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HORTICULTURE 



November 11, 1920 



Henry H. Barrows 



FERN 

 SPECIALIST 



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ORCHIDS AT BOSTON SHOW 



President Harding, a New Variety, 



Among Those Exhibited by Mr. 



Albert C. Burrage 



One of the leading features of the 

 fall flower show at Horticultural Hall 

 last Saturday and Sunday was the or- 

 chid exhibit of Albert C. Burrage, con- 

 tinuing the displays which he has 

 made throughout the past year. A 

 novelty was a new orchid christened 

 in honor of President-elect Harding, 

 the name having been given imme- 

 diately after the election returns came 

 in, and being suggested by Mr. Bur- 

 rage's superintendent, Douglas Eccles- 

 ton. The new "President Harding" is 

 mauve in color, with a very large lip. 

 It is a hybrid Heatonese Cattleya. 



Besides "President Harding," llr. 

 Burrage showed 40 varieties of ladies' 

 slippers, most of them hybrids, and one 

 specimen of the largest known varie- 

 ty, Cypripedium Goliath. A false rock 

 work has been set up, occupying one 

 end of the upper hall, where these la- 

 dies' slippers of the rock habitat va- 

 rieties were shown as If growing. 

 Most of these were European varieties. 

 Above them were the tall stem orchid 

 from India, cymbidiums. Still higher up 

 are some tree orchids, growing on imi- 

 tation stumps — Oncidium-Forbesii. 



Individual orchid plants shown by 

 Mr. Burrage included also a specimen 

 of Sophro-Cattleya, measuring about 

 four inches across, a hybrid from the 

 Sophro--Nitis, which measures only one 

 inch across. This flower shows the 

 results of a scientist's touch. It was 

 given the award of merit at the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Show and bears the 

 grower's name, Pearl. A Blue Cat- 

 tleya, of the variety Boringeana-lila- 

 cina, is the nearest approach to a blue 

 orchid that has been produced, accord- 

 ing to Superintendent Eccleston. For 

 twenty years he has been trying to 

 secure a blue flower, and he plans to 

 renew his efforts now with this one as 

 a basis. This particular plant last 

 year received the highest award at 

 the London Horticultural Show, the 

 "F. C.C.," and is known as the "Alex." 

 in honor of its grower. It has petals 

 of bronze and its lips are crimson and 

 gold. 



The Princess Patricia and the But- 

 terfly Orchid are others in the Bur- 

 rage display that attracted attention. 



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Charles Sim is around again after 

 his week in the Bryn Mawr Hospital, 

 and is feeling all right. He has to re- 

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 November 25. His case is under the 

 care of Dr. Carpenter the eye 

 specialist. 



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