THE ORCHID WORLD. 
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many noted importations which were coming 
to hand in those days. Imagine an amateur 
of the present day adding at one fell swoop 
eight hundred plants of Odonioglossiun cirr- 
hosunil What a gorgeous sight these plants 
must have made when in bloom ! Only one 
plant of this pretty Odontoglossum is now in 
the collec- 
tion. 
Odonio- 
g 1 0 s S !l JU 
n ce V i ii ni 
111 a j II s is 
one of the 
noted 
plants at 
Walton 
Grange, 
and is re- 
presented 
by a speci- 
men some- 
thing like 
eighteen 
inches in 
d iameter, 
and pro- 
duces year- 
ly anything 
from a 
dozen to 
two dozen 
graceful 
flower- 
spikes. 
One of 
the first 
triumphs of 
the collec- 
t i o n was 
brought 
about by 
the flower- 
ing of Odontoglossum crispnni vnr. T honip- 
sonii ; the plant was exhibited in London at 
Regent's Park in June, 1883, and was awarded 
a Certificate of Merit. This beautiful variety 
is in the front rank of noted Odontcglossums 
to-day. Other fine forms which originated 
at Walton Grange, and which were lucky 
William fhompson, Esq. 
finds, are 0. c. Arthur Urisco, 0. c. The Earl, 
and 0. c. Queen Empress. This latter Mr. 
Thompson classes as one of the best in culti- 
vation. 0. c. solum is unique, and is remark- 
able for the wonderful lip, whicli is entirely 
blood-red. 
With the numerous good forms in the 
collection, 
it was not 
surprising 
that Mr. 
Thompson 
a n d his 
able gard- 
ener should 
turn their 
careful 
attention 
to the pro- 
duction of 
new vari- 
eties by 
hybridisa- 
t i o n, a n d 
a large 
amount of 
success has 
been the 
result. 
An unfor- 
tunate ac- 
cident five 
years ago, 
the burst- 
i n g of a 
hot - water 
p i p e, w a s 
responsible 
for the 
destruction 
of two 
thousand 
seedlings 
promising 
which had almost reached the 
flowering stage, and the sympathy of all 
orchid-lovers was extended to Mr. Thompson, 
who felt this loss very keenly. What the 
orchid world has lost it is impossible to say, 
but it is pleasing to record that there exists 
now a fine, healthy, thriving family of 
