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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[February, 1913- 
Messrs. Charlesworth for their work 111 raising 
this interesting" hybrid. 
Cattleya Madonna. — A very beautiful 
winter-fiovvering primary hybrid between C. 
chocoensis alba and C. Trianae delicata has 
been raised by Mr. F. C. Puddle in the 
Scampston Hall collection, Rillington, York. 
The flower suggests an immense variety of 
chocoensis, the very broad, almo.st round 
petals of this species appearing m the hybrid 
with their accustomed forward position, as 
though the bloom was but half open. A 
slight tinge of pink is visible on the sepals, 
and the basal portion of the column is 
streaked with purple, while the inner part of 
the throat and side lobes of the lip is orange- 
yellow, otherwise the flower is pure white, 
and of fleshy substance. 
L.elio-Cattleya AURENSIS — Messrs. 
McBean have recently flowered several plants 
of this hybrid between C. aurea and L.-C. 
Behrensima (L.-C. SchiUenana x Loddigesii). 
The complex parentage produces great 
variety in the flowers. The best and most 
promising have medium-sized blooms of soft 
rosy-ixirple colour, the influence of the under- 
lying aurea pigment being very helpful. 
L.t.LIO-Cattleya Cicely. — This new and 
pretty hybrid between C. Forbesii and 
L. cinnabrosa (cinnabarina x tenebrcsa) has 
recently flowered in the collection of Eustace 
F. Clark, Esq., Evershot, Dorset. The cross 
was made June 4th, 1903, and the seed sown 
in the spring of the following year. The first 
plant to flower has thus taken more than nine 
)ears to reach maturity. The somewhat 
narrow sepals and petals are straw-yellow, 
with a slight reddish tinge. The lip is hand- 
somely veined along its entire length with 
crimson, and there is a reticulation of the 
same colour on the broad apex. The total 
width of each flower is about four inches. 
Mr. Clark sent a flower spike of this hybrid 
to the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society, December 3rd, igi2, with a 
request that it should bear the name L.-C. 
Evershotensis, under which name we briefly 
recorded it on page 77 of our January issue. 
This name must now give place to L.-C. 
Cicely, the one under whicli it las been 
recorded a few days earlier in the Gardeners 
Chronicle^ December 28th, igi2. 
ORCHIDS AT COOKSBRIDGE, 
SUSSEX. 
BEAUTIFUL Orchids and sunny .Sussex 
appeal to most lovers of horticulture ; 
the one goes hand in hand with the 
other. Of the many rich collections in this 
favoured county one of the oldest is at Cooks- 
bridge, a small village close to Lewes, and 
within eight miles of the sea. The houses 
containing the extensive stock of Orchids 
belonging to Messrs. J. and A. McBean are 
situated in open country, unsheltered by 
adjoining buildings, and un.=.haded by sur- 
rounding trees, yet producing some of the 
finest examples of cultivated plants. 
During the last few years CymbidiuiT! 
hybrids have become very popular, largely 
owing to their graceful foliage and the 
elegance and long-lasting nature of their 
flowers. Messrs. McBean are the fortunate 
possessors of a house, some 70 feet in length, 
entirely filled with these plants. The foliage 
is of considerable decorative value, varying, 
as it does, from broad and leathery leaves to 
those of narrow and grass-like nature. Such 
plants cannot fail to prove attractive in more 
ways than one. 
It is remarkable how well these hybrids 
have grown during their comparatively short 
life, five years covering the whole of their 
existence. Many of the first-made bulbs are 
equal in size to those seen on imported plants, 
and the purple tint, so sure a sign of ripeness, 
is visible on nearly all the bulbs and leaves. 
Experiments have proved that the most 
suitable compost is a mixture of about two- 
thirds good loam, one-third osmunda fibre, 
and a little sphagnum moss. The osmunda 
prevents the loam from becoming a solid mass, 
and also allows the surplus water to pass 
quickly away. Cymbidiums are often to be 
seen flourishing well in nothing else than loam, 
but when thus grown, considerable care in 
watering is required to prevent sourness of 
