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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[February, 1014- 



between Ainsworthii and nobile, the name 

 Euryalus being applied In 1894 Baron 

 Schroder exhibited dellense, while the fol- 

 lowing year Mr. Cypher flowered Apollo, both 

 plants being the result of crossing nobile and 

 splendidissimum (= Ainsworthii). 



Our illustration shows a speruiien plnnt of 



D. Rubens, commonly known in gardens as 

 D. Apollo, flowermg in the collection of 

 Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt, Glos. The total number of 

 blooms is 210. They are of a creamy-white 

 colour, the centre blotch on the labellum 

 being dnrk crimson-] uirple. 



Orchid Propagation Odontoglossums in the Linden House collection. 



ORCHID PROPAGATION. 



THE propagation of Orchids is always 

 an interesting subject, and often a 

 matter of necessity. The above 

 illustration shows four plants of Odonto- 

 glossum Jasper m the Linden House 

 collection, Stanwix, Carlisle. The owner, Sir 

 Benjamin Scott, has obtained great success 

 with the cultivation of Orchids, and he very 

 kindly sends the following interesting remarks 

 on the propagation of Odontoglossums from 

 back bulbs : — 



I imagine that the great bulk of back bulbs 

 are thrown away by gardeners, who look upon 

 them as exhausted and useless, but this is far 

 from being the case. My gardener, Mr. 

 George Accleton, has for some years back 

 made careful experiments, and he finds that 

 they all have life in them, and if they are 

 detached from the parent plant, potted in a 

 small pot and hung up to the light, at least 

 90 per cent, will reward all the trouble by 

 growing into vigorous plants. I must say 

 that personally I have been surprised to find 



