THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, 1914 



ORCHIDS AT JARVIS BROOK, SUSSEX. 



CROWBOROUGH BEACON, 792 feet 

 high, IS the loftiest place in the Weald 

 of Sussex, and on its eastern side lies 

 Jarvis Brook, where, within easy walking 

 distance of the railway station, Messrs. Stuart 

 Low and Co. have recently erected an 

 extensive Orchid establishment. Around this 

 place there exists one of the purest 

 atmospheres, and its beneficial effect upon 

 the plants is clearly visible m their robust 

 constitution and the general good health of 

 the foliage. 



Almost needless to remark, the houses are 

 numerous and extremely spacious. One block 

 consists of wide span-roof houses, each 

 devoted to the cultivation of a popular 

 species. As examples, we may instance C. 

 Mendelii, C. Warscewiczii, C. Mossia? and 

 C. Loddigesii, all of which are represented by 

 thousands of strong healthy plants, and not a 



few are remarkable specimens. With such a 

 multitude there are generally a few plants 

 flowering out of their normal season, and very 

 often of much value to the hybridist. At the 

 present time several plants of C. Warscewiczii 

 are in bud, and will be quickly acquired by 

 the hybridists who wish to raise large flowered 

 hybrids of the spring and early summer 

 flowering type. 



Many new, and as yet unnamed, varieties 

 are to be seen, as well as an extensive stock 

 of the best known forms. There are excellent 

 plants of Laslia tenebrosa Walton Grange 

 variety, now such a favourite with hybridist? 

 on account of the beautiful results already 

 achieved. There is also a nice plant of the 

 rare Cattleya aurea alba. Varieties of 

 C. Triana? include The Baron, Perfecta, 

 Mooreana, and Mrs. de B. Crawshay, and 

 there is a healthy plant of the very rare and 



