May 16th, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
589 
with only a little lemon yellow on the wings of the 
labellum. The same firm had also a beautifully 
spotted variety of Odontoglossum Ruekerianum, 
named punctatissimum. 
The second class was for species and varieties of 
Cattleya and Lidia, Odontoglossums, Masdevallias and 
Cypripcdium. Of the first-named genera Messrs. F. 
Sander A Co. contributed the largest group, composed 
of C. Mossise and C. Mendeli, Lielia elegans and L. 
elegans prasiata, L. Schilleriana alba, Ac. Good forms 
of C. Mossiie and Mendeli also came from Mr. H. Little, 
and with one or two others, Mr. De B. Crawshay, 
Bosefield, Sevenoaks, had a C. gigas with five flowers 
on one spike. Of Odontoglossums, Messrs. Shuttle- 
worth, Carder & Co., 191, Park Road, Clapham, 
had an exceedingly pretty group, well varied, and first 
class as regards the quality of the varieties, which 
included some fine natural hybrids. Messrs. Sander 
& Co. also staged a remarkable group of Odonto¬ 
glossum hybrids, all different and all good. Nine 
species and varieties came from W. E. Brymer, Esq., 
M.P.; and from N. C. Cookson, Esq., Wylam-on-Tyne, 
came a very fine 0. crispum, named Cooksoni, pure 
white ground, with large deep crimson spots and good 
broad sepals and petals. Of Cypripediums, Sir Trevor 
Lawrence contributed some twenty species, several of 
which were represented by exceedingly good specimens. 
Mr. Little also contributed a few. 
The next class, which was for Oncidiums, Epiden- 
drums, Dendrobiums, Vandas, Saecolabiums, Aerides, 
and Stanhopeas, brought out but a poor lot, the only 
exhibitors being Mr. Brymer and Mr. R. Whyte, 
Pentland House, Lee, and only a few plants were 
staged by each; but of single specimens there was a 
good display of interesting things, shown for the most 
part in a small state. The largest specimen shown 
was one of those immense examples of Dendrobium 
nobilis for which Chatsworth has been so long famous, 
the plant shown here being quite 4 ft. through 
about 2 ft. high in the centre, and well bloomed. 
Messrs. Sander & Co. showed in this section eight 
distinct varieties of Odontoglossum gloriosum, all 
distinct and showing a wide range of colour, size, 
and markings. From A. H. Adcock, Esq., West View 
Bank, Mount Adon Park, Lordship Lane, came a 
grand variety of Phalfenopsis Luddemanniana, with 
good broad leaves, and exquisitely-coloured flowers, 
one of the finest forms we have seen. A very strong 
plant of Cymbidium Lowianum, with two spikes, one 
of them bearing thirty-two flowers, came from A. 
Berwick, Esq., Higham Hill, Walthamstow, who 
exhibited it to show the effects of Jensen’s Fish-bone 
and Potash Manure, applied as a fertilizer. Mr. 
Princep, gardener to the Hon. Mrs. Portman, Buxted 
Park, Uckfield, sent another specimen of Dendrobium 
nobile, which had been grown on the pruning system, 
and a remarkable plant too for the number and 
quality of the flowers which it bore. A neat plant 
of Dendrobium cruentum came from B. D. Knox, 
Esq., Ardmillan, Caversham, Reading ; and W. Cobb, 
Esq., Sylverdale Lodge, Sydenham, had Chysis 
bractescens with three spikes; the Rev. J. B. 
Norman, Edgware, Oncidium Kienastianum ; Messrs. 
John Laing & Co., Forest Hill, a Cypripedium 
Lawrenciaum, with a second flower-bud on the same 
spike; W. Macdonald, Esq., Woodlands, Perth, a 
plant of Phalaenopsis Stuartiana, with several young 
plants growing on its roots in the manner illustrated 
recently in these columns. R. Ewing, Esq., Burton 
Grange, Cheshunt, contributed the small white flower, 
Dendrobium Ffitchianum ; and Messrs. Vervaet A Co., 
Mont St. Amand, Ghent, good forms of Odonto¬ 
glossum Alexandrine, Lselia Schroderi, Ac. 
Hybrid Orchids. 
In this section, the President showed fine examples 
of Cypripediums, grande, lsevigatum, Swanianum, 
Harrisianum, &c.; Masdevallias Veitchiana, Chelsoni, 
and amabilis, came from W. Vanner, Esq., Camden 
Wood, Chisleliurst; Cattleya Mendeli and Od. 
Wilckeanum from F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons staged fifteen distinct 
varieties, consisting of Aerides, Cypripediums, Chj T sis, 
and Masdevallia ; and Mr. Bull had a fine Odontoglot 
of the Andersonianum type. 
Orchids in Fruit. 
A class for Orchids in fruit is an innovation, but an 
appropriate one for such an occasion as this. Solitary 
fruit-bearing plants are occasionally seen in public, 
but never before have we seen such a grand collection 
as that staged by Messrs. Veitch, and it may be some 
time before we see the like again. The species of 
Orchids bearing fruits in various stages.of develop¬ 
ment that came from the Chelsea establishment was 
Angrsecum sesquipedale, Dendrobium Findleyanum, 
Phalasnopsis Schilleriana, Cattleya Trianae, Vanda 
insignis, Chysis bractescens, Oncidium Forbesii, Cypri¬ 
pedium barbatum, Masdevallia Tovarensis, Lycaste 
Skinneri, Sophronitis grandiflora, Lielia anceps, and 
Cypripedium barbatum Warneri. Mr. A. H. Smee 
showed a plant of Lycaste Deppei, established and 
bloomed last summer in the open air, bearing one 
pod Lielia, albida, and Odontoglossum radiatum, the 
latter plant especially showing the exhausting effects 
which seed-bearing has on some plants. Returning 
more than once to Messrs. Veitch’s group, one could 
but admire the dogged perseverance of Mr. Seden, 
which has led up to such a truly scientific display, 
and wonder how many then present would see the 
last plant flower that will be raised from the seeds 
obtained. 
Cut-flowers. 
This was not an extensive class—by no means so 
large a one as might reasonably have been antici¬ 
pated, but it brought out some grand flowers from 
Scotland. Dr. Paterson, Bridge of Allan, sent three 
large Orchid pans, filled with sand and moss, and 
furnished with fine blooms of Odontoglossums, On¬ 
cidiums, Cymbidiums, Cattleyas, Ac., some twenty-six 
species in all being represented. Messrs. Ireland 
A Thomson, Edinburgh, had an excellent representa¬ 
tive collection, consisting of sixty-four species and 
varieties, and including all the leading genera, Messrs. 
W. Thomson A Sons, Clovenfords, contributed blooms 
of the leading varieties of Vanda tricolor and suavis, 
and, among other Odontoglossums, a superb variety 
of Pescatorei, named Thomsonianum. This is one 
of the prettiest forms of Pescatorei we have seen, the 
white ground being suffused or shaded with violet, 
and beautifully spotted with deep crimson. An 
excellent collection of spikes of various Odontoglots, 
beautifully staged in conjunction with Maiden-hair 
Ferns, came from W. Thomson, Esq., Walton Grange, 
Stone, and was much admired for its effective 
grouping. 
Orchid Cultivating Requisites. 
From the glowing colours of the Orchids it was 
a pleasant relief to get among the articles used in 
Orchid culture ; and in this department it was 
abundantly shown that while in the manufacture of 
pots and pans, teak-wood baskets and rafts, Ac., the 
march of improvement goes steadily on, we are worse off 
than ever for really good peat—the one thing of all 
others most necessary for the successful cultivation of 
these plants, but of which only a small quantity was 
here on exhibition. Mr. H. G. Smyth, 21, Goldsmith 
Street, had a good average sample on his stand., as 
also had Mr. John Kennard, Swan Place, Old Kent 
Road, and Mr. W. J. Epps, Ringwood Station, Hants, 
and both had excellent samples of sphagnum. Mr. 
Smyth had also a good display of such useful articles 
as Trug baskets, stakes and labels, raffia grass, 
tobacco rag, flower boxes for the Parcels Post, and 
those excellent cocoa-fibre scrubbing brushes which 
we are surprised are not more used by gardeners. 
Mr. Kennard showed an excellent sample of 
Orchid pans and pots, with and without perforated 
sides, teak baskets and rafts of a very neat and 
substantial character, an excellent sample of 
tiffany, zinc and terra-cotta labels, Ac. Orchid 
baskets, rafts, and cylinders made of the best teak, 
and showing admirable workmanship in their con¬ 
struction, were exhibited in numbers by Mr. J. E. 
Bonny, Downs Park Road, Hackney; Mr. W. Gordon, 
Twickenham, and Mr. Sydney Williams, 21, Farring- 
don Road, E.C. Orchid baskets of maple wood, as 
well as very neatly made hanging pots and pans in 
earthenware, were shown by Mr. John Martin, Block - 
stow, Woodmancote ; and of the famous Weston ware 
Mr. John Matthews had a large display of articles of 
a useful and ornamental character, all finished in a 
style that always claims admiration. The Liverpool 
Horticultural Company also showed some well-made 
earthenware Orchid pots and pans. To Messrs. 
Vervaet A Co., Mont St. Amand, Ghent, we are 
indebted for a display of substitutes for peat used by 
the Belgian growers—dressed and undressed roots of 
Polypodium vulgare, rotten wood from the heads of 
Willow-trees, Ac —but which, in the presence of the 
genuine thing, failed to find any admirers. 
Portraits of Orchids were a conspicuous feature, 
and lent much interest to the Exhibition. Mr. Henry 
Stevens, King Street, Covent Garden, sent five of those 
marvellously beautiful photographs of Odontoglossums, 
Ac., for which he has become famous, and which it is 
needless to say were universally admired. Mr. Dominy, 
Chelsea, contributed eleven very fine portraits, mostly 
by Chandler, of hybrid Orchids raised by him in the 
Chelsea Nursery, including Cattleyas and Lslias, 
Dendrobes, Calanthe Veitchi, Ac., and Nepenthes 
Dominiana, the first hybrid pitcher plant raised in this 
country. Miss Woolward, 74, Longridge Road, Earl’s 
Court, sent several very fine paintings of Orchids, 
somewhat stiff, it is true, but with the floral details 
beautifully and faithfully rendered. Dr. Paterson also 
sent a couple of Orchid subjects, studies in his houses at 
Bridge of Allan, by Miss Shearer, Ben View, Stirling ; 
and Mr. B. S. Williams showed an admirable series of 
illustrations from his Orchid Album. 
The Conference Banquet. 
On Tuesday evening about fifty gentlemen met at 
the Albion, Aldersgate Street, to celebrate the Con¬ 
ference with a banquet, under the presidency of Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., and a very enjoyable 
evening was spent by all present. The usual loyal 
toasts having been put from the chair, and responded 
to in the usual enthusiastic manner, Professor Michael 
Foster, in a humorous speech, proposed “ The Orchid 
Conference and the Conference Committee,” which, 
after some remarks of an historical and interesting 
character from Mr. James Bateman, was responded 
to by Mr. William Lee. Mr. Harry Veitch proposed 
“Horticulture,” and in so doing alluded in feeling 
terms to the sad loss which horticulture had sustained 
by the death of Mr. Charles Turner, a man universally 
respected and not to be easily replaced. Mr. Veitch 
coupled with the toast the name of the President, 
whose health was drunk with musical honours, and 
who replied in suitable terms. “ The Press ” followed, 
proposed by the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen, and 
responded to by Dr. Hogg ; and “ The Visitors,” pro¬ 
posed by Mr. Brymer, was responded to by Mr. Hol¬ 
brook Gaskell. 
The Conference. 
Punctual at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, the Con¬ 
ference Committee, and a considerable number of 
amateur and professional Orchid-growers met in a 
room in the Albert Hall. Sir Trevor Lawrence, who 
presided, opened the proceedings with an address in 
which he dwelt on many topics of interest to Orchido- 
logists, and then read some observations on the 
proliferous roots of Orchids, and on Liiddemannia 
Pescatorei, communicated by Prof. Rsichenbach. Mr. 
Harry Veitch next read his paper on “ The Hybridiza¬ 
tion of Orchids,” which proved of a singularly interest¬ 
ing character, and which, with Prof. Reichenbach’s 
paper, we hope to be able to publish shortly. The 
President next announced that the three Gold Medals 
given by the Trustees of the Veitch Memorial Fund 
had been awarded to that most distinguished authority 
on Orchids—Prof. Reichenbach ; to the Rev. Mr. 
Parish, than whom no man not in the trade had been 
more successful in collecting Orchids ; and to Mr 
Seden for the remarkable success he has achieved in 
the raising of Orchid hybrids. Mr. Bateman proposed 
and Mr. Day seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. 
Veitch for his paper, and in acknowledging the same, 
Mr. Veitch remarked that nothing had given him 
greater pleasure than that one of the medals which 
commemorated the memory of his father should have 
been awarded to Mr. Seden, who for twenty-five years 
had rendered his firm faithful and valuable service. 
Mr. James O’Brien next read a paper on “ The 
Cultivation of Orchids,” a portion of which will be 
found in our present issue. The meeting then 
adjourned for one hour ; and on its resumption a 
brief discussion took place on the question of the 
nomenclature of Orchids, and on the application of 
manure to Orchids, in which Mr. Borwick, Mr. J. 
James, and Mr. Heath, Cheltenham, took part, and a 
hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Lee, who was in the 
chair, brought the proceedings to a close. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Names of Plants.— J. M. —1. Cerasus vulgaris flore-pleno. 
2. Prunus Padus, the Bird. Cherry. 3. Kerria japoniea, 
commonly called Corchorus japoniea. 4. An Anemone with¬ 
out flowers. 5. Not recognized. 0. Specimen insufficient.— 
J. McP. —1. Appears to be a Rlmmnus, but we have failed to 
identify the species.— IP. D. Marks. —1. Oncidium unieorne ; 
2. Oncidium pulvinatum.— G. E. P .—Lycaste Harrisoniie.— 
A. Chalmers. —1, 2, and 3. Good varieties of Cattleya Mossiie ; 
2 and 3 the best. 4. Dendrobium aggregatum.— W. Smith .— 
1. Pyrus Mains. 2. Iris Germanica var. 3- Acer polymorphum. 
4. Alchemilla sp. 5. Not recognized, specimen insufficient. 
6. The White Woodruff, Asperula odorata. 
Asparagus. — Novice. —We do not know of anything you 
can do now beyond blanching in small drain-pipes, as men¬ 
tioned by a correspondent on p. 5S7. The sea-weed dressing 
was too much even for such a salt-loving plant as the Aspa¬ 
ragus. It would have been better had you cleared it all off 
in April. 
Fungus. —I V. Sills. —The fungus sent is the true Morel, 
Morchella esculenta, and the bothy woman is quite correct 
in saying that it is esteemed a great delicacy. It is used by 
cooks in either a fresh or a dry state for flavouring soups and 
gravies. 
A Vote for the Bothy. — W. Sills. —Not being quite sure 
whether either the foreman or any of the journeymen living in 
a bothy can claim a vote under the new Act, we put the ques¬ 
tion to Mr. W. S. Caine, 31.P., who kindly replies—“ The 
general impression is that your ‘ bothy friends ’ cannot qualify, 
but it is a point for the decision of a revising barrister.” 
Our advice, therefore, is that all persons who have inhabited 
bothies since July 1st, 1SS4, and who are above twenty-one 
years of age, should apply to be put upon the register. They 
can do this through the agents of the respective political 
parties. Under the Service Clause of the Franchise Bill they 
can no doubt make out a good case, but, as 3Ir. Caine states, 
so much depends upon the revising barrister. 
Communications Received.— A. H. K.—H. T.—W. T., 
jun., many thanks.—M. D.—31. T.—W. B. G.—R. B.—J. D. 
—R. Markland.—E. R. C.—R. D. 
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Trade Catalogues Received. 
William Bull, 536, King’s Road, Chelsea, S.W.—New, 
Beautiful, and Rare Plants. 
W. E. Boyce, P.R.H.S., 87, Terbury Road, Upper Hollo¬ 
way.—Descriptive Catalogue of Choice Fuchsias, with Cultural 
Directions. 
