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the plants at Cheapside on October 25th, 1912, and November 28th, 1913. 
Thus the collecting and study of a most beautiful Orchid over a period of 
twelve years was scattered in a few hours. 
I at once rebuilt the house for Odontoglossums and filled it with them, 
but the memory of the lovely ‘‘ Velvet Lips” in the winter, and the 
“shovel-shaped”’ leaves, will never entirely fade from my memory. The 
group of graceful spikes was a most lovely sight, but afterwards there were 
graceful spikes in the house all the year round. 
Other Leelias, especially purpurata, have all had their turn, and at one 
time the Cattleya house, as the Mexican house then was, contained a fine 
lot of big plants of L. purpurata, soon after the days of the great 
importations of 1884. These plants materially helped me to secure many a 
prize at the Royal Horticultural Society, the Royal Botanical Society, the 
Crystal Palace, and elsewhere, in the days when Douglas, Little, Cobb, and 
Crawshay fought for them. 
Cattleyas had a good turn also, and Mossia, Mendelii, Dowiana aurea, 
and Trianz all did well, Mendelii assisted very much in the prize winning. 
I never truly loved any Cattleya but aurea. C. Gaskelliana gave me a good 
tun for my money. On July 6th, 1883, I bought one imported plant of Mr. 
Sander for 23s. On June 24th, of the following year it opened four flowers, 
produced on three leads, of snow-white sepals and petals, the lip having the 
faintest suspicion of tint on the blade. It was the first “‘alba” seen and 
took a First-class Certificate, R.H.S., July 8th, 1884. Baron Schréder 
commisioned Mr. (now Sir) Harry Veitch to ask me if I would take 100 
guineas for it but needless to say I could not part with my possession of the 
only one known. I kept that plant till it died on the 20th October, 1908, so 
the typical Gaskelliana alba is no more. o 
On January 25th, 1884, I bought at Messrs Protheroe & Morris’ one 
plant of an importation, also Mr. Sanders’, paying 14s. for it. On july 
11th, 1884, it produced six flowers on two spikes, and eleven days later it 
was awarded a First-class Certificate, R.H.S., as the type; other plants 
had been shown before, but no award had been made until this fine form 
appeared. It is figured in Reichenbachia vol. ii, t- 75- This plant I also 
kept till it died in 1891. It is a remarkable thing that two single prants 
should have enabled me to secure First-class Certificates for type and albino 
in a new species, a piece of good fortune that has fallen to no other exhibitor 
of Cattleyas. : 
Angrecums and Vandas were also great favourites with me, and at one 
time I had them in my competition groups. One large Vanda suavis 
Rosefield var.. travelled between Rosefield and London 250 miles aetles 
Season to various shows. My first plant of this variety, which was figured 
in the Orchid Album, vol. iv, t. 180, was bought at a cattle Show, viz. the 
