December, 1913-] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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Brocl-diurst, East Grinstead. The former 

 parent will give the desired shape, while the 

 latter will add the rich colour. 



Brasso-Cattleya Matthewsii. — This is 

 the result of crossing C. Hardyana with B.-C. 

 Marias (Digbyana x Warneri), the first plant 

 to bloom clearly showing the Digbyana 

 influence. Raised in the collection of Mr. 

 Fred. J. Hanbury, East Grinstead. 



Cattleya Esther. — Mr. H. G. Alexander 

 has raised this hybrid in the Westonbirt 

 collection, the parentage being C. Gaskel- 

 liana x C. Cleopatra (superba x aurea) ; the 

 distinctly coloured lip of the superba is well 

 inherited. 



Cypripedium Olympus. — A very fine 

 result has been achieved by crossing 

 Alcibiades with Leeanum Clinkaberryanum, 

 the flower having a fiat dorsal sepal 3^ inches 

 in width, the upper half white, the lower 

 flushed with green. Raised by Mr. H. G. 

 Alexander in the Westonbirt collection. 



Brassocattl.-elia Puritan. — By crossing 

 Laelio-Cattleya Ascania (C. TrianK x L. 

 xanthina) with Brassavola Digbyana Messrs. 

 Flory and Black have produced a pretty 

 hybrid with a fringed lip. The flower is pure 

 white with the exception of a rose tint on the 

 column. 



Cattleya Ajax. — Several excellent 

 varieties of this hybrid between Armstrongias 

 (Loddigesii x Hardyana) and aurea have been 

 flowered by the raisers, Messrs. Armstrong 

 and Brown, Tunbridge Wells. The Loddi- 

 gesii species gives considerable texture to all 

 the segments of the flower. 



L.^:lio - Cattleya Favonius. — The 

 parents of this hybrid are L.-C. G. Woodhams 

 (L. purpurata x C. Hardyana) and C. Fabia. 

 Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, who raised 

 the cross, find considerable variation, but 

 many are of splendid coloration. 



Odontoglossum Elissa. — Another 

 addition to the Edwardii hybrids has been 

 raised by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, this 

 one being by the use of illustrissimum. The 

 long spikes carry numerous purple blooms, 

 the bright yellow crest showing to advantage. 



Odontoglossum Menier. — This new 

 hybrid between gandavense and amabile was 



shown at the meeting of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society by Mr. Ernest G. Mocatta, 

 Woburn Place, Addleston. The plant carried 

 a spike of 1 5 purple-brown flowers. 



Cattleya Mrs. Percy Bigland. — By 

 crossing C. Harrisoniana with C. chocoensis 

 alba Mr. F. J. Hanbury has raised this 

 hybrid in his collection at Brockhurst, East 

 Grinstead. The flower is a light rose tint, the 

 wide lip having yellow colouring, the column 

 rose flushed. 



Brasso-Cattleya Vanessa. — By crossing 

 C. Trianas with B.-C. Mari^ (B. Digbyana x 

 C. Warneri) a very pleasing hybrid has been 

 raised in Mr. W. H. St. Quintin's coflection, 

 Scampston Hall, Rillington, York. B.-C. 

 Maris is one of the best coloured of its 

 section, and this rose-purple has been largely 

 inherited in the new seedling. As with all 

 hybrids of B. Digbyana the labellum is more 

 or less fringed, and widely open. 



Brassocattl.ELIA Paphia. — An inter- 

 esting addition to this section has been raised 

 by Mr. F. C. Puddle in the Scampston Hall 

 collection. The parents are L.-C. Gottoiana 

 (L. tenebrosa x C. Warneri) and B.-C. Warneri 

 (B. Digbyana x C. Warneri), so there is a 

 large chance of the rose-purple Cattleya 

 species appearing in the progeny. The Lslia 

 species frequently imparts a bronze tint to 

 hybrids of which it is a parent, although 

 in this case its power will not be so 

 strong. 



L.^:liO-CattleyA Xantho. — The hybrid 

 described under this name on page 36 as a 

 new one is in reality a variety of L.-C. Neleus 

 (L.-C. Ophir X C. Iris), first flowered by 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. in the early 

 part of 191 1. 



L^lio-Cattleya SANDHURSTIANA. — The 

 parentage of this hybrid, mentioned on 

 page 37, is C. Hardyana x L.-C. Ophir. 



Watford Show. — At the Fourth Annual 

 Show, held at the Clarendon Hall, Oct. 2gth, 

 Mr. Alwyn Harrison secured the first prize 

 for six Orchids, and Mr. C. H. Waterlow 

 secured the second. 



