THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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Cattle YA lab i at a.— A 



very interesting- plant of 

 this autumn flowering- 

 species is in the collection 

 of Sir John Ramsden, Bart., 

 Byrani Hall, Ferrybridge, 

 E. Yorks, where it has been 

 successfully grown by Mr. 

 Geo. Taylor. The plant, 

 which w hen acquired some 

 ten years ago was very 

 small, and only had three 

 or four bulbs, has been 

 grown on an Elder wood 

 block. During; this i>eriod 

 it has only been re-blocked 

 twice, and on each occasion 

 Elder wood was used be- 

 cause the bark of this peels 

 off very cleanly, thus allow- 

 ing the roots to be unfas- 

 tened with but little trouble. 

 Every other year a little 

 peat or osmunda mixture is 

 fastened round it by means 

 of thin copper wire. The specimen is sus- 

 pended in a moist airy house, and during the 

 growing season is frequently syringed over 

 bead. Last autumn it carried no less than 33 

 flowers and buds, and the adjoining illustration 

 gives a good idea of the plant when it was 

 deservedly awarded a Cultural Commendation 

 at York Show last November. 



Lycaste Skinneri alba. — A very remark- 

 able specimen of this species is in the 

 collection of W. J. Naish, Esq., Wilton, near 

 Salisbury. The plant is in a ten inch pot and 

 has 18 bulbs, several of which are 7 inches 

 in length and the same measurement in cir- 

 cumference. The leaves are 4 feet in length, 

 6 inches in breadth, and the total width across 

 the foliage is 4 feet. Accustomed, as one is, 

 to see this fine Orchid generally in small plants, 

 it is encouraging to .see such a magnificent 

 specimen. Mr. Naish is justly proud of his 

 success with the culture of this species, the 

 more so because of having grown the plant 

 described above from quite a small imported 



An interesting Plant of Calileya labiala growing on a block of wood. 



piece obtained some ten years ago, and which, 

 with five others, he purchased as the ordinary 

 Lycaste Skinneri. It is worthy of note that 

 these also grow well with him. 



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Brasso-L^lio-Cattleya Wotan. — This 

 elegant hybrid between L^lio-Cattleya callis- 

 toglossa and Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. J. Leemann 

 appears to have been first exhibited in .Ger- 

 many by Mr. Karthaus, on November 25th, 

 1909. The Gartenflora, although correctly 

 giving the parentage, recorded the plant as a 

 Brasso-Cattleya. This hybrid has also been 

 known as B.-L.-C. Baron Henin, which name 

 must now be suppressed, the former taking 

 precedence by reason of its earlier publication. 



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Scelochilus VARIEGATUS. — Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart., exhilDited this rare sjDecies at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, January yth, 19 12. 

 A Botanical Certificate was unanimously 

 awarded to the plant by the Scientific Com- 

 mittee. 



