^he Glebe Collection^ 



Sevenoalcs. 



THE comparatively short time in which 

 the numerous specimens have been 

 obtained, the excellent high standard 

 of the varieties, and the recently erected 

 extensive glass- 

 houses, foretell the 

 future notoriety 

 which the Orchid 

 collection of C. J. 

 Phillips, Esq., will 

 soon attain. Seven- 

 oaks possesses a 

 most suitable at- 

 mosphere, and the 

 elevated position 

 on which the 

 houses are placed 

 proves an ideal 

 spot for Orchid 

 cultivation 



A spacious con- 

 servatory contains 

 several specimen 

 plants of Cym- 

 bidium Lowianum 

 and its variety 

 concolor ; these 

 are of great- value 



for decorative pur- . 



poses, one plant 

 having carried a 

 spike of flowers which remained fresh for 

 more than four months. This same spike 

 now carries two seed pods, one the result of 

 using the pollen from Phaius flavus. 



The Odontoglossum house is constructed 

 with every device for maintaining the cool 

 moist atmosphere so essential for the welfare 

 of these ever popular sjDecies, the hybrids of 



Odontoglossum eximium oar. Princess Mary. 



which are now so numerous. The centre of 

 this house contains a large rain-water tank of 

 sufficient size to provide a constant supply. 

 This is very essential, for in many districts 



the water from 

 the company's 

 road supply is un- 

 suitable for Orchid 

 culture. Above 

 this tank is a 

 pine-wood staging 

 of sufficient height 

 to keep the plants 

 well up to the 

 light. Staging is 

 also erected round 

 the side of the 

 house, and under- 

 neath are numer- 

 ous ventilators for 

 the admission of 

 fresh air. All the 

 Orchid houses are 

 fitted with electric 

 light. 



The collection 

 includes Odonto- 

 glossum Jasper, 

 of good shape and 

 colour; Uro- 

 Skinneri, with a 

 broad shouldered labellum ; the charming 

 ardentissimum album ; the large flowering 

 Williamsianum ; Oncidium Kramerianum, 

 with its attractive butterfly-like flowers ; and 

 several plants of Epidendrum vitellinum with 

 their erect spikes of orange-red blossoms. 

 Odontoglossum Eleanor, a scarce hybrid 

 between Uro - Skinneri and cirrhosum, 



