THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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Another Cypripedium house is mainly 

 devoted to specimen plants of this ever 

 popular genus. Among the many hybrids 

 of special merit are excellent varieties of 

 Olivia, Felicity, Wottonii, and William Lloyd. 

 The albinos are well represented, many being 

 large specimens. On 

 the back staging of 

 this house are several 

 rare botanical Orchids, 

 Angrascum pertusum, 

 now producing eight 

 spikes of bloom, Bul- 

 bophyllum Encsonii, a 

 large specimen with 

 upwards of thirty bulbs, 

 and one of the most 

 wonderful and curious 

 of all species, and an 

 extremely interesting 

 and comprehensive col- 

 lection of other Orchids. 



In a house, stated 

 to have been built 

 seventy-eight years ago, 

 are many more excel- 

 lent Cypripediums, a 

 large number of which 

 are still in flower. 



A large span - roof 

 house, with a centre 

 staging, contains several 

 thousand Cattleyas and 

 Laslio - Cattleyas, etc., 

 all in excellent health. 

 Only those who have 

 kept the records of 

 the many different 

 crosses know to what 

 extent hybridisation has 

 been carried on among 

 them. Of the im- 

 mense number of 

 hybrids which this 



house contains mention must be made 

 of Cattleya Iris "His Majesty," the finest 

 variety yet seen, Cattleya Hardyana 

 " Countess of Derby," a well-known rare 

 variety, Cattleya Hardyana Massaiana, and 

 Laelio-Cattleya Hector (Martinettii x aurea). 



Of the finest species notable examples are 

 Cattleya chocoensis alba, and two superb 

 varieties of Cattleya Warscewiczii, known 

 respectively as " Rosslyn " and " Wigan's." 



A smaller house contains about 2,000 

 seedlings, the majority being the result of 

 crossing specially fine 

 varieties o f Cattleya 

 Mantinii with the best 

 forms of Cattleyas Iris, 

 aurea, H a r o 1 d i a n a , 

 luminosa, and Lord 

 Rothschild. 



Such a large collection 

 as this demands consider- 

 able space to do it justice, 

 but these few notes 

 will give some idea of 

 its size, the immense 

 variation of the species 

 and hybrids which it 

 contains, and last, but 

 not least, of the enthu- 

 siastic admiration which 

 Mr. Pitt has for so many 

 years devoted to these 

 ever-beautiful and rare 

 plants. 



To Mr. F. W. Thur- 

 good many words of praise 

 are due for the very 

 excellent condition of the 

 whole of the plants, his 

 skill in raising Orchids 

 from seed, and the keen 

 interest be has taken 

 in the collection during 

 the last fourteen years. 



G. W. 



Odontoglossum crispum Pillianum. NEW PLANTS 



L.elio-Cattleya Thurgoodiana (L.-C. 

 Martinettii x C. Hardyana). — A some- 

 what remarkable result, the sepals being 

 much lighter in colour than the petals. The 

 yellow colour, derived from the C. aurea in 

 the latter parental hybrid, is still visible in 



