THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[June, i9i4. 



utility. Several distinct varieties have been 

 discovered, perhaps the one known as pallida 

 being the best. This may briefly be described 

 as a semi-albino form, for the greater part of 

 the rose-purple colour has been eliminated, 

 the spots, however, still remaining, although 

 of a yellowish tint. 



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Orchids Flowered at Kew in 191 3. — 

 The collection of Orchids cultivated under 

 glass is well known for its richness in types 

 and for the large number of rare and little- 

 known species it contains. The year 191 3 

 has been remarkable on account of the large 

 number of species belonging to 137 distinct 

 genera which have flowered in the collection. 

 A careful record has been kept of each plant 

 which has flowered during the year, and 

 from this we find that the only plant of 

 Cirrhopetalum Mastersianum has flowered on 

 six occasions ; Dendrocolla Pricei, a new 

 species, and Kefersteinia graminea on three, 

 and quite a number of other plants have 

 flowered twice during the year. A few fine 

 specimen plants have also flowered profusely, 

 the best of these being: — Eria hyacinthoides 

 with 34 racemes, Eulophiella Elisabeths with 

 II racemes, Vanda suavis with 14 racemes, 

 Pleurothallis Roezlii with 31 racemes, Coelia 

 macrostachya with 6 racemes, Calanthe 

 Dommyi with 1 5 racemes, and Miltonia 

 Candida with 32 racemes bearing 274 flowers. 

 Lycaste Deppei bore 54 flowers, Lycaste 

 gigantea 16 flowers, Cirrhopetalum robustum 

 7 umbels of flowers, and Cattleya Portia had 

 an inflorescence of 13 flowers. — Kciv Bulletin. 



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Colour Printing. — At the recent 

 Printers' Exhibition Mr. A. Chris. Fowler 

 exhibited several excellent coloured plates of 

 choice Orchids. The high-class nature of 

 the work and the skilful exactness of the 

 coloration excels anything previously seen. 

 We understand that they are but the 

 commencement of a series for inclusion in 

 a forthcoming new work on Orchids of 

 considerable importance. 



A Link with the Past. — Among the 

 visitors to the Chelsea Show was Mr. T. 

 Pyper, a veteran Orchid grower now in his 

 98th year. Born February 17th, 1817, he, at 

 an early age, took an interest in horticulture, 

 and about the time of Queen Victoria's 

 coronation was employed as Orchid grower 

 to Mrs. Wray of Cheltenham. About the 

 year 1840 Mr. Pyper was engaged by the 

 celebrated Joseph Paxton as assistant at 

 Chatsworth, and he well remembers his kind 

 and genial personality. The great Dr. 

 Lindley more than once praised his capabili- 

 ties and recommended him to Lord Digby, 

 m whose employ he remained for over twenty 

 years. Mr. Pyper has not forgotten the great 

 difficulties experienced in attempting the 

 cultivation of Orchids in the early days, when 

 every plant was subjected to excessive heat 

 and placed m a compost mainly consisting of 

 rotten wood. This veteran spent several 

 hours walking round the exhibits and talked 

 freely of his past experiences. He is a 

 non-smoker, and although his memory of the 

 past is excellent he soon forgets events of the 

 present. " But," said he, " there is one event 

 I shall never forget if I live to be a hundred, 

 and that was the wonderful group of Orchids 

 exhibited by Sir George Holford at the 

 International Show of 191 2. It was better 

 than all the politics." 



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Altona Exhibition.— In celebration of 

 the 250th anniversary of Altona an exhibition 

 was held in the Town Park, May I5th-2ist. 

 The finest group of Orchids was shown by 

 Henri Freiherr von Ohlendorff (gr. Mr. 

 Anderson), and received the First Prize in 

 the amateurs' section. Although the exhi- 

 bition was not of an international character, 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. were specially 

 invited, and their extensive exhibit was 

 awarded the First Prize in the trade division. 

 There were several other amateur and 

 trade exhibits, the exhibition being a great 

 success. 



