THE ORCHID REVIEW. 205 
THE SELWOOD SALE OF ORCHIDS. 
SEVERAL times we have been requested to give an account of the various 
Orchid Sales which take place in London and elsewhere, and as it is evident 
that considerable interest is felt in the matter, we take the present oppor- 
tunity of giving a few details of the Sale of the late G. D. Owen, Esq.’s, 
collection, which took place on the premises, Selwood, Rotherham, on 
April 24th, 25th, and 26th last. These particulars are taken from a 
carefully marked catalogue, kindly sent us by E. Ashworth, Esq., for this 
purpose. It is hardly necessary to point out that we can only make a small 
selection out of the over a thousand lots offered, and these among the 
choicer though mostly well-known forms. It will also be understood that 
many of the examples given below were specimen plants, and that smaller 
ones went for much smaller sums, but these details it is obviously impossible 
to give. We note that many well-known amateurs and the leading nursery- 
men were among the purchasers. 
The best price secured was for a fine plant of the Selwood variety of 
Cattleya x Hardyana, which realised 140 guineas, E. Ashworth, Esq., 
being the purchaser. One called E. G. Wrigley’s variety went to Baron 
Sir H. Schroder for 74 guineas. Variety Leopold II. also went to Mr. 
Ashworth for 70 guineas, and part of the original plant went to F. Hardy, 
Esq., at 45. _ Other plants of this fine natural hybrid fetched prices ranging 
from 42 down to 10 guineas, that called Massaiana going for 18 and 31 
guineas. 
Other Cattleyas fetched good prices, C. labiata alba going to W. R. 
Lee, Esq., for 70 guineas, while the varieties Foleyana and Countess 
Fitzwilliam realised 55 and 48 respectively. Mr. Ashworth secured C. 
Mendelii Bluntii for 56 guineas, C. Gaskelliana alba for 30, a large plant of 
C. Mossiz Wageneri for 42, and one of C. M. Reineckeana for 55. Other 
plants of the latter fetched from 36 down to 5 guineas, and C. M. aurea 
went for 4. Messrs. Backhouse secured C. Triane Backhouseana for 26 
guineas, C. T. Reine des Belges realised 17, C. T. Owenie 10, C. T. 
alba 9, and C. T. formosa 5: 
Ten plants of C. Rex ranged from 2 to 18} guineas, according to size, 
the last named being a fine plant. Good plants of C. Skinneri alba 
fetched from 8} to 20 guineas; C. Loddigesii Measuresiana went at 20 to 
F. Hardy, Esq., and C. Warscewiczii imperialis at 6}, while H. T. Pitt, 
Esq., secured the fine C. x Lord Rothschild for 32. 
Lelia x Owenize fetched 11 guineas, the rare L. prastans alba 37, 
L. Purpurata Backhouseana 20, and L. p. Schreedere 11, while good 
plants of named varieties of L. anceps realised from 4 to 83 guineas. 
Some Lelio-cattleya sold very well, L.-c. x Phoebe and Hon. Mrs. 
