Juni', 1913. j 
THE ORCHID WORLD. 
and with a charming rose flush of colour on 
the other segments. M. vexillaria Cobbiana, 
a well-known variety, and M. v. Gladys 
Lederer, a dark rose variety, are worthy of 
special notice. 
Rare Odontoglossums are to be seen on 
another spacious staging. The following are 
just a few which happen to be in prominent 
positions : Blue Peter, which, as its name 
suggests, has quite a blue tint ; Lady Pirrie, 
a fine example of the eximium section, and 
there is a good selection of various 
Odontiodas, their scarlet coloration making a 
pleasing contrast to the Odontoglossums of 
the rosy-purple kind. A lean-to house facing 
due south contains a nice collection of Lslia 
anceps, most of the best varieties being 
included. Very little shading is given to this 
house, and on all favourable evenings rain 
water is lightly sprayed over the plants. A 
few of the sun-loving Dendrobiums are 
grown in this house ; at the present time 
Odontoglossum Lady Pirrie. 
of which we give a reproduction of a 
painting ; Mrs. Carlisle, which may be best 
judged from the illustration in this issue ; 
Mrs. H. B. Irving; Mrs. Arline King, Mrs. 
Hattie Bareiss, James White Barclay, and 
Lord Pirrie, all of which are excellent 
examples of present-day hybrids. Odonto- 
glossum Mrs. R. le Doux is an extremely 
beautiful flower, probably the result of 
crossing crispum Lucianii with ardentissimum. 
Besides many other interesting plants 
D. suavissimum is carrying several spikes of 
rich golden-yellow flowers, which are rendered 
very welcome by their delicious scent. 
The Cattleyas are cultivated in a spacious 
span-roof house with central staging upon 
which the large specimen plants are grown. 
These include a magnificent plant and variety 
of Laelio-Cattleya callistoglossa, a very rich 
and dark form of C. Lawrenceana, a fine 
assortment of labiatas, of which mention 
must be made of a choice variety known as 
