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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[August, 1914. 



Lalia anceps Chamberlainiana. 



public an increasing interest in the fascinating 

 hobby, and for this reason alone, if not for 

 others, very many amateurs have been 

 induced to commence a collection of their 

 own. No one will ever know how many 

 gardens have been rendered attractive by 

 imitating Mr. Chamberlain's hobby, nor how 

 many wearied minds have been refreshed by 

 the sight of the flowers so greatly cherished 

 and cultivated by him. 



Although in past years Mr. Chamberlain 

 often exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, of which he was a Vice-President, he 

 more than once disagreed with the Orchid 

 Committee, and regarded its members as 

 being amongst the worst offenders in the 

 matter of nomenclature. Yet when, on 

 February nth, 1896, he placed before them 

 a hybrid between Masdevallia Harryana and 

 M. caudata under the name Masdevallia 

 Chamberlainiana he was much displeased at 

 the committee refusing to adopt this name on 



the ground that the reverse cross had 

 previously been named Shuttryana. At that 

 time it was a common practice to give a 

 distinct name to every different hybrid arising 

 from the same parentage, but the exhibiting 

 of Mr. Chamberlain's Masdevallia was one of 

 the early instances when the committee 

 commenced to correct their errors. The plant 

 received an Award of Merit under the 

 name Masdevallia Shuttryana, Chamberlain's 

 variety. 



Cattleya Chamberlainiana (Dowiana x 

 Leojjoldii) received a First-class Certificate 

 when shown by Messrs. Veitch, August 9th, 

 1881 ; Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. Chamberlain 

 (Digbyana x chocoensis) was granted an 

 Award of Merit, October 21st, 1902 ; Cattleya 

 Fabia received a First-class Certificate, 

 November gth, 1897; L£Elio-Cattleya high- 

 buriensis (cinnabarina x Lawrenceana) 

 obtained an Award of Merit, April 7th, 1896 ; 

 Sophro-Cattleya Chamberlainiana triumphans 



