33° THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1922. 
importing anceps in immense numbers, and many batches came to 
Rosefield. Out of the same importation came Chamberlainiana, 
-Crawshayana, and Thompsoniana. The former was, and is, the grandest 
typical anceps known. Mr. Chamberlain and I often corresponded upon 
L. anceps and exchanged plants of our namesakes, and when he bloomed 
“mine, wrote to say how pleased he was to have the next best anceps to his 
-own variety, though his gardener, Burberry, said he liked Crawshayana 
better. 
In respect of the variety Thompsoniana I was able to clear up a very 
interesting fact that it was a piece broken off the great mass that bloomed 
‘and became Chamberlainiana. Mr. Thompson, of St. Helens, Lancs, 
bought some plants off the Liverpool Horticultural Co., and one of which 
Mr. O’Brien named after him (Gard. Chron. 1890, p. 716). I had always 
hoped to see this, which read like a very grand one. In March 1898, in 
reply to my letter of enquiry, Mr. Thompson sent me the plant to bloom 
for him. It was in poor health, but I could see that the bulbs were exactly 
like those of Chamberlainiana, and on January 12th, 1908, one of the two 
plants (I had divided it) bloomed and proved to be a part of the great 
Statesman’s namesake. Mr Thompson sold the two plants at Protheroe & 
Morris’ on January 24th, 1908, when they were purchased by Mr. R. 
Brooman- White. : 
It was strange how fortunate I was in blooming good forms and securing 
a First-class Certificate for Crawshayana, and Awards of Merit for Mrs. 
de B. Crawshay and rosefieldiensis, all of which had been imported by the 
Liverpool Horticultural Co., from districts that produced the dark type 
called “ morada.”’ 
The quest of anceps was a hobby that few collectors paid much 
attention to, Baron Schroder, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Mr. E. Ashworth, and myself being those most interested in this elegant 
Mexican plant. One of the reasons against its cultivation is that 4 
deficiency of light in winter cripples its flowers, and if a bad fog comes on 
when the buds are opening, away go the season’s blooms, hence growers in 
the north and close to large towns avoid this species. 
One form of anceps that was always a great rarity and commanded an 
almost prohibitive price was Schroederz, and its sub forms Amesiana and 
Ballantineana. These were my greatest ideals in anceps owing to the 
gorgeous velvety-purple of the lip, and the exquisite deeper colouring of the 
outer one-third of the sepals and petals. For years I had to be content 
with wishing for them, but ultimately by a stroke of good luck and a little 
foresight, the result of close study of the typical features, I became the 
shia of more Schrcederes than all the other holders put together. The 
original Schroederze was named by Reichenbach (Gard. Chron. 1887, P- 72) 
