March 2, 1912.] 



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I hope that Mr. Berger has good news to give of sibly, in very arctic districts, it might conceiv- 

 the tufts for which he was going to find a home. ably dislike extreme intensity of untempered cold. 

 Here, the collection, potted up, has uniformly It produces no leaves at all, the whole show con- 

 thriven, but has sulked above ground for a whole sisting of the rush-like greyish branches, about a 

 season, with hardly any sign of fresh shoots. The foot high, or less, emitting from their points the 

 other day, however, I took occasion to plant out 



Wellesleyffl are pure white with a light yellow 

 disc to tha lip, and they are delicately fragrant. 



ONCIDIUM ANTHOCREXE. 



This very distinct and showy Oncidium gives 

 an example of a very desirable species which has 

 always been rare, while other species known to 

 inhabit the same locality are tolerably plentiful. 

 It was discovered by Wallis when collecting for 

 of vegetation getting ready for next season. Thus mangled that an established clump is far too Messrs. Veitch in New Granada in 1873, and 

 long does Aphyllanthes, even if undivided and precious a possession to be risked or worried. named by Professor Reichenbaeh in 1877. Its 

 pulled to bits, take to surmount the annoyance of Reginald Farrer. habitat is variously recorded as Peru and un- 



exquisite and charming blue stars of blossom. 

 Aphyllanthes produces seed, and may be raised 

 from seed : otherwise its propagation is difficult, 

 with vigorous stout white roots, with fresh noses as the plant so dislikes being moved and 



one of the largest clumps, and I found that the 

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removal, and thus vigorously does it turn the 

 corner at last. In the garden Aphyllanthes 

 seems to have few fads, if you make your start 

 with a sound established clump. It wants a 

 deep, rich, and rather heavy loam, so far as I 

 can find, in a well-drained, sheltered position, 



ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



not too sunny. A far finer clump, far more rare size and the brighest in its deep 



BRASSO-CATTLEYA WELLESLEY^. 



Hybrids of Brassavola Digbyana are always 

 favourites with Crchidists, but the largest in 



colour is 



and Persian-cat like in its profuse tangles than B.-C. Mrs. Francis Wellesley (B. Digbyana x 



C. Luddemanniana), which obtained a First-class 



Certificate in 1906, the flowers measuring over 



inches across, and was illustrated in the 



any of its brothers that I found wild, is thriv- 



Waltham 



where I believe it had not thriven so mightily 

 before, until it was transferred to the neighbour- 

 hood of some small bush that gives it a gentle de- 

 gree of shade and protection. The plant, of 

 course, is absolutely hardy, and absolutely vigor- 

 ous, so soon as it has got a fair start ; but it seems 



11 inches across, ana was 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, June 30, 1906. Hybrids 

 of Brassavola glauca are less frequently met 

 with, and, although they are generally of fine 

 shape and substance, they are not so large as the 



varieties obtained from B. Digbyana, but are 



to dislike intensity of untempered sun, and, pos- nevertheless very pretty. The flowers of B.-C. 



known localities in New Granada, but 



is probably correct (unless the 



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Miltonia Warscewiczii), for a fine example 

 of it is now blooming in Tracy's Nursery, 

 Twickenham, out of a small consignment of 

 Miltonia Warscewiczii, received from Colom- 

 bia. The fine branched inflorescence bears 

 over 100 flowers, each 2 inches across and of a 

 chestnut -brown colour, barred with pale yellow 

 and with a narrow margin of the same colour. 

 The lip is cream-white w T ith reddish-brown mark- 

 ings at the base. It has recently also been shown 

 by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. The still more 

 rare Oncidium Massangei, with bright fellow 

 flowers, the inner parts barred with reddish- 

 brown, is also in flower in Tracy's Nursery. 



