THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
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exhibition may be interested to learn that the Orchid groups extended to a 
total of 500 feet in length, and measured six feet from back to front. To* 
give anything like a complete report of all the plants would occupy more 
than a whole issue of this journal. Even the report which we give does not 
do full justice to so important an event. Never before have Orchids been 
so much admired. Their popularity is ever increasing. 
Cattleya Trianas. —From the Julius Roehrs Company, Rutherford, 
N.J., U.S.A., we have received a photograph of Cattleya Trianae having on 
one spike the very remarkable number of eight fully developed flowers. 
When one considers the u&ual shyness of this species, and that it seldom 
yields more than a couple of flowers on a spike, the event is certainly note' 
worthy. An increase in the number of flowers in an inflorescence is often 
attributed to over luxuriant growth, but cultivators know only too well that 
a soft and sappy bulb, however large, does not produce flowers superior 
either in number or quality. C. Trianae in England flowers soon after the 
dull days of winter, and even skilled cultivators are often unable to induce 
their plants to yield satisfactory results on this account. The state of New 
Jersey, U.S.A,, no doubt enjoys a comparatively clearer and brighter winter 
atmosphere that considerably assists the formation of the flowers of 
this species. But even this favourable condition does not by any means 
account for so fine a result as an eight-flowered spike. Satisfactory results 
are almost entirely due to judicious treatment in the process of ripening the 
bulbs after completion of the season’s growth. 
Sophrocattleya Sir Mervyn. Buller.— When that magnificent hybrid 
Sophrocattleya Rex came upon the scene in March, 1.916, one could not 
help thinking that the climax had been attained-/and, yet, perfect in every 
way as it is, we have in Sc. Sir Mervyn Buller evidence that finality is still 
a long way off. How pleasing it is to look at this problem in that light, and! 
one hopes we have a long road yet to travel. It is very certain we may 
continue to look for fresh beauties in the future, and conjure up in our minds 
undreamt of possibilities until we are lost in the midst of fancy. As showing 
the difficulties in describing the coloration the writer has read of no fewer 
than four different versions. When examining the flower a few days 
previous to its exhibition the colour of the sepals and petals conveyed the 
impression of a rich rose-pink, the hp bronze-red, very rich, and with the 
C. aurea base and radiating lines. The width of the flower being close on 
six inches. The flower as seen in the sunlight appeared to be overlaid with 
a purplish iridesceftce of indescribable beauty. Raised by Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, the parentage being Sc. Mrs. F. Wellesley X C- 
Empress Frederick.—H. A. Farmer; 
