NOTES. 



Orchids for Amateurs. — Considering 

 the interest that has recently been taken in 

 extending the popularity and cultivation of 

 Orchids, it is worthy of note that Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge Wells, 

 while always aiming at the production of the 

 highest class of Orchid, have flowering yearly 

 hundreds of hybrids that are inexpensive and 

 suitable for the young amateur and those just 

 commencing this fascinating hobby, and that 

 they are making a special line in catering for 

 such. 



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Effect of Light on Seedling Orchids. 

 — At the Scientific Meeting of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, January 5th, Mr. J. 

 Gurney Fowler exhibited a number of hybrid 

 Cattleyas to draw attention to the short, stout 

 and sturdy new pseudo-bulbs formed since 

 the plants have been removed to Pembury, 

 Kent, and away from the somewhat unsatis- 

 factory atmosphere of their old abode at 

 South Woodford. Sir Everard im Thurn 

 remarked that they reminded him of similar 

 examples he had seen in Cattleya superba 

 growing wild on the outer branches of trees 

 subjected to much light. Mr. Fowler also 

 exhibited a hybrid between L.-C. Geo. 

 Woodhams and C. Bowringiana, m which the 

 flower-bud situated at the apex of the bulb 

 had transformed itself into a young growth 

 bearing several leaves ; and a strong plant of 

 Cattleya Lugeae, which had made two 

 successive bulbs during last season, both of 

 which flowered simultaneously, although the 

 buds on the last made bulb opened three days 

 earlier. 



Jules Hye de Crom. — We much regret 

 to announce the unexpected death of this 

 well-known Belgian amateur Orchidist, which 

 took place on Wednesday, January 6th. 

 Mons. Jules Hye de Crom resided in Ghent, 

 where he carried on a very large business as 

 a wine merchant, and held immense stocks. 

 On the occupation of Ghent by the Germans 

 he took refuge in Holland with a friend, 

 leaving his valuable business and an extensive 

 Orchid collection to the mercy of the enemv. 

 His gardener, Coen, after considerable 

 difficulty, secured a few of the choicest 

 Orchids, among them being Cattleya Warsce- 

 wiczii alba, and brought them to England, 

 where they have since been cared for by 

 Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., at Jarvisbrook. 

 Mons. Jules Hye was an enthusiastic 

 Orchidist, and gave considerable assistance 

 and encouragement to other Belgian 

 amateurs. His early interest was in Cypri- 

 pediums, and m 1894 he brought out Cyp. 

 aureum (nitens x Spicerianum), a hybrid which 

 at once attracted no small amount of interest. 

 Nearly every distinct variety from this 

 original cross received a different namiC, no 

 less than forty being recorded within a period 

 of ten years. His collection of Odonto- 

 glossums and Odontiodas was both varied 

 and valuable. Of late years Miltonia 

 vexillaria and its hybrids received his close 

 attention, and many beautiful varieties have 

 been exhibited by him at the principal 

 horticultural meetings. A speciality of his 

 collection was a large batch of the elegant 

 white Cattleya Suzanne Hye de Crom, raised 

 by him between Gaskelliana alba and Mossiae 

 alba, and first flowered in IQ06. As an 



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