 and finish, showing that this lovely 

 genus has no longer any terrors for the 

 oulturist and that within a short time 

 we may look for it to take its place 

 with the cattleya, oncidium and den- 

 drobium as a standard commercial 

 florists' flower. 



Of the large groups one was im- 

 pressed variously as to the special 

 points of excellence. The massing of 

 colors in the Roebling display was very 

 effectively done. The Roehrs group 

 was unprecedentedly rich in new, rare 

 and striking species and hybrids and 

 very fine taste was displayed in the 



A Section of Lagsr & Hurrell's Display. 



The Sargent Azaleas as seen from the Loggia, 



grouping. The odontoglossums were 

 simply superb. The photograph of a 

 section of the Lager & Hurrell exhibit 

 tells better than words can the delicate 

 gracefulness of the arrangement put 

 lip by these gentlemen. W. A. Manda 

 found plenty of admirers for the unique 

 effects he pi-oduced in his grouping 

 with mirror accessories. J. T. Butter- 

 worth astonished everyone with his fine 

 Cattleyas and Miltonias. J. T. B. is a 

 wizard in orchid culture. Odontoglos- 

 sum Rolfei in the Walter Hunnewell 

 group was a gem of the first water. M. 

 J. Pope's Oncidium sphacelatum was as 

 well-flowered as it was huge. 



Among the particularly interesting 

 items may be mentioned the six-year- 

 old Cedars of Lebanon, raised at the 

 Arnold Arboretum from seed collected 

 in the most northern and coldest re- 

 gion inhabited by this historic species. 

 The plants have gone through six win- 

 ters without any protection and their 

 hardiness in the vicinity of Boston 

 seems assured. C. W. Brownell from 

 Walden, N. Y., found many interested, 



