THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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describing them all will readily be seen. 

 The many beautiful Odontoglossums make a 

 very grand display of bloom in the sprmg time, 

 and the marvellous range in the method of 

 spotting and blotching which they possess 

 creates in them an attractive interest. The 

 following are 

 a few of the 

 best and most 

 noted varieties 

 of Odonto- 

 glossum cris- 

 pum : — 



Odontoglos- 

 s u m crispum 

 Angela, re- 

 ceived an 

 Award of 

 Merit when 

 exhibited b y 

 Mr. Cookson, 

 April 6th, 

 igoQ; O. c. 

 Britannia ; O. 

 c Britain's 

 Queen, re- 

 ceived an 

 Award of 

 Merit when 

 shown by Mr. 

 Pitt, April 

 I ith, 1905 ; O. 

 c. Carmania, a 

 distinct variety 

 with dark red 

 bulbs; O. c. 

 Cookson- 

 ianum ; O . c . 

 Elsie, one of 

 the very best ; 

 O. c. Lin- 

 den i i ; O. c. 

 L u c i a n i i , a 



grand form, which received a First-class Cer- 

 tificate when exhibited by Mr. Linden, 

 March 23rd, 1897 ; O. c. mortebeekense ; O. c. 

 Mrs. J. McBean, one of the best blotched 

 varieties ; O. r. Olive, see illustration ; O. c. 

 rotundum, a very fine variety with dark 



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blotches, and of excellent shape ; O. c. solum, 

 a variety with the lip entirely covered with 

 purple ; O. c. The Jewel ; O. c. waltonense ; 

 and O. c. Winnie, a fine blotched form with 

 long bulbs. There are also many distinct 

 unnamed varieties including several pure- 

 white forms. 



It IS little 

 more than ten 

 years ago that 

 the first Odon- 

 toglossum hy- 

 b r 1 d was 

 exhibited. 

 Ever since 

 then the ad- 

 vance has 

 been rapid and 

 full of in- 

 terest. The 

 hybrids ex- 

 hibited at the 

 present time 

 would, a few 

 years ago, 

 have been 

 considered im- 

 possible to 

 produce, yet 

 each succeed- 

 ing year brings 

 its fresh won- 

 ders and anti- 

 cipations o f 

 still more mar- 

 vellous c r e a - 

 tions. 



The Glebe- 

 la n d s collec- 

 tion contains 

 one of the 

 richest selec- 

 tions of Odon- 



toglossum h} brids. The enumeration of them 

 all must give place to the mentioning of only 

 a few which will suggest to the reader the high 

 standard of excellence here maintained. 



Odontoglossum amabile Fowlerianum and 

 the Glebelands variety of the same, both of 



Photo by EViotl Fry 



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