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[juni'-julY, 1916. 



brought out at his own expense and ])resented 

 to all members of his Committee were always 

 received with much appreciation. 



Only three years ago Mr. Fowler removed 

 from Glebelands, South W'oodford, to 

 Urackenhurst, Pembury, where he laid out the 

 garden in excellent style and erected a 

 thoroughly up-to-date range of Orchid 

 houses. The finest Orchids that it was 

 possible to secure were continually l)eing 

 added to the collection, and if the owner had 

 been spared to live a few more years the 

 Brackenhurst collection would have produced 

 some truly marvellous results. 



As a regular exhibitor at the principal 

 horticultural meetings Mr. Fowler obtained 

 numerous awards, and so modestly did he 

 receive them that his competitors shared the 

 pleasure equally with him. The strenuous 

 work carried out by him when Chairman of 

 the Great International Exhibition of 191 2 

 will always be remembered, for to his arduous 

 labours much of its success was due. 



To those who made his acquaintance for 

 the first time he often appeared austere and 

 brusque, but the more one came to know Mr. 

 Fowler so much the more did his absolute 

 fairness of mind and kindly nature become 

 apparent. As a tower of strength in all that 

 pertains to horticulture he achieved world- 

 wide renown, and for the positions he has 

 filled with such conspicuous success it will 

 be no easy task to find a follower. For years 

 past Orchidology has benefitted considerabl)- 

 through Mr. Fowler's powerful influence, and 

 in the words of Carlyle it may be said of 

 him : " What a man can do is his greatest 

 ornament." 



Odontoglossum Panther. — A flower of 

 this fine hybrid between crispum var. Rosy 

 Morn and percultum comes from the collec- 

 tion of Mr. C. J. Lucas, Warnham Court, 

 Horsham. Not only are all the segments 

 particularly broad and well formed, but the 

 deep rose ground colour and the decisive 

 claret-purple blotching render it exceedingly 

 attractive. This flower has been produced on 

 a very small seedling plant, so doubtless finer 

 results will ultimately be achieved. 



WALTON GRANGE SALE. 



VALTABLE Orchids from the well- 

 known Walton Grange collection 

 formed by Mr. Wni. Thompson were 

 sold b)- auction by Messrs. Protheroe and 

 Morris, at .Stone, Staffs., on May 3rd, igi6. 

 About i,^8oo was realised. The following arc 

 the highest prices: — 



("ypripediuni Carola, two flowered growths 

 and one strong new growth, 4?, gns. ; Cyp. 

 Waltonense var. rubrum, one flowered growth 

 and one strong new growth, 5^ gns. ; C. 

 Desdemona, one strong unflowered growth, 

 figured in the ORCHID WORLD, Vol. IV., 

 p. 126, so gns.; another plant of the same, 

 one strong unflowered growth, 40 gns. ; C. 

 King Albert, one old and one strong new 

 growth, 7 gns. ; C. Queen Alexandra Walton 

 Grange var., one flowered growth and one 

 strong new growth, 8 gns. ; C. mirum, one 

 flowered growth and one strong new growth, 

 30 gns., figured in the ORCHID WORLD, 

 Vol. IV., p. 230 ; C. Actasus Bianca, from the 

 Westonbirt collection, one flowered growth 

 and one unflowered growth, 14 gns. ; C. 

 Waltonense magnificum, one flowered growth 

 and one new growth, 30 gns. ; C. Thunderer, 

 one flowered growth and one strong new 

 growth, 7 gns. 



Odontoglossum percultum, four fine bulbs, 

 5 gns. ; O. Mrs. A. E. Thompson, three 

 strong bulbs, 4! gns. ; O. John Robson, four 

 large bulbs, g gns. ; O. Red Monarch, five 

 bulbs, three with leaves, 7 gns. ; O. Papilium, 

 three strong bulbs with leaves, figured in the 

 Orchid World, Vol. IV., p. 232, 26 gns. ; 

 O. mirum Walton Grange var., three bulbs 

 and a strong growth, 28 gns. ;0. Dorothy 

 Arkle, three bulbs, 20 gns. ; O. eximium 

 Walton Grange var., 15 gns.; O. crispum 

 Gladys, six bulbs, two leads, a fine Pacho 

 crispum, 5 gns. ; O. William Thompson, four 

 bulbs and a strong growth, one of the finest 

 hybrids in the collection, 30 gns. ; O. crispum 

 Palatine, two bulbs and a growth, 25 gns. ; 

 O. Walton Premier, five bulbs, 55 gns. ; O. 

 Edward Thompson, four bulbs, 13 gns. ; O. 

 Ilene, four bulbs, s gns. ; and O. eximium, 

 six bulbs, 5 gns. 



