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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[January, 1916. 



Panama-Pacific Exposition.— In our 

 issue of May, 191 5, p. 188, we published a 

 report of this important event, and now we 

 are pleased to receive the following note: — 

 " Just a few lines to let readers of the ORCHID 

 World know that the Superior Jury of the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposition have 

 awarded the Grand Prize to the collection of 

 Orchids, which is the highest award. There 

 have been about ten million people through 

 the Orchid house, and it has been of great 

 interest to the public, as they have been able 

 to see the plants in their growing stage. We 

 have had many plants m flower all the time, 

 from the first of April till the end of August ; 

 at other times we have never had less than 

 250 plants in flower, so there has always been 

 something of interest for the people to see. 

 I may state that this collection is to be sold 

 after the fair is over." — W. E. Eglington, San 

 Francisco, Cal., US. A. 



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U.S.A. Customs Duty on Cattleyas. — 

 The following note occurs in Horticulture, 

 U.S.A., November 27th, 1915: — " Cattleya 

 bulbs which have already flowered and 

 produced leaves are admissible as imports 

 free of duty as bulbs for propagating 

 purposes, according to a decision of the 

 United States Court of Customs Appeals. 

 An importation consigned to Maltus and 

 Ware, reported by the appraiser of customs at 

 New York to be Orchid plants, was assessed 

 at 25 per cent, ad I'aloreni as Orchids. The 

 importers protested that the goods were not 

 Orchids, but that they were mature mother 

 bulbs, imported exclusively for propagating 

 purposes. This protest was overruled by the 

 Board of United States General Appraisers, 

 and the case carried to the Court of Customs 

 Appeals. It was shown by the evidence that 

 while, strictly speaking, the merchandise in 

 question was not what is botanically known 

 as ' bulbs,' yet the method of propagating was 

 such as to bring it commercially within that 

 meaning. The court did not decide whether 

 Cattleya bulbs which have not yet flowered 

 are entitled to free entry under the proviso 

 of paragraph 210." 



ODONTOGLOSSUM LAPI DENSE. 



(Hallii X Rolfeae.) 



On June 22nd, 1905, Mr. Wm. Thompson, 

 of Stone, showed a plant under this parentage. 

 Mr. Stevens sent me a bloom which I felt sure 

 was Hallii x sceptrum (most likely sceptrum 

 Argus, the fine form that was in the Walton 

 Grange collection at the time), since then I 

 have never seen a bloom from anywhere else ; 

 possibly no one else but Mr. J. H. Grogan 

 raised it. I acquired many of his seedlings, 

 and now one of this cross is in bloom. The 

 parentage is stamped on it as clearly as 

 anyone could wish. 



Sepals and petals in form like Hallii, 

 without any toothed edges, greenish-yellow, 

 the green deeper on the back, as in Hallii ; 

 four-fifths of this area closely spotted with 

 deep chocolate, there being a blackish hue on 

 their surface, also derived from Hallii. Lip 

 light yellow, bladed, having the diagonally 

 placed chocolate line of spots always seen in 

 Hallii, the crest and column inclining to 

 those of the species parent. 



The description reads all Hallii, but the eye 

 at once sees that Harryanum is strongly 

 present, especially in the lip. Almost the only 

 evidence of nobile (Pescatorei) is in the 

 panduration of the lip, no one would fancy it 

 was warnhamense (Hallii x nobile), but it 

 could be mistaken for Crawshayanum (Hallii 

 X Harryanum). It is a pretty and elegant 

 flower. — de B. Craw shay, Rosefield, Sevenoaks, 

 December i§ih, igij. 



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Cattleya Moira. — Several excellent 

 varieties of this hybrid between Fabia and 

 Mantinii have been flowered by Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., who were the original 

 raisers, although we believe that Messrs. 

 Hassall and Co. were the first to exhibit at 

 the R.H.S. a flowering plant of the same, this 

 occurring October 21st, 191 3. An Award of 

 Merit was given to C. Moira rubra, when 

 exhibited by Messrs. Hassall and Co., Royal 

 Horticultural Society, October 26th, 191 5. 



