THE ORCHID WORLD 



North of England Horticultural 

 Society's Medal. — The above reproduction 

 of the medal designed by Mr. F. Ransom for 

 the North of England Horticultural Society 

 shows the figure of Mother Eartli, known in 

 Latin as Ceres, and m Greek as Demeter, 

 one of the great divinities of the Greeks. 

 She is bearing in her right hand, in strict 

 accordance with Greek mythology, a bunch 

 of poppies, and m her left hand a basket of 

 assorted fruit. She is standing m a field of 

 wheat, one half of which is growing, the 

 other half is m sheaves. The treatment of 

 the subject and the model is extremely 

 happy, and the medal is considered by those 

 best able to judge to be one of the finest 

 that has been struck for some time. The 

 manufacturers are Messrs. Fattorini and Sons, 

 of Bradford. 



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Brasso-Cattleya H. G. Alexander.— 

 This very remarkable hybrid between 

 Cattleya citrma and Brassavola Digbyana 

 produces large lemon-yellow flowers slightly 

 larger than those of the Cattleya parent. 

 The Brassavola species has added a pretty 

 fringe to the edge of the labellum, and has 

 somewhat stiffened the flower. Apart from 

 the curious combination of specific characters 

 this hybrid is of considerable utility m the 

 production of a yellow Cattleya, for flowers 

 containing a good yellow colour are very 

 scarce. Brasso-Cattleya H. G. Alexander 

 bears the name of its raiser, and when the 

 plant was exhibited by Lieut.-Col. Sir George 

 Hol ord at the Royal Horticultural Society, 



March 5th, 1907, it deservedly obtained an 

 Award of Merit. 



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Orchid Sale. — The remaining portion of 

 the Oakdene Collection, formed by the late 

 Mr. E. Rogerson, was sold by auction at 

 Messrs. Protheroe and Morris' rooms on 

 Thursday and Friday, March 28th and 2gth. 

 The following are some of the best prices : 

 Odontoglossum crispum Oakdene Surprise, 

 grand plant with four bulbs, 9 gns. ; O. c. 

 White's variety, four old bulbs and one new 

 growth, 4I gns. ; O. c. Chesters Rogerson, 

 10 gns. ; O. c. Pittianum, three old bulbs and 

 one strong growth, 55 gns.; O. c. virginale 

 The Queen, six bulbs, one strong break, 

 10 gns. ; O. c. Louis Sander, seven fine bulbs, 

 23 gns. ; O. c. Mabel Whateley, three bulbs, 

 one strong lead, 13 gns. ; O. c. Graireanum, 

 five bulbs, 30 gns. ; O. c. Lucianii, three old 

 bulbs, one growth, 17 gns.; O. c. Britannia, 

 five small bulbs, 5 gns. ; O. xanthotes, 

 var. Lord Lansdowne, four bulbs, 22 gns. ; 

 O. crispum xanthotes White's var., 

 five bulbs, 6 gns. ; O. ardento-cnspum 

 Rogersonii, four bulbs, 22 gns. ; O. c. 

 Karthousii, five bulbs, 8 gns. ; O. c. Robert 

 McVitt^, three bulbs, one lead, 16 gns. ; 

 O. c. Leonard Perfect, one bulb, one growth, 

 21 gns.; Cattleya Warneri Ardenholme var., 

 four fine bulbs, 17 gns. ; C. aurea alba, six 

 bulbs, 20 gns. ; C. Mendelii Mrs. A. Lees, 

 two plants, 12 gns.; C. Mossias Remeckiana, 

 two plants, 8 gns. ; Cypripedium nitens 

 Leeanum, var. Hannibal, two growths, 7^ 

 gns. ; C. Corneyanum, two plants, each 

 three growths, 5^ gns. , C. Hmdeanum, two 

 plants, each two growths, 8 gns. ; C. laekense, 

 three growths, 6 gns. ; and C. Priam, three 

 growths, 4^ g-ns. 



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AngR/ECUM CITRATUM. — Some twenty or 

 more years ago a grand specimen of this 

 pretty Madagascan Orchid was in Mr. 

 Coming's collection. It was grown in a 

 shallow pot suspended from the roof of the 

 hot house, and only broken charcoal was used 

 as a rooting material. On one occasion it 

 carried no less than 21 spikes and 481 flowers. 



