'IHI-: ORCHID WORM). 



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Odonloglossum ardentissimum var. Ebor. 



OdoNTOGLOSSUM ARDENTISSIMUM.~-Very 

 few hybrids liave enjoyed so much popularity 

 as this one, of which the parents are crispum 

 and Pescatorei. The above lUustration depicts 

 the variety Ebor, exhibited by Baron Bruno 

 Schroder at the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 February 4th, 1913, when it received a 

 First-class Certificate. The spike carried 21 

 large flowers effectively spotted and blotched 

 with claret-purple. Our block is reproduced 

 from the Society's J onrnal. 



Orchid Collections for Sale. — In 

 our advertisement columns Messrs. A. J. 

 Keeling- and Sons announce the disposal of 

 the Lackham collection, the property of 

 Col. G. L. Palmer, Lacock, Wilts, who is 

 obliged to relinquish the same owing to 

 military duties ; also the Laneside collection, 

 formed by Mr. Wm. Riley, Great Harwood, 

 Lanes., and containing some choice home- 

 raised Odontoglossums. Catalogues and full 

 particulars may be had post free. 



