﻿July, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



The pedicels are 6 or 7lines long, and the flowers are blush-pink, with a 

 rather darker fleshy lip, the spur, side lobes, and crest being white. 



Odontoglossum crispum Donovan is a large and handsomely blotched 

 form from the collection of J. Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey. The 

 flowers measure three inches across, and have rather elongated segments, 

 prettily tinged with rase and heavily blotched with brown. 



A form of Laslio-cattleya X Bertha is also sent from the same collection, 

 derived from Cattleya Schroederas and Laelia grandis. It was overlooked at 

 the time that the hybrid described at p. 158, under the name of L.-c. X 

 Rocksand, was a form of the same, and the present one has more bronzy 

 sepals and petals. 



Two beautiful Odontoglossums are sent from the collection of Darcy E. 

 Taylor, Esq., of Chippenham. One seems to be a form of O. X Adrianae 

 with a white ground colour and prettily spotted ; the other is suggested as 

 a possible second hybrid between O. X Andersonianum and O. crispum, as 

 it most resembles the former, but has much broader segments. In colouring 

 it most resembles the variety Ruckerianum. 



SALE OF ORCHIDS FROM OAKWOOD. 



A sale of duplicate Orchids from the collection of N. C. Cookson, Esq., 

 Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, took place at Messrs. Protheroe & Morris' 

 Rooms, Cheapside, at 3 p.m. on May 31st, and was largely attended. 

 Eighty-one lots were offered, all but three of which were sold, the aggregate 

 sum realised being over £5,000. The majority were Odontoglossums, and 

 included some of the choicest varieties. O. crispum Cooksonae reached the 

 record price of 640 guineas. O. c. Franz Masereel fetched 570 gs., A. 

 Warburton, Esq., being the purchaser. O. c. Mundyanum went to Baron 

 Schroder at 435 guineas. Messrs. Sander & Son secured a plant of O. c. 

 Grairianum at 370 gs. O. c. Ashworthianum fetched 280 gs., and O. c. 

 Luciani 250 gs., both going to H. T. Pitt, Esq. O. c. Cooksonianum sold 

 well, one plant fetching 220 gs., while others went at 170, go, 75, and two 

 at 85 gs. each. O. c. Grace Ruby was knocked down at 210 gs. to Messrs. 

 MacBean. O. c. Regina and O. c. Mariae went for 180 gs. each, the former 

 to J. Leemann, Esq., the latter to M. Jules Hye, the former also securing 

 two plants of O. c. Rossendale at 120 gs. each. O. c. Raymond Crawshay 

 fetched 52 gs., O. c tessellatum 50 gs., and O. c. Massangeanum 40 gs., all 

 going to Mr. W. Bolton. Others fetched good prices, and some rare 

 Cypripedes also sold well, F. Wellesley, Esq., and Mr. W. Bolton being 

 among the purchasers. 



