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Odontioda Bradshawice " Gallon Park oar." 



Temple Show and obtained an Award of 

 Merit. Oncidiuni diclironiuni, with bronze-red 

 sepals and petals and orange-yellow lip, may 

 also be mentioned. Cuelia niacrostachya, with 

 large globular bulbs, flowers freely every 

 year, and Acineta Huniljoldtii Colmanii, an 

 excellent variety of this Colombian plant, 

 received a Botanical Certificate, April 30th, 

 190;. 



During the past thirty years a careful 

 selection has been made of the best varieties 

 of Odontoglossum crispum, the large span- 

 roofed house devoted to their culture 

 presenting a beautiful sight during the spring 

 months. Blotched varieties are to be seen in 

 the renowned Pittianum, Franz Masereel, 

 Kenneth, Luciani, Hyeanum and solum, etc. 

 O. crispum Rosy Queen was exhibited at the 

 last Ghent Quinquennial Exhibition, when it 

 received a Silver-gilt Medal. There is a good 

 jilant of Pescatorei Lindeniae, also of 

 Wilckeanum Pitt's variety and crispum 

 Oakfield Sunrise. An interesting plant, and 

 one far too seldom seen, is O. Lindenii, which 

 in habit of growth resembles O. Edwardii, but 

 the flowers are of a bright yellow colour. A 

 relic of the past is Od. bickleyense, now 



regarded as a form ol Wilckeanum ; it tame 

 from the I'olK ll (oUeclion, but has refused to 

 make mucli licadway until this season when 

 it produced a spike of two flowers. 



Amongst the [)0]nilar hybrid Odoiito- 

 glossuins is Queen of Gatton (tnumphans / 

 percultum), of Ijright yellow with red-brown 

 markings, which received a First-class 

 Certificate May 2o\.\\, 1913, and the well- 

 known Gatton Park strain of Thompson- 

 laiium, distinguished by the unusual breadth 

 of the rose segments, and the graceful arching 

 habit of the spikes. In a collection of this 

 magnitude there is an immense number of 

 various hybrids, many of them sijccimcii 

 plants, while others are as yet unflowered, 

 and hence the cause of much expectation. 



.Some of the finest specimens of Odontiodas 

 ever seen al the Royal Horticultural Society 

 have come from the Gatton Park collection, 

 the strain being noted for the remarkable 

 branched spikes with their numerous flowers 

 oi rich scarlet-red colour. No doubt, this is 

 mainly due to excellent cultixation. .S|)ecial 

 mention is certainly due to Odontioda Vuyl- 

 stekea' " Lady Colman " and O. Bradshawias 

 " Lady Colman," both of which have ijeen 

 honoured by receiving First-class Certificates. 

 Odontioda gattonensis (C. Ntezliana x O. 

 Kegeljani), and many others might be 

 described, did space permit. Another house 

 is mainly devoted to the cultivation of small 

 seedlings ; it is astonishing to note the 

 vigorous bulbs which the young Odontiodas 

 arc making. An airv, span-roofed house is 

 reserved for the actual raising of Odonto- 

 glossums and Odontiodas, the seed being 

 sown on the surface of large pots containing 

 vigorous plants. It is worthy of note, 

 although Sir Jeremiah will not confess there 

 is any importance in it, that these established 

 plants are all Edwardii or hybrids of it. But 

 be this as it may, there is certainly a 

 remarkable vigour and healthy nature to be 

 seen in the tiny seedlings, many of which are 

 pricked out in shallow pans suspended at a 

 safe distance from the roof. Odontoglossum 

 h\-brids containing Edwardii in their 

 parentage have always been noted for their 

 vigorousness, and it would be specially 



