DECEMBER, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 375 
THE HAREFIELD HALL SALE OF ORCHIDS. 
AN important two days’ sale of duplicates, &c., took place at the residence 
of Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Wilmslow, Cheshire, on November 4th and 5th. 
The catalogue included many Orchids of great value and beauty, several of 
which were quite unique and were being offered for sale for the first time ; 
consequently there were frequent flashes of spirited bidding as these plants 
were put up. Dendrobium nobile Harefield Hall var. was one of these, 
each plant realizing about £10. Two plants of the natural hybrid Lelia 
x Finckeniana (anceps X albida) realised 17 and 13 guineas respectively. 
Five plants of the famous Harefield Hall variety of Cypripedium insigne 
were offered, prices varying from 27 to Io guineas, according to the size of 
the plants. An interesting feature was the sale of several seedling Cypri- 
pediums and Cattleyas, some of them very small, but which averaged about 
45 shillings each. The high water mark in Cypripedes was reached at 
30 guineas for C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum superbum, with one good 
growth, C. x Leeanum Clinkaberryanum running second for 26 guineas. 
Some fine bidding took place for a good plant of Cattleya guttata Prinzii 
var. Sandere, 160 guineas being offered, but this failed to reach the reserve 
and the plant was withdrawn. The same remark applies to the beautiful 
Odontoglossum crispum Ashworthianum, £500 being offered, but this also 
was withdrawn. Two good plants of Cattleya labiata alba were sold, each 
being knocked down at about £90. The attendance of buyers was good, 
most of the principal Orchid growers in the country being either present or 
well represented. Twenty lots had reserve figures placed on them, varying 
from £1,000 to £50, only two of which reached the reserve figure, the 
Cattleya labiata albas above mentioned. The total of the two days’ sale 
realized nearly £1,700. 
CRASSINODE. 
NOTES. 
THE last meeting of the year of the Royal Horticultural Society will be 
held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on December 15th, 
when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 4th and 18th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from I to 3 p.m. 
Two distinct and beautiful forms of Cattleya labiata are sent from the 
collection of F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking. 
