April, 1915-] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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In another large and well constructed 

 house is the Gatton Park variety of 

 Miltonia Regnellii, which received an Award 

 of Merit m 1905, while the varieties of M. 

 vexillaria niclude Duchess of Portland, 

 Lambeauiana and others. Hybrids are to be 

 seen in choice forms of Bleuana and St. 

 Andre. There is good reason to believe that 

 many certificated plants of the future will be 

 Miltonia hybrids, and on this account experi- 

 ments are being tried to ascertain with what 

 other genera and species new combinations 

 can be effected. 



It is very pleasing to note the interest taken 

 in Laelia pumila and its 

 allied species, although 

 on further thoughts this 

 is not surprising for, on 

 comparison with the 

 plant, the flowers are 

 extremely large. L. 

 pumila Colmanii, L. p. 

 Gatton Park variety, 

 with its slate-blue lip, 

 and L. prsestans gloriosa 

 have all received awards. 

 There is also a pretty 

 hybrid between L. Jong- 

 heana and L. flava 

 which bears the name 

 Mary Colman. As a 

 parent L. pumila has 

 proved useful in the making of L.-C. Epicasta, 

 of which the Gatton Park variety has received 

 a First-class Certificate, while another variety 

 known as The Premier has received an 

 Award of Merit. Amongst other hybrids 

 that have received awards are L.-C. Phryne 

 and L.-C. Fred. Boyle. A splendid batch of 

 L.-C. Canhamiana alba proves of immense 

 value in making up the large groups 

 regularly exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Summer Show. Of course, there is 

 a very varied collection of all the best 

 Lailio-Cattleyas. 



The collection of Cattleyas includes C. 

 Mendelii "Duke of Marlborough," F.C.C., 

 R.H.S., and C. M. " Quorndon House var.," 

 which received a similar award in 1892. 

 There are good plants of the beautiful 



Odontioda Qattonensis 

 (C. Noezliana ^ O. Kegeljant) 



Cattleya labiata alba " Mrs. L. Ashworth," 

 C. 1. leucocheila, and C. 1. Peeters variety. 

 C. .Schroderas " Queen Empress " was 

 awarded the Davidson Cup for the finest 

 Cattleya in the Chelsea Show, 1914. A 

 spacious house is entirely devoted to special 

 forms of the leading Cattleyas, but another 

 occasion is necessary to fully describe their 

 meritorious points. 



Calanthes are excellent for winter flowers, 

 the collection including Wm. Murray, bella 

 and its pure white variety Harrisii, densiflora, 

 A.M., R.H.S., revertens, of unrecorded 

 parentage, and others. Catasetum Cliftonii 

 received an Award of 

 Merit in 191 1, and there 

 IS a good assortment of 

 other species. Lycastes 

 are numerous, and in- 

 clude Skinneri alba, S. 

 hellemense, Lucianii and 

 Ballis. 



During the early 

 months of the year a 

 })retty display is made 

 with Phaio-Calanthe Col- 

 manii (P. Norman x C. 

 Regnieri), the flowers 

 varying from pure white 

 to rose. The sunny 

 atmosphere of Gatton 

 permits La^lia anceps to 

 be cultivated with considerable success. White 

 varieties are mainly grown, the one known as 

 Schroderiana being by far the best, while 

 waddoniensis is also worthy of note. 



There is a healthy specimen of the 

 remarkable Arachnanthe Lowii, known in 

 gardens as Vanda Lowii, which delights to 

 assume an arching habit ; whenever the stem 

 IS tied up in an erect position the plant ceases 

 to make progress. Another representative of 

 this peculiar genus is to be seen in A. 

 Cathcartii, which is a notoriously shy bloomer, 

 yet it once produced an excellent inflorescence 

 in this collection. Eria vestita, with its large, 

 hairy leaves, is quite a curiosity. 



This collection is particularly rich in the 

 class of Orchid often spoken of as " botanical," 

 and of which many Erias, MaxiUarias, 



