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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
Wilckeamim Argus, O. W. grande, an ex- 
tremel)' dark variety of O. Lainbeauianum, 
a grand form of O. Vulcan (crispum x Vuyl- 
stekei), O. Vulturia (triumphans x Vuylstekei), 
being almost solid deep lustrous brown. An 
interesting hybrid is O. waltonense, produced 
by means of a rosy crispum, which gives the 
flower a sunset glow. A pure white variety 
of O. eximium is rare, and a splendid plant 
of O. Valkyrie is in full flower ; this latter 
hybrid and O. 
Una are the 
only two seed- 
lings yet re- 
corded from 
the use of O. 
n e V a d e n s e, 
both of which 
were raised 
here as single 
plants. One 
cannot help 
admiring a 
magnifice nt 
hybrid in full 
flower known 
as O. eximium 
C r a w s h a \-- 
anum. It is 
one of the 
finest results 
yet obtained 
by Mr. Char- 
lesworth, and 
will prove of 
great utility 
for hybridisa- 
tion purposes. 
Two other 
good things are O. regale rosefieldiense 
(Lawrenceanum x ardentissimum) and O. 
Urania (crispum x cristatellum), carrying a 
grand spike of thirteen flowers. 
Many will remember the magnificent 
Odontoglossum rosefieldiense which received 
an Award of Merit last January and was 
figured on page 122. A plant of Sir Jeremiah 
Colman's well-known strain of O. Thomp- 
sonian'^m has come here to make some in- 
tere'Aing hybrids of possibly new colours as 
Odontoglossum crispum Queen of the Earth. 
/''mm a /•niiiliiii; liy A/iss Ruhcils. 
Mr. Crawshay considers " new blood " abso- 
lutely essential. There are large plants of 
the pretty O. Fascinator, O. Zena (Sceptrum 
X Jiarryanum) with a brilliant yellow lip, 
O. Vulpex (Pescatorei x Vuylstekei), O. Craw- 
shayanum, O. Queen Alexandra with enor- 
mous labellums, O. mirificum with a spike of 
ten very fine flowers, O. McNabianum, O. 
Nerissa, and O. Astarte, obtained by crossing 
O. Flarryanum with O. tripudians to fix the 
violet labial 
blotch. 
For nian\- 
years Odon- 
t o g 1 o s s u m 
* Rossii majus 
was grown in 
large quanti- 
ties, but only 
the very best 
varieties have 
been kept for 
the purpose 
of breeding, 
one of the 
finest results 
so far ob- 
tained from 
the use ( f this 
species being 
the notable 
Odontoglos- 
^ <?. sum Theo- 
dora, the only 
seedling 
raised from a 
pod resulting 
from O. Rossii 
X triumphans. 
The list of hybrids raised at Rosefield is 
immense, but enough has probably been said 
to prove the great scientific enthusiasm which 
Mr. Crawshay devotes to Orchidology, and 
especially " Odontiology." 
It remains to be said that Mr. Stables, 
whose time and interest are taken up in the 
practical work, carries out all the details in 
a thorough and praiseworthy manner, and is 
to be congratulated upon being in charge of 
such an interesting collection G. W. 
