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orchards containing 9.675 acres. The methods of cultivation, soils, 

 irrigation, pruning and preparing the fruit for market are all clearly 

 related. Yellow Newtown, Spitzenburg, and Jonathan would appear to 

 be the most widely grown amongst apples, while of pears Doyenne 

 du Cornice, Bartlett, and Beurre Bosc are the kinds most commonly 

 cultivated. 



As regards prices these have been steadily on the increase for the 

 past few years, while with pears the increase in value has been 

 phenomenal. — A. D. W. 



Orchid Portraits. — The following orchids have been figured 



recently : — 



Angraecum Augusti 



A. sesquipedale . 

 *Brassocattleya Cliftonii 



*B.-c. Digbyano Mendelii perfecta 

 *Brassocattlaelia Ccoksonii . 

 Bulbophyllum Dayanum 



B. lemniscatoides . 

 *Calantbe x Angela 



Calypso borealis . 



Cattleya intermedia monstrosa 



C. Loddigesii var. Harrisoniae 

 *C. x Maggie Baphael, Westonbirt 



var. ..... 



C. Percivaliana, Charlesworth's var 

 *C. x Eobert de Wavrin 

 *C. Schroderae var. Alexandra James 

 *C. Schroderae var. Irene 

 *C. Schroderae var. Mrs. F. Sander 

 *C. Schroderae var. The Baron 

 *C. Trianaei var. Grand Monarch 

 *C. Trianaei var. Mooreana . 



C. Warscewiczii var. Sanderiana 



Chrondropetalum Fletcheri . 



Cycnoches densiflorum 

 *C. peruvianum, Tracy's var. . 



C. macu latum 



C. pentadactylon . 



C. Warscewiczii . 



Cymbidium x eburneo-Lowianum 



*C. x Woodhamsianum, 

 hurst var . 

 Cypripedium x Antinous 

 C. x Bianca superbum 



*C. 



Orchid 



x Bridgei magnificnm 



*C. x Curtmannii . 

 C. x Euryades, New Hey Hall var 

 C. x Earl of Tankerville . 



Gard, Chron. 1909, i. p. 89. 

 Gartenfl. 1909, p. 55, fig. 4. 

 Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 34, fig. 23. 



Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 194, fig. 82. 

 Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 68, fig. 38. 

 Journ. Hort. 1909, i. p. 3. 

 Country Life, 1909, p. 194. 

 Orch, Bev. 1909, p. 41, fig. 4. 

 Journ. Hort. 1909, i. p. 273. 



Gard, Mag. 1909, p. 43. 



Journ. Hort. 1909, i. p. 69. 

 Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 9, fig. 12. 

 Orch. Bev, 1909, p. 104, fig. 9. 



Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 26, fig. 19. 

 Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 27, fig. 20. 

 Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 29, fig. 21. 

 Gard. Mag. 1909, i. p. 5. 



Gard. Mag. 1909, i. p. 91. 

 Journ. Hort. 1909, i. p. 25. 

 Journ. Hort, 1909, i. p. 229 ; Gard. 

 Mag. 1909, p. 184. 



Gard. Chron. 1909, i. p. 101, fig. 49. 



