THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, 19 1 5. 



PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION, 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, U.S.A. 



THE present article regarding the 

 Philippine Government Orchid Exhibit 

 in this Exposition, which has just been 

 installed, is written in the interest of those 

 who are unable to visit this great World Fair. 



A very suitable conservatory has been 

 constructed to grow the Orchids, and to show 

 them off to their best advantage. There are 

 about 700 plants of various Phalasnopses, 

 including Schilleriana, amabilis, rosea (eques- 

 tris), Luddemanniana, Aphrodite, and several 

 fine natural hybrids of amabilis and Schil- 

 leriana. Most of these plants are growing in 

 baskets made of the red wood, Sequoia 

 sempervirens, which lasts in sound condition 

 for about three years. 



There are over 100 plants of Dendrobium 

 superbum, growing in 6-inch baskets ; these 

 hnve made fine growths and belong to the 

 large flowering type. D. crumenatum is 

 doing well ; it is often spoken of as the Pigeon 

 Orchid There are many plants of D. Dearei 

 that have been flowering for the last 3-4 

 months, the blooms lasting a considerable 

 time in perfection. 



Other Dendrobiums include cariniferum, 

 with its red-crested lip ; Wardianum, creta- 

 ceum, with chalk- white flowers ; Cambridge- 

 anum, chrysanthum, with rich yellow blooms ; 

 Parishii, Dalhousieanum, crassinode, crepi- 

 datum, bigibbum and infundibulum. 



Cypripediums are represented by some fine 

 plants of Argus and Philippinense. There is 

 also a large plant of Grammatophyllum 

 Fenzlianum, in a three-foot basket hanging 

 in the centre of the house. A fine specimen 

 Cymbidium Finlaysonianum is growing in a 

 14-inch pot ; it is a fine variety and flowers 

 here for the first time. 



In addition to the above-mentioned species 

 there are excellent specimens of the following: 

 Cymbidium tignnum, Grammatophyllum 

 multiflorum, Rh}-ncostylis retusa, brides 

 quinquevulnerum, Spathoglottis plicata, 

 Saccolabium miniatum, Vanda Sanderiana, 

 V. lamellata Boxallii and V. Luzonica. 



These Orchids arrived from the Philippine 



Islands about a year ago, and at the time I 

 did not think they would be in flower on the 

 opening day of the Exposition, but they have 

 done remarkably well. I may state that it 

 has been my object to demonstrate how to 

 grow these Orchids, and this, I believe, has 

 pleased the visitors most. In the centre of 

 the house is a staging 12 feet by 60 feet, 

 which IS a mass of flowering Orchids. A 

 garden seat has been built of Palm stems that 

 have been brought over from the Islands, 

 many flowering Orchids being attached to 

 various portions. The Filipinos have also 

 brought over a very fine band, the music 

 being a daily event. — W. E. Eglington, San 

 Francisco, Cal., U.S.A. 



[Mr. Eglington kindly sends a large photo- 

 graph showing many of the above plants m 

 flower, while m front of the group is a 

 portrait of himself and his assistant, Mariano 

 Reymundo, a ver)' intelligent Filipino.] 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



March 30th, 191 5. 

 Members of the Committee present : J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

 Messrs. [. O'Brien (hon. sec), R. Brooman- 

 White, W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, C. J. 

 Lucas, S. W. Flory, W. H. White, A. Dye, 

 J. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, J. 

 Charlesworth, W. Cobb, T. Armstrong, F. J. 

 Hanbury, F. M. Ogilvie, Pantia Ralli, R. G. 

 Thwaites, F. Sander, R. A. Rolfe and J. 

 Wilson Potter. 



First-class Certificates. 



Ljrlio-Cattleya J. F. Birbeck, Fowler's 

 \ ariety (C. Mendelii x L.-C. Hy. Greenwood), 

 from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Pembury. — A 

 very large and elegant hybrid with light rose 

 sepals and petals, the immense labellum 

 rose-purple, the margin crimped. The spike 

 carried three flowers. 



Odontoglossum Mars, from J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq. — A remarkably fine hybrid, with 

 a branched spike of 22 broad-petalled flowers 

 of reddish-claret colour, each segment being 

 bordered with a narrow white line. 



