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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



June 1, 1912. 



LOSSUM MAJESTICU 

 JAMES WHITTON. 



A striking form of a hybrid derived from 

 0. eximium and O. porcultiim. It has espe- 

 cially large flowers, about four inches across, 

 white, heavily blotched with bright red- 

 purple, and also spotty and streaked with 

 this rich colouring. On the large crispum- 

 like lip were spots of bright colour, and a 

 verv marked vellow crest. A.M., R.H.S., 



vellow at the base and crest, 

 int. Hort. Ex.. May 22. 

 Sons, St. Albans. 



A.M., R.H.S., 

 Messrs. Sander and 



ODONTOGLOSSUM AMABILE DUKE OF 



PORTLAND. 



An especially beautiful odontoglossura of 

 wonderfully fine size and lovely form. It 

 has a rosy groundwork, marvellously and 

 richlv marked with glowing red-purple. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM EXIMIUM KING GEORGE. 



Flowers rich ros'e-purple. 



F.C.C., R.H.S. (I.H.E.), May 22. 



St. Albans. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, 



Int; Hprt. Ex., May 22. Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons, Sf. Albans. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM JAMES 



McNAB. 



A very handsome, large-flowered variety 

 of brilliant colouring and good form. On a 

 white or blush ground the rich red-brown 

 colouring was placed in big .blotches and 

 large spots over the w^hole of the segments. 

 The large lip is white, rich red-brown and 



through which the rose colour shows in little 

 marks and veins. On the lip are tlie same 

 bright colouring, but the basal tolour and 

 the tip is white. A fine livbrid. F.(\(\ 

 R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex., May 22. Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons, St. Albans. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM AMABILE PRINCESS 



MARY. 



A beautiful form witJi ("^pt'cially large and 

 shapely flowers that are white with a few 



large irregular markings of intense crimson- 

 purple grouped from the base along about 

 two-thirds of the kngth of the segments. 

 The broad lip has a few central spots, and 

 some side lines of colour, and a yellow crest 

 on the white ground. A.M., 

 Hort. Ex., May 22. Messrs. 

 Sons, St. Albans. 



R.H.S. 

 Sander 



Int. 

 and 



ODONTIODA QUEEN MARY. 



This superb odontioda we figured iu our 

 issue of May 25. It carried a spike of eleven 

 blooms, and several buds, and the flower>- 

 •were 2^ inches across. The colour is deepest 

 scarlet-red, while just inside the margin of 

 each segment ran a narrow, irregular line of 

 blu(^h. On the lip is a rich yellow crest and 

 a whitish apex. One of the grandest new- 

 orchids in the show. The parents of this are 

 Odontioda Vuylst^^kese and Odontoglossum 

 eximium. F.C.C., R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex., May 

 22. Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Havwards 

 Heath. 



ODONTIODA BRADSHAWI^ VIVID. 



A lovely form with medium sized blooms 

 of a bright orange-tinted scarlet shade all 

 over, save for the deep yellow crest and ■^ 

 yellowish shade on the apex of the lip. Tin- 

 plant carried three spikes, one of them bear- 

 ing about forty flowers. The> rich self 

 colouring of this variety received general 

 approbation. A.M., R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex.. 

 May 22. Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, (gar- 

 dener, Mr. J. Collier), Gatton Park, Eeigate. 



ODONTIODA BRADSHAWI.^: 



VOGELZANG. 



A 



22 



superb orchid, with quite large flowers 

 of a creamy-blush ground colour, over which 

 are clear spottings and blotches of vivid 

 scarlet-crimson, while on the lip the bright 

 clear golden cre.^t stands out conspicuously. 

 A.M., R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex., May 22. Mon^ 

 Firmin Lambeau. 



L^LIO-CATTLEYA LUSTRE BI 

 A very beautiful hybrid carrying an im- 

 mense flower with a spread of about nine 

 inches. The '&e pals are soft mauve, but.^^^ 

 ample petals ai-e bright but soft purplish- 

 rose, slightly paler along the centre. Ihe 

 huge lip is intense purple, while in the 

 white throat are a number of lines of ^i*'" 

 purple. A.M., R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex. Mav 



Lieut.-Colonel Sir George Holford 

 (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), Westonbirt, 

 Tetbury. 



l.^:lio-cattxeya gladiator. 



A wonderfullv fine and handsome hybrid 

 that carried three glorious flowers. 

 sepals and petals are of the loveliest niaute^ 

 purple colour, and the frilled open Up i« 

 vivid crimson-purple with a rosy edge ana 

 a rich orange-shaded throat. A very a 

 tractive orchid that was very S^^^^^ J^' 

 mired. A.M., R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex., M^H 

 22. Lieut.-Colonel Sir George Holford. 



L^LIO-CATTLEYA ULYSSES. 

 A lovely orchid with large, shapely flowers 

 of the purest and deepest white, l^j 

 patches of purple v-einiug towards the 

 of the wide-fringed lip, and a deep oran^ 

 yellow IhroMt. A charming hybrid, dern 



from L.-c." Fascinator (white ^^"^ xjg, 

 Cattleya Mossia? Reiueckinna. 

 Int. Hort. Ex., Mav 22. Messrs. Cnarit^ 

 worth and Co.. Ilav\v;uds Heath. 



LZELIO-( ATTLi:VA ULYSSES AI-HA- ^ 



A chastely beautiful counterpart ot L.-f^ 

 •1 , T 1 . .K j nrho flowers ar« 



, _ y I 



for a little pale lemon-y 



Elysses already described. - _ g^ye 



of moderate size, and nui eot l^i^^',^^^''^' ''^at. 



num-y.llou- in tU- throg 



A.A.I.. R.H.S., Int. Hort. Ex., J*^^^^^^^ 

 Me.virs. Charlesworth and Co., -ti'^r 

 Heath. 



BRASS:0-CA TTLEYA THE KIX<^. ^^.^ 

 A noble and altogether splendid nv 

 that carried two enormous ^^^^^^^J'f''. pur- 

 rich colouring and grand form. ' I'^j^^jteB^^ 

 plish-rosc colouring With oraiii^^'. friiig*^ 

 ]>right purplt' ut n-kiiio'> on i lie "the 

 lip. lly many tliis 



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