﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[August, 1904. 



Among the Orchids at Florham Farms, Cattleya Gaskelliana has been 

 a feature this year. About 3,000 flowers were cut of this species alone, 

 and a number of sprays bore 7 flowers. Photograph No. 6 shows a plant 

 having 26 flowers, one spray of 7 and another of 5. 



In neither case has there been any special treatment to bring about 

 such profusion of bloom, but without a doubt the abundant sunshine that 

 prevails here is a strong factor supplemental to the glower's skill. 



Mr. Duckham has all his Cattleya gigas in baskets hanging from the 

 roof of his Cattleya house. Their rooting medium is our ordinary peat or 

 fern root fibre, and the plants afford the best evidence of its suitability. 



A. Herrington. 



Florham Farms, 



Madison, N.J., U.S.A. 

 This is a series of excellent photographs, and as Cattleya Warscewiczii 

 — more commonly known by its later name of C. gigas — has not yet been 

 figured in our pages, we have selected one of them for reproduction. It 

 is the one marked No. 5 of the series, and we think best shows the 

 character of the species. No. 1 shows a remarkable plant, so completely 

 smothered in flowers that little else is visible. A ten-flowered inflorescence, 

 as shown in photographs 2 and 3, is certainly exceptional, and forms a 

 tribute to the excellence of Mr. Duckham's method of culture, no doubt, 

 favoured by the abundant sunshine of the district, which we believe tends 

 to develop floriferousness in this genus. Photograph 4 shows a most 

 beautiful specimen, but would have almost monopolised the page unless 

 further reduced, and the details are scarcely as clear as in the one selected. 

 Like the others it deserves a " Cultural Commendation." The photograph 

 of C. Gaskelliana also shows a noble specimen, and the seven-flowered 

 inflorescence is remarkable. The plants are remarkably floriferous, and it 

 is interesting to know the conditions under which they were grown. Mr. 

 Herrington adds that Mr. D. Willis James is a brother of Mr. W. James, of 

 West Dean Park, Goodwood. 



The history of this fine species was given at pp. 299, 300 of our second 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULURAL. 



A meeting of this Society was held in the grounds of Lord Ilchester, 

 Holland House, Kensington, on July 12th and 13th, and brought together a 

 very good display of Orchids, the awards consisting of one gold and three 

 other medals, two Silver Cups, three First-class Certificates, three Awards 

 of Merit, and two Botanical Certificates. 



