134 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1910. 
group from The Dell was a regular feature of these Shows down to 1895, 
after which his name dropped from the list. But he still continued to 
exhibit occasionally at the ordinary meetings of the Society. Among the 
numerous fine species exhibited we recall the remarkable plant of Coelogyne 
Dayana bearing twenty-two of its graceful racemes and over 800 flowers, 
which gained a Silver Flora Medal and a First-class Certificate at the 
Temple Show in 1894, and which was even finer in the following year, 
when it bore twenty-four racemes and about 930 flowers. 
Several interesting hybrids were raised in the collection, three of the 
best, in the opinion of Mr. Ballantine, being Calanthe x Baron Schréder var. 
superba, Cypripedium x Maudiz, Schréder’s var., and Phaiocalanthe Baron 
Schréder, none of which have been distributed. Other uniques in the 
collection, besides those previously mentioned, are Cattleya iricolor, Rchb. f., 
the remarkable C. x lamberhurstensis, a hybrid from C. intermedia and C. 
citrina, Phalzenopsis x John Seden, and the beautiful varieties of Odonto- 
glossum crispum known as apiatum, Baroness Schréder, Ballantinei, 
Veitchianum, Sanderianum, Rex, Wolstenholmiz, and Prince of Wales. 
The original plant of Odontoglossum x excellens, which was exhibited at 
the Orchid Conference in 1885, is still at The Dell, also the original plants 
of Lelia anceps Schrcedere, Leliocattleya bella, L.-c. Veitchiana, L.-c. 
eximia, Cattleya x Empress F rederick, Miltonia vexillaria memoria G. D. 
Owen, and others, which speaks eloquently of the ability of Mr. Ballantine 
and his assistant, Mr. Clark, who have for so long had the care of them, 
and who may almost be said to have grown up with the collection. 
The Baron was always a great lover of Orchids and retained his 
enthusiasm to the end. He purchased his last plant only five weeks before 
his death, a very fine blotched Odontoglossum crispum, the variety being 
named Baron Bruno Schrdéder, after the Baron’s nephew. 
For nearly thirty years the Baron was a most generous patron of 
Horticulture, and one of the greatest supporters of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. He first joined the Council in 1886, and has been for many years 
one of the Vice-Presidents. He was one of the staunchest supporters of 
the Hall Scheme, and indeed has been termed the Father of the Hall. He 
was Chairman of the Committee appointed to find a suitable home for the 
Society, and secured the option of the site at Vincent Square, on which the 
Hall was ultimately erected. He issued a strong appeal for donations, 
himself giving £5,000 out of the £40,000 required, and he had the happiness 
of seeing the scheme brought to a successful conclusion. In July, 1904, the 
Hall was opened by His Majesty the King. Baron Schréder also undertook 
the entire expense of fitting the room for the housing of the Lindley 
Library and of removing the books, a fact commemorated by a brass tablet 
over the Library door. He was a life subscriber to the Royal Gardeners’ 
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