THE ORCHID WORLD. [October, 1913. 



the present time. It is stained deep rose 

 upon a white ground. All the blotching is 

 rich red-crimson, slightly brownish. The lip 

 is white, with blotches snnilar in colour to 

 those on the other segments. The column 

 head is deep blood-crimson. 



Orchid Sale. — Mons. Ch. Maillard 

 announces in our advertisement columns a 

 public sale of Orchids on October 8th and 

 Qth. The plants have obtained the highest 

 awards when exhibited at Lille, Ghent and 

 Paris. 



THE VANILLA ORCHID, 



VANILLA has long been used as a 

 flavouring agent. Historians have 

 stated that it was used by Mexicans 

 as an ingredient of chocolate even before 

 America was discovered by the Spaniards. 

 Early in the 1 6th century, probably before the 

 introduction of tobacco, it was used in 

 Europe as a perfume. There are about 

 twenty species, widely dispersed throughout 

 the Tropics of the whole world. 



Although this Orchid is of little account 



so far as its flowers are concerned, it has an 

 attractive feature in the fruit, or pods, as 

 they are more frequently called. Anyone 

 having a house where a fairly high 

 temperature and considerable moisture can 

 be maintained will find no difficulty with its 

 cultivation. Moisture in the air appears to be 

 more necessary than in the soil, although one 

 does not suggest that the latter should be 

 allowed to become dry. 



Established plants carrying several pods 

 can often be procured from various trade 



