48 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FeBruary, 1914. 
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ee ORCHIDS AT LEYSWOOD, GROOMBRIDGE. EA ) 
N an illustrated article on the famous garden of Mrs. Temple, at 
Leyswood, Groomsbridge, under the care of Mr. E. Bristow, the — 
Journal of Horticulture remarks :— 
For many years Leyswood has been famous for its magnificent collection — 
of Orchids, which number many thousands. Of the twenty-eight glass- q 
houses, six are devoted to them, and these are no mean structures either, : 
the Cattleya house itself being considered one of the finest, outside trade — 
establishments, in the country. This house is capable of holding 13,000 
fully-grown plants; it is 7oft. in length, 22ft: in width, and about 12ft. 
high. Well does the writer remember the difficulty of maintaining an 
equable temperature in this structure on a certain winter’s night some years - 
ago, when a seventy-mile nor’-easter was blowing ; it was the night of the 
H.M.S. “Gladiator” catastrophe. Odontoglossums occupy two other 
houses,. there being something over 2000 plants. These, of course, are 
grown quite cool, and the treatment they receive is evidently to: their 
liking, for the foliage is tinged with that healthy purplish glow that 4 
signifies all is well with them. It is a wonderful sight to see the Odonto- a 
glossums in May, when the majority are flowering. Until several years 
ago the Odontoglossums were grown ‘on ash-covered slate slabs on the 
stagings, and at that time their culture was considered most difficult; 
subsequently the slabs were removed and the plants stood upon the wooden 
stage in order to allow of more air to circulate between the plants from the 
bottom ventilators. The advantage of this soon became apparent, and the 
slabs have never since been seen in the Odontoglossum houses. Lycastes, 
Dendrobiums, Calanthes, and Cypripediums are grown in large quantities, 
and among the choicest of the last-named now in flower are Acteus 
langleyense, Euryades New Hall var., Mrs. Francis Wellesley, Fascinatot 
superbum, Cupid, aureum Hyeanum, Mrs. Most 
VII., and several varieties of Leeanum. 
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THE GARDENERS’ MaGazine.—Mr. H. W. L. Southgate, till recently 
Orchid sub-foreman at Kew, has been appointed Assistant Editor of the 
Gardeners’ Magazine in place of Mr. C. H. Curtis, who became Editor on 
the retirement of Mr. George Gordon, V.M.H. From the beginning of 
this year the price has been reduced to one penny weekly, but the work 
maintains its high character as a general weekly epitome of horticulture 
Mr. Gordon, who retains the position of Advisory Editor, has in recent 
numbers given a series of articles on the history and association of the 
work. The Orchid figures are included in our list of Orchid-Portraits. 
