February 3, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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no further danger from cold, are not nearly so 

 liable to be frostbitten as those that have to 

 support less frost without any covering of any 

 kind. It is for this reason that so many plants 



(insigne Sanderae x Baron Schroder), a dark 

 coloured hybrid with much of the character of 



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C. Baron Schroder, though of larger size and 

 finer in colour; C. W. J. Mills (Actseus Langley- 



from the high Alpine regions, where snow never ense x Sallieri Hyeanum), yellow with a slight 

 fails to blanket them down, have a worse time purple tinge and a fine white dorsal sepal, with 

 of it in this country, where alternations of snow, purple spotting ,• tw r o handsome and quite dis- 

 frost, sunshine, fog, rain, &c, characterise our 

 winter spell. So far as winter conditions are 

 likely to affect it, the Nannorrhops will probably 

 be most comfortable in the south and west of the 



similar hybrids raised by the late James Douglas 



between C. Leeanum and C. Druryii, being C. 

 Princess Louise, a grand flower, bearing some 

 resemblance to C. Leeanum J. Gurney Fowler, 



and with the greater part of the dorsal sepal of 

 the purest white; C. Thalia Mrs. Francis 

 Wellesley, which, however, was not in such good 

 form as usual, probably owing to the very hot 

 summer, which, while favouring Cattleyas and 



Lselias, affected certain Cypripediums adversely. 

 There were talso observed C. Fulshawense 

 " Bromilow's variety"; C. Waterloo; C. elatior 

 Rex, a fine hybrid raised by Messrs. Veitch ; 

 C. The Premier; C. Memoria Jerninghamiae, a 

 beautiful flower ; C. Actseus Langleyense ; 0. 



sepal; and C. Duke of Argyl with showy white named, all bearing rich rose-purple spotting in 



British islands, although it may miss the great but with broader and darker petals and lip, and Germaine Opoix " Westfield variety ' ; C. Mrs. 

 sun heat of summer which it gets in Afghanistan. fine purple spotting on the large white dorsal Wm. Mostyn, and several hybrids of the last- 

 It may prove to be a child of extremes, to which 

 intermediates are not congenial. If it can be 

 made to live with us, as the Chusan and 

 European Palms (Chamaerops Fortunii and C. 

 humilis) do, so much the better. We are so 



dorsal sepal 



measuring 3^ 



inches 



the 



clever nowadays that we might even succeed in 

 turning it to account for producing home-grown 

 Dates ! Anyhow, it ought to be an interesting 

 companion to the Yuccas, Bamboos, and the two 



across, 

 purple spotting being confined to a small area, 

 above the greenish -yellow base. Other hand- 

 some Cypripediums were C. Troilus "Westfield 

 variety," with very dark blotching on the dorsal 

 sepal ; C. Memoria Mostynii (Actseus Langleyense 

 X aureum Surprise), of fine form and clear 

 yellow colour, the upper part of the dorsal sepal 



Chamaerops, the ligneous representatives of the being snow-white ; C. Delhi (Earl Tankerville X 



Monocotyledons that have made their home in 

 the British Islands. W. W. 



ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



ORCHIDS AT WESTFIELD, WOKING. 

 Mr. Francis Wellesley's collection of 



Orchids in his gardens at Westfield, Woking, 

 includes many remarkably fine hybrid Cypri- 

 pediums, an equally good selection of handsome 

 hybrid Cattleyas and Lselio-Cattleyas, and choice 

 Cattleyas of the C. labiata section among which 

 are rare white forms, some not to be found in any 

 other establishment. Select varieties of Cattleya 

 Mendelii number more than 30, the most prized 

 of these being C. M. His Majesty the King, 

 which has been awarded the First-class Certifi- 

 cate of the Royal Horticultural Society, and of 

 which the late King Edward was presented with 

 the only plant that has been parted with by Mr. 

 Wellesley. Others of special merit are C. M. 

 alba Venus de Medici, C. M. Majestica, the 

 largest coloured Mendelii, and the varieties 

 Gwenda, Lady Wolseley, Golden Queen, and 

 W. J. Mills. Of Cattleya Mossiae there are many 

 white pet ailed forms, the finest white variety 

 being C. Mossise alba Purity. The best col- 

 oured form of C. Trianae is The Premier, which 

 has obtained the First-class Certificate of the 

 R.H.S., and has been pronounced the best of its 

 kind. The plants, in the care of Mr. W. 

 Hopkins, the gardener, thrive in the most satis- 

 factory manner, and especially the white forms 

 of Cattleya labiata and C. Gaskelliana; C. G. 

 Armstrongiae grows and flowers with the greatest 

 luxuriance. 



At present the larger Cypripedium house pro- 

 vides the finest display of flowers with new and 

 rare hybrid Cypripediums in bloom. Many are 

 hybrids raised at Westfield, and selected from 

 large quantities of seedlings which have flowered. 

 In raising seedling Orchids Mr. Wellesley has 

 found it a most difficult matter to obtain a cross 

 between two hybrids of C. Fairrieanum. Another 

 well-known raiser, Mr. Seden, made the attempt 

 repeatedly and always failed. Mr. Wellesley 

 continued the experiment, and finally succeeded 

 in securing a tiny plant between C. Niobe and 

 C Arthurianum. The seedling grew slowly to 

 about an inch in height, but its stature never in- 

 creased, and it loses one little leaf as regularly as 

 it develops another. Among the best Cypripe- 

 diums in flower are C. San-Actaeus " Westfield 

 variety," which received the R.H.S. Award of 

 Merit on January 9. The prevailing colour is 

 yellow, but the upper two thirds of the clear 

 white dorsal sepal has lines of small purple 

 spots; C. King Emperor (Beeckmanii x Sallieri), 

 the flower being mainly a bright yellow colour 

 with a glossy surface ; C. guildf ordense (exul X 

 Calypso), resembling a large, darkly-spotted C- 

 Earl of Tankerville; C. Thalia The Baron 



insigne Harefield Hall), with the shape of C. Earl 

 of Tankerville, which it far surpasses in the size 



the dorsal sepals. 



There were only a few plants in flower in the 

 house devoted to Cattleyas and Lselio-Cattleyas. 

 L.-C. Ophir "Westfield variety" had large buds 

 showing its buttercup-yellow colour, whilst the 

 very fine L.-C. Mrs. W. Hopkins, which secured 

 the R.H.S. Award of Merit, represents a fine 

 and distinct hybrid of glowing Indian yellow and 

 violet-crimson colour; L.-C. Denganii, another 

 good hybrid for which the R.H.S. Award of 

 Merit was also obtained, having similar rich 



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(Exhibited by Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford at the R.H.S. meeting on January 23. See p. 61 ante.) 



and rich marking of the upper sepal ; C. Little 

 Gem, raised by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons 

 between C. Baron Schroder and C. Harrisianum 

 superbum, the latter giving good shape and fine 

 colour to the hybrid. The best example of this 

 is in the original C. Royal George (Harrisianum 

 superbum X Minos Youngii), for which Messrs. 

 Armstrong & Brown, of Tunbridge Wells, were 

 awarded a First-class Certificate at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's meeting on October 10, 

 1911, the plant being purchased by Mr. 

 Wellesley at a very substantial price. Mr. 

 Wellesley regards it as the best Cypripedium in 

 his collection, and prides himself in having the 

 stock of the true variety. Several strong plants 

 of the very handsome and rather puzzling C. Mr. 

 F. Sander were also in bloom, the handsome and 

 finely-marked flowers showing some features of 

 C. nitens. A curious point about this plant is 

 that the leaves show slight reticulation, as 

 though the barbatum section took part in the 

 cross, though in the flower there is no indication 

 of this. Other very fine forms noted were C. 

 Miss Alice Wallace, clear yellow like C. Bianca, 



Among 



colour; and L.-C. Morningtoniae, which secured 

 a First class Certificate at the last Temple Show. 

 The last-named is an improvement on others of 

 its class in shape, and is delicately fragrant. 



Brassavola hybrids noted were a 

 strong plant of the original Brasso-L^lia 

 Digbyano-purpurata King Edward VII., which 

 gained the R.H.S. First-class Certificate in 1902; 

 the handsome Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. Francis 

 Wellesley, the largest and brightest rose-tinted 

 Brasso-Cattleya; and the large, pure white, 

 fragrant B.C. Wellesley® (C. Mossiae Wageneri 

 X B. glauca), one of the best varieties of its 



class. 



Odontoglossums are not extensively grown at 

 Westfield, although the fine, healthy plants com- 

 prising the small selection would appear to 

 warrant their greater inclusion. The best noted 

 were the hybrid O. Armstrongiae, shown at the 

 Temple Show, 1909, and the nearest to blue in 

 the colour of its blotching ; O. crispum Mrs, 

 Francis Wellesley, a perfectly formed white 

 variety ; and O. c. Mrs. Wm. Mostyn, a heavily- 

 blotched flower. /. B. 



