THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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of interest to note that at a certain continental 

 fashionable resort the only two items of 

 important news to be announced were the 

 winner of the English Derby and the record 

 price for an Orchid. 



At the same sale one bulb and a growth of 

 Odontoglossum crispum F. K. Sander realised 

 the large sum of 800 guineas. Other notable 

 prices were 470 guineas for O. crispum Abner 

 Hassall, 400 guineas for O. crispum Pittiae, 

 and 290 guineas for O. crispum Persimmon. 



Alto gether 

 there are some 

 twenty -four 

 houses and 

 divisions con- 

 structed m 

 various forms 

 and with dif- 

 ferent aspects 

 to suit the 

 many kinds of 

 Orchids c u 1 - 

 tivated. The 

 O d o n t oglos- 

 s u m seedling 

 house con- 

 tains some 

 two thou- 

 sand small 

 plants of 

 various crosses, 

 the majority 

 being very 

 promising. 

 There are 

 many seed- 

 lings the result 

 of crossing 

 Odontoglossum crispum Pittianum with O. c. 

 Pittiae, O. c. Lindenii with O. c. Pittiae, O. c. 

 F. K. Sander with O. Edwardii, and O. Rossii 

 with O. Rolfeae ; a very interesting young 

 plant is O. cordatum x O. c. Pittianum. 



The intermediate Cypripedium house is 

 full of choice varieties of these slipper-like 

 flowers. Mention must be made of the pretty 

 Cyp. Thalia Mrs. F. Wellesley, the large- 

 flowered C. Aeson giganteum, a good batch of 

 the elegant C. Spicerianum, which is so useful 



Odontoglossum crispum Piltianum. 



for producing flowers in mid-winter, and a 

 nice selection of Selenipediums. Cymbidium 

 Huttonii grows well in this house, and the 

 same may be said of many of the Bulbophyl- 

 lums and Cirrhopetalums, which genera arc 

 well represented. Several good plants of 

 Chondrorhyncha Chestertonii are nearly 

 always in flower. 



In the Vanda house may be seen many 

 Angrascums and Vandas, all in excellent 

 health ; it is regrettable that these interesting 



plants are not 

 grown so 

 much as they 

 were ; they are, 

 perhaps, not 

 fashion able. 

 The rare Eulo- 

 phiella Elisa- 

 bethae, several 

 varieties of the 

 pretty Spatho- 

 glottis, Cynor- 

 chis kewensis, 

 numerous 

 plants of the 

 various Cata- 

 setums, and 

 other botanical 

 Orchids entice 

 one to spend 

 c o n s i derable 

 time in study- 

 i n g their 

 various forms 

 o f construc- 

 tion. On the 

 front side of 

 this lean - to 

 house are about 1,500 Cattleya and Laslio- 

 Cattleya seedlings, although, as yet, about 

 four years old, many have produced fairly 

 large bulbs during the last growing season. 

 A good selection of the various species of 

 Phalsnopsis appreciate the atmosphere of 

 this house. 



The cool intermediate house contains a 

 large assortment of the various Lycastes, 

 Maxillarias, and Epidendrums. The ele- 

 gant Houlletia Brocklehurstiana, Nanodes 



