l 



the column, is white. The flowers are very fragrant, the scent being a mixtiir 



of 



ii 



May 



and 



C( 



Gardenia 



This plant blooms during September and October, and lasts in beauty for about 



three weeks 



We find it 



equw 



the same treatment as Lcel 



should, moreover, b 



purp^irata 



It 



grow 



perfect 

 the Dell 



in similar material, namely, good fibrous peat, wdth 



drainao-e. and as much light as possible. 



hich 



o 



Mr 



this with his Cattley 



w 



are 



them 



some wonderful 



h 



Ballantyne, the gardener at 



being among 



well grown, there 



in bloom, these 



specimens, many navmg over 

 are quite worth a journey to see. 



a hundred pseudobulbs. When 



f 



The Manchester Whitsuntide Exhibition of 1883 



was a 



£2 



g 



success. 



Over 



taken at the gates. We generally make a point of jotting down a few 



f the Orchids 



concernmg this show, as its chief i 



our readers are most interested. 



supporters, such as Mr. Percival, Mr. Hardy, and the late R. B. Dodg 



Blackburn, there were others who exhibited in 



which of 



Although the show had lost several of its largest 



. of 



Esq 



strong force 



We will mention a 



few of the most noteworthy of the plants. 0. Schneider, Esq., showed a very fine 



collection, including Cattlei/a Memlelli, a grand variety with sixteen flow 



als 



a splendid 



of C. Mossics, with over twenty beautiful flowers; and Dendroh 



D3uonianum, a splendid plant with its long stems bearing over two hundred flow 



Pe 



in front of this was Odontoglossum 



white and spotted flowers; and a fine Lcelia 



with fourteen 



pikes of its lovely 



d bright crimson-purpl 



petals, ai 



specimens of Dendrohiu 



white Phalmiopsis amahlUs 



lip 



Dr 



purpurata, 

 Ainsworth exhibited 



with its rosy sepals and 



m 



thyrsiflorum, with fifteen of its beautiful spikes 



very 

 the 



fine 



a 



flowers ; 

 fjrandijl' 

 five 



a 



Icrful 



iplendid mass with twelve 



P 



ipikes 



d a hundred 



specimen of Vanda suauis, with twelve 



ith more than fifty flowers 



pikes and six branches 



and Aerides Fielding 



SIX 



lip 



good plants, among 



Mrs. Leach, of Gorse H 



pikes ; Phalcenopsis 

 a fine specimen with 



re. exhibited 



Stalybrid 



also Dendroh 



nob 



them was a fine Cattleya Mossim, with a 



fin 



were some fine 



spe 



e, and the beautiful Odontogl 



iplendid dark 



Hallii 



There 



among which was 



a 



exhibited from the collection of W. Leach, Esq., Fallowfield 



-lerful 



flow 



A 



of Dendroh 



s 



en 



des 



next to. this was the curious Cypripediu 



Falconeri, with two hundred 



dat 



ifoli 



with 



SIX 



Vanda tricolor, the finest-orow 



1 other good Orchid 



spikes, also 



Mr. Upjohn exhibited a wonderful 



xliibited a 



Norwood 



y fine 



plant we have seen, with five spikes 



Surrey 



ty of Vanda suavis, with three 



exhibited two 



Dendrohium P 



a 



fine 



Cattleya Mend 



fine collections, including 



;pikes 



Mr. Hodgkinson 

 Mr. James, of 



a wonderful 



ty; a good plant of Dendroh 



iiid many otiier fine specimen 



with ten flower 

 mm Jamesianu' 



of 



Masdevallia Harry ana 

 with thirty-six flowers 



goo 



1 



hundred flowers 

 lovely blossoms 

 Edinburgh, also 



among which we remarked 



Mr. Cypher, of Cheltenham, also showed 



some 



«.- 



of a beautiful colon i 

 also some other g- 



a fine Dendrobium Freei 



with one 



o 



d 



D. De 



:1 plants 



with two hundred of its 



Messrs. Ireland & Thomso 



a 



admired. — B. S. A\ 



y fine collection of ' cut Orchids that 



was 



n, of 

 much 



