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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[November, 1913. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. — During 

 the past year the extensive stock of Orchids 

 belonging to Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., 

 has been removed from Bush Hill Park to 

 their hew branch establishment at Jarvis- 

 brook, Crowborough, Sussex. The new 

 nursery is situate some eight minutes' walk 

 from Crowborough station ; further par- 

 ticulars will be found in our advertisement 

 columns. 



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Autumn Orchid Show. — The Council 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society have 

 decided to postpone the intended Orchid 

 Show until another year, probably 1914- 

 We have received numerous enquiries as to 

 the date on which it was expected to be 

 held this year, and one and all will be greatly 

 disappointed on hearing that it will not take 

 place. Considering the great success of last 

 year's exhibition, and the large number of 

 visitors which it attracted from the northern 

 counties and abroad, it is sincerely to be 

 hoped that the Council will not fail on another 

 occasion to allow Orchidists the same 

 privilege as is allowed fruit growers and 

 other sections of horticulturists. These 

 enthusiasts all have their annual exhibition, 

 and it seems only fair that Orchidists who 

 support the Society throughout the year by 

 staging groups should also be considered. A 

 suggestion has been put forth that the 

 ordinary fortnightly meetings are too valuable 

 to be given up to one section of the Fellows, 

 but we are quite sure that if Orchidists are 

 given the chance of making an exhibition 

 on a date specially set apart for them they 

 will not fail to take every opportunity of 

 ensuring success to the enterprise. 



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Rejected Cypripediums. — The Man- 

 chester Orchid Society has an arrangement 

 which in many ways may be considered 

 excellent, inasmuch as it tends to encourage 

 exhibitors to include meritorious plants in 

 their groups. Plants which have been 

 certificated during previous years may be 

 shown again and receive Confirmed Awards, 

 to which half the usual number of points are 



allowed towards the various competitions. 

 Time, however, has proved that many 

 Cypripediums are now unworthy of this 

 honour, so the Society has wisely published 

 a list of about 170 kinds, which have been 

 rejected for future Confirmed Awards. 



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BULBOPHYLLUM LOBBII. — A grand speci- 

 men plant of this species, bearing between 

 40 and 50 flowers, is the subject of a photo- 

 graph received from Mr. D. Schaap, Jnr., 

 of Kandangan, Madioen, Java. This species 

 was discovered by Thomas Lobb, when 

 collecting in Java, and first flowered in 

 England in the year 1846. It was described 

 by Dr. Lindley in the Botanical Register of 

 1847, with the remark: "We have named 

 this fine plant after Mr. Lobb, whose zeal 

 and ability, as a botanical collector, are 

 beyond all praise, and whose dried specimens 

 are unrivalled for beauty and admirable 

 selection." The movable lip is so perfectly 

 balanced that the least wind causes it to 

 swing backwards and forwards. Any insect 

 alighting on this organ causes it to hang in 

 a downward position, but as soon as the 

 insect crawls towards the upper portion the 

 balance is upset, with the result that the 

 insect is thrown violently into the part of the 

 flower where the stigma and pollen are 

 situated. Such a contrivance as this can only 

 be designed by nature to assist fertilisation. 

 The flower spikes carry single blooms, about 

 four inches in diameter, of a yellow colour, the 

 sepals and petals marked with lines of small 

 purplish red spots. The back portion of the 

 segments is heavily spotted with the same 

 colour. A variety known as siamense was 

 considered by Reichenbach to be a separate 

 species, but the only difference appears to 

 be in the leaves, which are considerably 

 longer. A variety known as Henshallii has 

 much smaller flowers, and of paler colour. 

 It was imported by Messrs. Rollisson, of 

 Tooting, from Java, through their collector, 

 John Henshall, and first flowered in the spring 

 of 1849. A third variety, with much larger 

 flowers, is known under the name Colossus, 

 and flowered in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Dublin, during the year 1895. 



