.\<)\c'iiil)('r, 1914.] 



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produced. L.-C. Gold Star (Ariel x Mendelii) 

 is a good example of the succeeding genera- 

 tion. A favourable combination of flava and 

 ( uw anii is seen in L.-C. Euripides, the result 

 ul crossing Myra (fla\a x Trianic) and Gold 

 Crest (Cowanii x Sehruderas). 



ORCHIDS AT TUNBRIDGE 

 WELLS. 



AT this season of the year a large 

 number of Cattleyas are to be seen 

 in their best attire. The past summer 

 has been very favourable for the production 

 of \igorous and well-matured bulbs, which 

 alone can yield the s]3lendid results so 

 eagerly sought after by amateurs and trade 

 growers alike. The Cattleyas cultivated by 

 Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Sandhurst 

 Park, Tunbridge Wells, have this season 

 surpassed anything previously seen in their 

 establishment ; this encouraging result being 

 undoubtedly due to the excellent situation 

 and highly beneficial climate, and also to 

 the correct cultural treatment at all times 

 afforded the plants. 



Yellow-flowering Cattleyas are much in 

 evidence, and include several attractive 

 \ arieties of C. Orion (Hardyana x aurea), the 

 labellum often being bordered with rich 

 crimson ; C. Iris, which ranges from bronze- 

 yellow to mahogany colour ; C. conspicua 

 (bicolor X Gaskelliana), of varying buff tints 

 shaded with light rose ; C. Acis (Maronii x 

 aurea), a very bright and attractive flower of 

 golden-yellow colour ; and Maroniris, a new 

 h)'brid between Maronii and Iris, which 

 promises to yield many pleasing varieties of 

 bronze and yellow-tinted flowers that will no 

 doubt prove of further value for hybridisa- 

 tion, having regard to the fact that the 

 parents are made up of aurea, bicolor and 

 velutina. One other novelty worthy of notice 

 is C. Pandemus, the result of crossing aurea 

 and Mrs. Mahler (bicolor x Leopoldii), the 

 influence of Leopoldii yielding many-flowered 

 spikes, otherwise the blooms resemble a small 

 form of C. Iris. 



The greenish-yellow L;elia xaiilliina has 

 been rcspcmsible for more than one good 

 result, though probably L.-C. Ophir (xanthiiia 

 X aurea) is the best known and has been most 

 utilised. In L.-C. Thyone (Ophir x aurea) a 

 large flower with upstanding petals of rich 

 yellow colour can be seen alongside L.-C 

 Sandhurstiana (Ophir x Hardyana), which is 

 somewhat larger, and shows signs of C. 

 Warscewiczii contained in the Hardyana 

 parent ; both plants are worthy additions to 

 any collection. L.-C. Rainbow has for its 

 parents Iris and Phr)ne (xanthina x 

 Warscewiczii), several of the seedlings have 

 already produced attractive flowers of buff- 

 yellow colour, the labellum more or less 

 marked with crimson. Although there is 

 hardly a collection which does not already 

 contain one or more plants of Brasso-Cattleya 

 Mrs. J. Leemann, a steady demand still exists 

 for good varieties and unflowered plants. 



Laelio-Cattleya George Woodhams (L. 

 purpurata x C. Hardyana) is represented by 

 many large specimen plants, all of choice 

 variety. The flowers of this hybrid are 

 among the darkest and richest of all the 

 Laelio-Cattleyas, and on that account it is not 

 surprising to find that Messrs. Armstrong and 

 Brown have largely utilised them for the 

 production of further good results. Success 

 has been achieved in L.-C. Maqueda (G. 

 Woodhams x C. Lord Rothschild), which 

 carries a spike of four large flowers of Mvid 

 purple ; L.-C. Probus (C. Octave Doin x G. 

 Woodhams) ; L.-C. Pronax (L.-C. elegans x 

 G. Woodhams) ; L.-C. Armstrongia? (G. 

 Woodhams x C. Iris) ; and Priola (G. Wood- 

 hams X C. Mrs. Pitt). Another new hybrid 

 just coming into flower is L.-C. Brutus (L.-C. 

 bletchleyensis x C. Warscewiczii). 



Of the older and better known h\brids 

 there are to be seen many plants of Cattle\ a 

 Evadne (Percivaliana x Schilleriana); C. Ajax 

 (L.-C. Armstrongias x aurea) ; L.-C. Sunset, a 

 beautiful hybrid between L. Jongheana and 

 C. Percivaliana ; L.-C. Acis (Maronii x 

 aurea) ; C. Oberon (Fabia x Hardyana), of 

 bright, rich purple ; and Cattle)'a Hardyana, 

 Rosslyn variety. 



Albinos are represented by La?ha purpurata 



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