April 13, 1912.] 





THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



237 



ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



ORCHIDS AT GLEBELAXDS, SOUTH 



WOODFORD. 



Although Glebelands is situated in a densely- 

 populated London district, the fine collection of 

 Orchids in the gardens of J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 

 (gr. Mr. J. Davis), compares favourably in point 



and floriferousn ess with any other 

 in this country. Odontoglossums, it w. formerly 

 held, could not be grown to perfection unless 

 in the open country, but these plants were especi- 

 ally fine on the occasion of a recent visit. The 

 spacious house, built for Odontoglossums some 

 years ago will shortly present a grand sight, as 



of vigour 



Newmann (to which the R.H.S. Award of Merit 

 was recently granted), a well marked O. Jasper 

 with rose coloured ground. 0. Wikkeanum 

 11 Fowler's variety " bearing two fine spil b, O. 

 Adrian® M variety F. K. - under," some good 

 plants of 0. ardenti imam, O. eximium. and O. 

 Pescatorei, among which the blotched i riety 

 Charles worth ii was expanding its Bow >. O. 

 harvemztense, 0. ill us t re in several varieties, ami 

 0. luteo-purpureum Vuylstekei were i nspicuous 

 amongst other cool-house species. A sp ially- 

 bright oran t Ada aurantiaca was hearing 



a dozen spikes. Some plants of Maadevallia, in- 

 cluding the pretty M ( liestert<>nii, were especi- 

 ally line, also several large specimens of Oncidium 



macranthum and 0. Edwardii. Amongst the 







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Fig. 107. 



L^BLIO-CATTLEYA MACBEANIANA (c. SCHRODERiE X L^LIA 



ANCEPS SCHRODERIANA). 



(Received R.H.S. First-class Certificate on the 2nd in?t.) 



there are many hundreds of flower-spikes in the 

 bud stage. At present there are some specially 

 fine forms of 0. crispum in bloom, including rare 

 blotched forms, for which the collection is noted, 

 especially 0. c. Carmania, 0. c. Mrs. J. McBean, 

 0. c. Fowlerianum, and 0. c. Solum. A speci- 

 ality of the collection is the handsome O. Smithii 

 (Rossii rubescens x crispo-Harryanum), which 

 was well in flower a fortnight ago. The fine 

 0. Jeanette (Rossii rubescens x amabile) 

 was also blooming splendidly. Among other 

 good plants were noted Odontoslossum Ar- 

 noldianum 



(a fine dark 



(with flowers of a 

 haviner 



flower), 

 decided 



0. 



violet 



Europa 

 tint and 



bright-red Odontiodas, 0. Charlesworthii and 0. 

 Keighleyeneis " Fowler's variety M were most 

 attractive. Cymbidium Woodhamsianum, with 

 a stout spike of large flowers ; C. Lowianum <c Fir 

 Grange variety/' and another fine form bearing 

 28 flowers on a single spike; C. grandiflorum, the 

 unique Odontocidium Fowlerianum and Maxillaria 

 Sanderiana were all noteworthy. These beautiful 

 Orchids were growing in a large cool-house, in 

 which also, w T ith other seedling Odontoglossums, 

 were several plants of a promising cross between 

 Odontoglossum Thompsonii and 0. Wilckeanum 

 Miss Louisa Fowler just showing their flowers. 

 The range of intermediate houses contained a 



Cattl as. Those observed in flower included 

 Cattleya Trianap and C. Bchrodene, the best in 

 each section bein 



OP 



B 



0. Trianae 4< J. 



Gurney 



Fowler/' a perfect flower, having a very bright 



magenta nnison lip, with much dark yellow 



at the base; and C. Schrddene "Louisa.'' 

 which was equally od in form, and quite 

 distinct in colour from other varieties. C. Cecilia 

 had showy flowers with a c)a I clou, 1 lip : c. 

 Octavo Doin appeared to advanta . a batch of 



seedlings from this plant being about to flower. 

 On the central b a large specimen of Sobralia 

 Holfordii had many hi ins, deeper in Colour, and 

 lar r than those of C. m rantha, whilst the 

 pure white form was on the point of im.kin a 

 good display. 



'1 he back wall of a ban to range of houses was 



clad with trailing Epidendruraa such 

 O'Brienianuta aid E. IloundiL There was b!k> a 

 collection of varieties of Lnlia ancep These plants 



formerly gave much trouble at QlebeUnds, but, 

 suspended from the roof of the house, tin \ now 



grow into sturdy specimens. The inner division 

 of this range contains AngTSB urns, At rides. S co- 



labiums, and specimens of Vandas and Dendro- 



biums, some of which were in flower. Suspended 

 from the highest point of the roof were two noble 

 plants of Euli hiella Peetersiana, reputedly 



difficult plant to cultivate, but which thrives 

 luxuriantly at Glebelands, where it is increased 

 by division. E. Elisabeth© also thrives well in 

 th<* collection, a specimen of the original im- 

 portation being in the possession of Mr. Fowler. 

 In the Cypripedium houses a point of interest 

 was a batch of C. Leeanum J. Gurney Fowler, 



which is nnapproached in its class. At first it 



d to be a difficult subj< t to cultivate, for 

 it grew feebly for several years, but afterwards 

 it exhibited extraordinary vigour and grew so 

 weH, that the plant was propagated by division. 

 In flower was a large form of C. Victor, also 

 good specimens of ('. aureum, including virginale, 

 (Kdippe, and Surprise : C. Fowlerianum, a large, 

 dark flower; C. Olivia, two tine plants of C. 



Beeckmanii, C. Penelope, C. Daisy Barclay, 

 which has grown to be a fine specimen ; C. Dick- 



sonianum, a little-known hybrid with an attrac- 

 tive display of carmine-rose in its white dorsal 

 sepal ; and some new hybrids. 



The next house contained a batch of the showy 

 and fragrant Bifrenaria Harrisoniae and a com- 

 plete collection of Anguloas. A. Cliftonii and 

 most of the other plants were developing their 

 flowers. A few plants of a batch of Zygopeta- 

 lum were in flower, the showiest being Z. Perre- 

 noudii, having a large, deep-blue lip. Miltonia 

 Warscewiczii thrives well at Glebelands, tome of 

 the specimens were in flower, and others in the 

 bud stage. A cool range contained a good selec- 

 tion of varieties of Cypripedium insigne, one side 

 of a house being filled with yellow forms. 



A collection of varieties of Miltonia vexill; 



M. Bleuana, and other Miltonias is accommodated 

 in one of the cool-houses, where they seem to- 

 assume a dwarfer habit than when grown in the 

 intermediate house. I also observed a good selec- 

 tion of hybrids of Sophronitis grandiflora, with 

 Sophro-Cattleya Saxa in bloom ; and some hand- 

 some hybrids of Brassavola Digbyana, a few of 

 which were in bloom including the rare Brasso- 

 L<Tplio-Cattleya Fowleri. 



Adjoining the Orchid houses are several span- 

 roofed structures containing Selaginellas. All 

 the available species and varieties are grown, the 

 trailing kinds being arranged on tall rustic stands 

 and the dwarf-growing varieties on conical 

 mounds. J . O'B. 



a white margin), 0. Memoria Lily fine selection of Cattleyas, Laelias, and Laelio- at present known. 



I^ELIO-CATTLEYA MACBEANIANA. 



Our illustration (fig 107) represents a flower of 

 this fine hybrid which secured a First-class Certi- 

 ficate at the Royal Horticultural Society's meeting 

 on April 2. The flowers are almost pure white 

 with a yellow disc and crimson-purple front to 

 the lip. It is the finest hybrid of Lselia anceps 



