THE 



ORCHID WORLD. 



NOVEMBER, 1911. 



Vol. 2. 



NOTES, 



No. 2 



A Large Orchid Wreath. — At the end 

 of a recent performance at the Imperial Opera, 

 St. Petersburg, the stage was hterally covered 

 with flowers, and one wreath of rare Orchids 

 was presented over 7 feet m diameter. 



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Cattleya labiata. — This well-known 

 autumn-flowering species is now to be seen 

 at its best. In the Orchid establishment of 

 Mr. Ed. Y. Low, Haywards Heath, a plant in 

 a 12m. basket is carrying no less than 46 

 large flowers, a really grand display for one 



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An Important Show.— The Manchester 

 Orchid, and North of England Societies will 

 hold a grand Orchid show at Manchester on 

 February 22nd, igi2. There is every pro- 

 spect of the combined efforts of these two 

 influential Societies meeting- with ereat 



success. _ _ 



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Royal International Exhibition. — 

 The judging of the Orchids at this exhibition 

 will be according to the standard of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society ; arrangements will be 

 made to have the large collection of paintings 

 available for reference on this occasion, as 

 at the ordinary fortnightly meetings. A 

 Silver Cup has been offered by Mons. Jules 

 Hye de Crom, Ghent, for the best group of 

 Miltonia vexillaria, its varieties, and hybrids ; 

 in a space not exceeding 100 sq. feet. 



Phaius GRANDIFOLIUS. — Those who con- 

 template paying a visit to Messrs. Mansell 

 and Hatcher's establishment at Rawdon, 

 Yorks, will be interested in hearing that 

 Apperley Bridge, the nearest railway station, 

 is famous for being the spot where the first 

 plant of Phaius grandifolius which fl.owered in 

 this country was cultivated in 1776. It had 

 been sent there to Mrs. Hird, by her uncle. 

 Dr. Fothergill, in a black Chinese pot, full of 

 stiff loam, in which it had been imported. 



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Albino Cypripediums. — Messrs. A. J. 

 Keeling, Bradford, have recently flowered 



number of seedling Cypripediums, the 

 result of crossing C. insigne Laura Kimball 

 with C. insigne Sanderae, both of which are 

 albino forms. Of the plants which have, so 

 far, flowered, about 25 per cent, are' pure 

 albinos, the others have entirely reverted to 

 the typical coloured forms. One of these, 

 a good variety, received an Award of Merit 

 when exhibited at the recent meeting of the 

 Manchester Orchid Society as Cypripedium 

 westgatense. 



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New Orchid Catalogue. — Messrs. Has- 

 sall and Co., Southgate, have just issued 

 a most useful catalogue of their large stock 

 of Orchids. A copy may be had on 

 application, post free. 



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