Orchid Prices 



the marvel. From the door of the long house Mr. 

 Lee caught sight of it. He was a man of few words, 

 and he only said, ' How much ? ' The bargain was 

 struck in the doorway at 250 guineas. This plant 

 was divided into five pieces afterwards, and Messrs. 

 Sander offered 600 guineas for the lot. They had 

 increased to seven when Mr. Lee's collection was 

 dispersed, and they fetched 700 guineas. 



"At the very first sale of Dendrdbium Schrode- 

 rianum, a small grower, who buys cheap lots, secured 

 one for 26s. It proved to be white. A young 

 American gave him a cheque for 115 guineas, 

 sending it as a pretty present to her father. 



" An albino .D. Findleyanum turned up last year. 

 Mr. Ashworth made a wonderful bargain in obtain- 

 ing it for 50 guineas. White D. nobiles are not 

 uncommon that is, comparatively but only one 

 has yet been found quite pure, and that appears 

 to be lost. All others have a faint touch of sulphur 

 on the lip. The best come from the Langtang 

 Mountains. All are lovely, but D. nob. virginale, 

 the first discovered, is still without a rival. Fifteen 

 guineas will buy a nice example of the other 

 varieties. At this moment there is in flower at 

 St. Albans the grandest of white Dendrobes San- 

 derce : very large, bearing thirty or forty flowers on 

 each stem, snowy white, saving a touch of mauve 



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