THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[August, 1916. 



Cypripedium Lucifer {Niobe X Hera). 



Presented by Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., to the R.H.S. 

 Red Cross Sale, where it realised 26 gns. 



R.H.S. RED CROSS SALE. 



AMONG the many Orchids sent to the 

 Red Cross Sale organised by the 

 ^ Royal Horticultural Society those 

 kindly presented by Lieut. -Col. Sir George 

 Holford, K.C.V.O., were of outstanding 

 merit, the 18 plants realising the handsome 

 sum of £284 13s. The following items are of 

 interest: — Laelio-Cattleya Golden Beauty, 30 

 gns. ; L.-C. Golden Glory, 10 gns. ; Cattleya 

 Trianae ]Mooreana, 1 5 gns. ; C. Warscewiczii 

 Low's var., 32 gns. ; C. Trianae Imperator, 

 10 gns. ; Brasso-Cattleya The King, 50 

 gns. ; Cymbidium Parishii Sanderae, 7 gns. ; 



C. Lowianum Pitt's var., 10 gns.; Odonto- 

 glossum Pescatorei Lady Holford, 12 gns. ; 

 O. crispum Magnum Bonum, 15 gns.; 

 Miltonia vexillaria Snowflake, 25 gns. ; and 

 Cypripedium Lucifer, 26 gns. 



The choice Orchids contributed by Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons were as follows : — Cattleya 

 Fabia alba, 10 gns.; C. Snow Queen, gns.; 

 C. Magali Sander, 8| gns. ; C. Fabia 

 ignescens, 7 gns ; C. Cooksonias alba, 6h gns.; 

 and C. Suzanne Hye de Crom, 6 gns. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. sent several 

 fine varieties, of which the best were Brasso- 

 Cattleya Cliftonii, yh gns. ; Miltonia Charles- 

 worthii, 7^ gns. ; Odontoglossum crispum 



