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THE GARDEN ERS' 
type of garden house I have seen. А second Another interesting character in Odon 
hcvse, built after the same style ou twardly, con- was shown at the exhibition on April 8 i ar 
tains a fair-sized ice chamber built of brick. It very fine pi = vr ontioda Gladys Нау 
2 said to be a penes success, and is certainly; (Odm. Pesce: Oda. Bradshawiae), for 
uch more spoke than such places ey which Dr. Craven Мое Victoria Park, Man- 
are. chester, was an Award of Merit and 
On the whole, ee the war has pre- Cultural Сонан This plant had two 
gress improvements im much-branched ikes of fifty-four flowers 
> this garden, very little pen been allowed to get ^ which had a white ground prettily marked with 
out of bounds. ‘The chief trouble seems to have bright red and with mauve margins to the 
been the shortage of manure and, to a great ^ segments. he interesting feature of this 
extent, la —S. W. Dance, Cpl,- H.F.A., hybrid is the production of a much-branched 
-H.Q. 401 Oth Brigade R F.A., JF. inflorescence such as O. iw catorei often pro- 
duces in its mature stag Bi it proneness to 
branch in jene with usually simple spikes 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 7707 777 
LAELIO-CATTLEYA HYMEN. 
' c A first flower of a ver hybrid raised 
ODONTIODA deny GATTON PARK by crossing Cattle еуа ЗЭ сана ‘vith ane doe 
ГАВІЕТҮ Ё Laelio-Catt Ardens (L. Lato л Е: 
THE i Odontioda sho t. the Charlesworth) ‘is ам by Messrs. rt Ow 
meeting er T ne Hes 3 Ys черү cete on and Co., Bush Hill Ге Enfield, the cn 
April 8 last afforded an interesting study of the — Laving ‘bloomed in nei nurseries’ at « 
results of introducing the «pretty little scarlet bro k, Sussex. It * flower bus poen 
Cochlioda Noezliana into the scope ths promise, the shape and fine subst par- 
hybridisers’ operations. The variation in colou teling much. of the C. Schróderae - aint 
was remarkable and exceeded all LAS. The sepals and petals ave cream-white, 
Amongst pla was the паре» КЁ 
4 coloured ода: а rgaret Gat 
variety (see Fig. 103), for which Se. ecc 
Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. 
У J. Collier), obtained an Award of Merit. The 
3 parentage is Oda. Bradshawiae (Odm. crisp 
x Cochli Noezliana) and Odm. ardentissi 
um cri x Pescatorei), and in the specie 
there are no Me ty to suggest the striking 
=: mahogany-red with 
ybri 
and uncommon 
"m шер seen in n te 
he form for which Sir eorge L. or 
obtained an Award of Merit on February 10, 
1914, had а yellowish ground mar ith 
bright red, and that type has been generally 
followed, C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, 
orsham, show a very good example of tj 
cross at the meeting on April 8. 
Scarlet selfs are frequent, and, owing to the 
scarlet colour of — Noezliana, scarlet 
a are naturally expec But, as е s 
he production of a гэ enon он 
ly giv ing qui 
ss u 
flowers, having ly coloured markings 
on light ground, proves the in — 
ber of batch, ANIME pi 
by which ion in go is 
decided is not yet dete ermin 
Fic. 108.—0DONTIODA MARGARET GATTON PARK VARIETY ; COLOUR, DARK MAHOGANY RED. 
Habia: with rose, and have a delicate к “tint 
er ‚ the mi 
the petal in n th 
parts. Тһе prettily-formed, mped- 
18 rather ime than the Dot: and the 
cod reece e bright orange colour, the 
g ti with rose. The combination 
a cate рын renders the flow attra 
TWO GOOD ONCIDIUMS. 
Oncidium Papilio and O. Kramerianum may be 
described as constantly flow orig the e plani E being 
rarely out of —_ except for a month or so 
winter. peduncles ids h E from hé 
base of the pecado ndis bear one flower at a 
time, and at intervals. The frequent flowering 
Bonk nt 
9 
covert 
vigorous ones wil 
1 soon f The p. 
est іп а s corner of the Cattleya h А 
nd they may be cultivated іп a variety of ways. 
Blocks dressed with som ting material, 
baskets, and ЇЇ pan € of them, 
be used, the chief being ensure 
a swe eet "root-run : Pam "itle eiii about 
the’ roots, - елец avoid a soddened 
omens H. 
ee a 
| SS 
— The Week’ s Work. 
f EN 2) 
ORCHID HOUSES. 
LEXANDER, Orchid Grower to Lt.-Col. Sir б. L. 
HO. 'estonbirt, Gloucestershire. 
z 
тё 
portion of. 
eat adv anta ge. : 
a staje s possible, and 
crushed crocks, 
keep i 
ample drain 
established they require | asi 
it act, almost in 
exc ptum 
i water. 
ver-w ater: 
season, 
ral ато о 
"ssible 
E" ле gr owing 
while the ee nb м 
evough for S С ЫНАНА and 8 They 
all like a “shady position, and а qeu moist 
atmosphe 
Marshalianum.— This species 
out the most effective cool- "growing 
. The. large e арке of brightly- 
strong eon 
е 
Ове ee 
cer rtai ye а 
Зе plants seem 
est after = Rowers are pu bi 
all means «А ге CE o do but v 
no time is a dry rest advisable, much le 
is needed at this stag 
um conc color 
while 
ss W e 
small, compact § crow- 
beauti- 
$ 
1 3 
that water may 
[ 
iieri агаа e, so i 
h ants are in full a owth. 
freely when the pl 
see DA MDE, in ae See 
FRUITS UNDER G 
S. 
Gardener to Maior J. h 
Park Gardens, — 
BERNERS. 
MESSENGER, 
Woolverstone 
Figs.—The fruits on 
are ripening, and es SA 
crop is hered a some 
By W. 
early- 
and superfluous g 
first pinching, more n 
than are required, and t 
shoots gee © 
these shou ld b 
