Septemijer, njib.j 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



pots and on to the stages ; the httle 

 Cypripediuins appeared as freely as cress. 



After some five years I rehnquished this 

 post and accepted an engagement with Mr. 

 J. P. Bryce, of Exmouth, Devonshire. Here, 

 again, I had five years' pleasant service in a 

 delightful place, where the extensive grounds 

 were well laid out and thoroughly kept. On 

 the family going abroad everything movable 

 was sold by auction, and I had the unpleasant 

 duty of discharging some thirty men. 



In July, 1899, I came to Thorncote, the seat 

 of Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., and for twelve 

 years remained in his service. Just three 

 years ago this estate was purchased by H.H. 

 Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar (Prince 

 Ranjitsinhji), who has had the mansion 

 transformed into a hospital for wounded 

 officers. During the past eight months many 

 improvements have been made in the grounds, 

 the whole presenting a scene of considerable 

 attractiveness, which is much appreciated by 

 the officers as soon as they are able to leave 

 the house. The Orchid houses have been gay 

 with flowers, and lately I have had a number of 

 Cattleya Warscewiczii with five blooms on a 

 spike, which is by no means unusual. This 

 spring one spike of Cattleya Mendelii carried 

 six flowers, which must be a record number. 

 — W m. Swan, J amnagar House Gardens, 

 Staines. 



Cattleya Skinneri. 



ODONTIODA MARS. 



nobile Harry anum 



Rolfeae triumphans 



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Lawrenceanutn Oda. Charlesworthii 



Oda. Mars. 



To me this plant has a sad association, as 

 it is the first new hybrid to bloom from the 

 Brackenhurst collection, now sadly no longer 

 existent. I name it Mars as being suitable to 

 the present time, also because Mr. Fowler 

 chose that cognomen for one of his finest 

 varieties of eximium, which now bears that 

 title, but must be relegated to eximium Mars. 

 Being much interested m any hybrids of 

 triumphans descent, 1 acquired this plant as 

 a foundation whereon to make a very large 

 highly-coloured Odontioda. 



It is one of the large section of Odontiodas, 

 the blooms being 3 inches across ; the dorsal 

 sepal I inch wide. The sepals are almost solid 

 reddish-brown on a greenish-yellow base ; the 

 backs of the sepals and petals are solid, of 

 this hue ; the petals, slightly marbled at the 

 base, having the same overlay colour. 



The lip is i| X J inch, pandurate, lighter 

 yellow ground, almost covered by reddish- 

 brown, than the sepals and petals, having a 

 V-shaped margin at the apex, outside of 

 which are two lines of red-brown which are 

 again margined by the light yellow ground. 



The flower is a massive one and embodies 

 the character of the Lawrenceanum for 

 strength and substance, as does the plant 

 itself. — de B . Crawshay, Roseficld, Sevenoaks. 



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Cypripedium BARBATUM. — At the Man- 

 chester Show of Orchids, June, 1881, Mr. R. 

 Dodgson, of Blackburn, exhibited Cypri- 

 pedium barbatum with over a hundred blooms, 

 and this specimen had not been made up for 

 the occasion, but had been grown on from a 

 single growth. 



