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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 13th, 1885. 
THE 
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Angraecum Ellisii. — At the present time no 
Orchid in flower here is, in my opinion, so lovely, and 
at the same time so curious, as the subject of this 
note. Its pure white flowers, with their spur fully 
4 ins. long, make it a striking and beautiful object. 
It flowers in a very small state, which is another 
thing in its favour, the plant referred to being not 
more than 3 ins. in height, and has only five or six 
leaves, yet the spike has twenty-one flowers on it. I 
grow it in the East Indian-house, but during the 
time it has been in flower it has been in the Cattleya- 
house, where it has lasted in good condition for over 
a fortnight. It prefers during the summer a position 
on the shaded side of the house, as it does not like 
strong sun, which, however beneficial to many things 
when shielded from its fiercest rays, speedily and 
permanently disfigures the foliage of this very pretty 
and chaste Orchid.— E. Dumper , Summerville Gardens, 
Limerick. 
Major Lendy’s Orchids. —In the interesting 
collection at Sunbury House, Sunbury-on-Thames, a 
great many fine things are now in bloom among a 
good general dhp’ay of Cattleyas, Ltelias, Odonto- 
glossums, Masdevallias, Ac. Among the best may be 
noted the pretty Warrea cyanea, now so rare; Ltelia 
elegans Warnerii, with handsome violet-crimson lip ; 
L. Busselliana, a very showy kind ; Cattleya Mossiae 
Arnoldiana, with almost white petals and handsome 
lip; Epidendrum bicornutum, with fine wax-like 
snow-white flowers; and a grand mass of one of the 
handsomest Miltonias ever introduced. Its flowers 
are nearly twice the size of the ordinary M. specta- 
bilis, the broad sepals and petals delicate rose in 
colour, and the massive labellum rose, veined with 
bright crimson. This grand plant seems to partake 
of both M. Moreliana and M. spectabilis, and to 
exceed both in size by a long way. The Miltonias are 
well grown at Sunbury in a shady part of the Cattleya- 
house, where they are well supplied with water whilst 
growing, and so treated they assume a better colour 
of leaf and bulb than is usual with them. 
The cool-house plants, which improve here every 
year since the erection of their new house, give a 
good show of Odontoglossum crispum in many fine 
varieties, 0. Pescatorei, 0. sceptrum, 0. cirrhosum, 0. 
polyxanthum, 0. citrosmum, rose, white, and spotted 
variety; 0. cordatum, O. Bossi majus, O. vexillarium, 
one of them verging on 0. v. Lawrencianum, with 
sc irlet lines in the centre; 0. Boezlii; Masdevallia 
Harryana, many fine specimens and varieties; M. 
Shuttleworthii, M. ignea vars.,M. Bella, M. ephippium, 
M. Houtteana, M. chimera, M. Boezlii rubra, Ac., 
many of them being represented by a number of well- 
flowered specimens. 
Blooming well in the other houses are Coelogyne 
Massangeana, Calanthe veratrifolia, some pretty 
Comparettias, Bletia Parkinsoniana, with showy 
mauve flowers ; Epidendrum criniferum, pretty and 
fragrant; E. Tovarense, white; E. paniculatum, E. 
vitellinum majus; E. arachnoglossum, E. macro- 
chilum, E. m. roseum, E. cochleatum majus, E. 
sceptrum, E. variegatum, E. prismatocarpum, E. 
odoratissimum, E. fragrans, E. xanthinum, Epiphora 
rubescens, Laelia cinnabarina, L. grandis, L. xanthina, 
L. Boothiana, L. elegans, L. purpurata, some very 
fine; Miltonia Warscewiczii, M. spectabilis rosea, M. 
s. radians, Oncidium fuscatum, 0. divaricatum, 0. 
luridum guttatum, O. sphacelatum, 0. tricuspidatum, 
O. Janieriense, 0. croesus, 0. flexuosum, 0. hastatum, 
O. cucullatum, 0. Phalasnopsis, O. cruentum, 0. 
crispum, 0. varicosum and vars., 0. barbatum, 0. 
serratum, 0. pulvinatum, 0. Marshallianum, O. 
concolor, Aerides Fieldingi, A. Berkieyii, A. japonicum, 
A. falcatum, A. virens Dayanum, A. Houllet- 
tianum, Acineta Humboldtii, Brassia verrucosa, 
Cattleya Mossi®, many varieties ; C. citrina, 
C. Mendeli, C. Acklandise, Cypripedium barbatum 
nigrum, C. caudatum, very fine ; C. Dayanum, C. 
concolor, good masses ; C. niveum, C. Hartwegii, C. 
Storei, C. Boezlii, C. porphyreum, C. Hookeri, C. 
Lawrenceanum, Dendrobium tortile roseum, D. Ben- 
soni®, D. thyrsiflorum, D. densiflorum, D. Parishi, 
D. Dalhouseanum, D. Fytchianum, D. Falconeri, D. 
suavissimum, D. hedyosmum, D. chrysotoxum, D. 
Devonianum, Lycaste Skinneri, L. Deppei, L. cruenta, 
L. aromatica, L. Harrison®, Leptotes bicolor, Phalae- 
nopsis Parishii, P. rosea, P. Luddemanniana, Vanda 
insignis, V. tricolor, V. suavis, Palumbina Candida, Ac. 
In flower or in bud too are a great number of curious 
little Masdevallias, such as M. tridactylites, some 
strange-looking Bulbophyllums, Sarcopodiums, Cirrho- 
petalums, Bestrepias, Ac., which Major Bendy takes 
much interest in, and which, but for the care of such 
enthusiastic cultivators, would soon be lost to the 
country. 
Orchid Baskets, &c. —While Orchid pots remain 
much as they were a quarter of a century ago- 
improved in quality perhaps, but not much altered 
in shape—Orchid baskets, rafts, Ac., have undergone 
considerable improvement, both in their manufacture, 
their design, and the quality of the wood of which 
they are made, to the lasting benefit of the plants and 
the great comfort of those who have to grow them. 
Up to the present time, nothing of a more substantial 
or lasting character than Teak has been used, and 
OCTAGONAL TEAK OBCHID BASKETS, A'C. 
it undoubtedly answers its purpose very well. Orchid 
baskets of the pattern shown in our illustration A, are 
made of octagonal Teak, in sizes ranging from 3 ins. 
to 18 ins. square, and even larger, and neatly put 
together with either galvanized wire or copper wire, 
the latter undoubtedly the best, if a little dearer. 
The ordinary stock size of the rafts B, is 9 ins. in 
length and 5 ins. wide, and of the cylinder C, 12 ins. 
in length and 6 ins. in width, while the boats D 
measure 12 ins. long and 4£ ins. wide. For the 
illustrations we are indebted to Mr. Percy Williams, 
21, Farringdon Boad, E.C., one of the oldest manu¬ 
facturers of these useful adjuncts to Orchid cultivation, 
and who exhibited a number of well-made and neatly 
finished examples of the various forms which he 
makes, at the Orchid Show on Tuesday. 
Odontoglossum Oerstedii. — I have frequently 
heard it said that this is a difficult subject to manage 
well, and can only say that there are many that 
puzzle me more. About a year ago I received two 
plants, which did not get a very hearty welcome, there 
being only one or two flowers left on them. Although 
it is by no means a favourite, it has had many 
admirers. I have grown it in shallow pans, suspended 
about 18 ins. from the roof of the cool Orchid-house, 
in which position it has produced five flower spikes 
from one bulb ; some of the bulbs certainly only had 
one or two flower spikes, but most of them had three 
or four. It is certainly worthy of a place in any 
collection, and when the plants get well established, 
and have grown into fine masses, I venture to predict 
it will be more prized than it is now. Its pure white 
flower with yellow blotched lip makes a small but 
pretty button-hole.— E. Dumper. 
Aerides Turning YeUow. —I have an Aerides 
odoratum majus developing fine flower spikes, and 
also strong roots, but the tips of its leaves are turning 
yellow. It is about 3 ft. high,' stands within 6 ins. of 
the glass, and well shaded. Can any of your readers 
say what is likely to be the cause of it turning yellow ? 
— G. TV. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Horticultural Show at Waltham Abbey, 
June 4f7i.—Mr. Geo. Paul must be congratulated on 
the excellent Flower Show he so much helped to 
bring about in connection with the Essex Agricul¬ 
tural Society’s Exhibition last week. The Flower 
Show, though a part of the whole Exhibition, was held 
in a distinet enclosure by the side of it, and visitors 
passing into it went through a long broad tent, open 
at both ends, that of itself formed a striking exhibi¬ 
tion. Bight and left were groups of Standard and 
Dwarf Bhododendrons of great beauty. On the left 
hand the remaining space—a very large one—was 
filled up with a wonderful group of plants from Messrs. 
J. & J. Hayes, Nurserymen, Edmonton, which con¬ 
sisted of Pelargoniums, among them a beautiful lot 
of double Ivy-leaved varieties, pink and blue Hydran¬ 
geas, Herbaceous Calceolarias, Cinerarias, Ac., com¬ 
prising many van-loads; a better lot of stuff of the 
kind could hardly be imagined. On the right-hand 
side, Mr. Bochford had a group of fifty market plants, 
competing for a special prize ; and beyond this, Mr. 
William Bumsey, of Joyning’s Nursery, St. Albans, 
had an excellent group of hardy Conifer® in pots, 
flowering plants, cut Boses, Ac., arranged with great 
taste. This tent proved a capital introduction to what 
laid beyond it. From this the visitor passed into a 
tent in which Mr. B. S. Williams, of Holloway, and 
Messrs. W. Cutbusli A Son, Highgate, had arranged 
charming groups of stove and greenhouse plants; 
and here too were groups of new and rare plants, 
Mr. B. S. Williams being first with an interesting lot; 
and Mr. H. James, Castle Nursery, Norwood, second. 
Collections of Coleus, Ferns, and other things of a 
similar character completed this tent. 
The next was a spacious tent, with the plants 
arranged at the sides on the ground, while down the 
centre Mr. Geo. Paul had judiciously placed some 
groups of beautiful Pot Boses. Bound one group of 
Standard Boses he placed several boxes of cut-flowers 
from his new herbaceous nursery at Broxbourne, and 
they admirably illustrated the wealth of good things 
in flower at this particular time of the year. In 
addition, a fringe of hardy plants in pots was used as 
a margin to a group of ornamental-foliaged plants. 
Here was a fine collection of twelve stove and green¬ 
house plants in bloom, shown by Mr. D. Donald, 
gardener to J. G. Barclay. Esq., Leyton, all in good 
condition, fresh and neat, and in the best form. 
Mr. H. James was placed second. Mr. Donald also 
had the best twelve ornamental-foliaged plants, but he 
was run close by Mr. C. Bann, gardener to J. Warren, 
Esq., Hand Cross Park, Crawley; the two groups 
came very near together, but we thought the advan¬ 
tage was with Mr. Donald. In the class for ten 
Exotic Ferns, the positions were reversed, and Mr. 
Donald came in second to Mr. Bann. Caladiums, 
Marantas, and Coleus, were nicely shown, the plants 
medium sized, but well grown. The best ten Orchids 
came from Mr. W. J. Gilks, gardener to A. Borwick. 
Esq., Walthamstow, Mr. Bann having the best five 
plants. Mr. C. Bann had the best twelve Boses in 
pots; and Messrs. Paul A Son had the best twenty- 
five Herbaceous and Alpine plants, staging a very 
good lot indeed, Mr. W. J. Gilks being second. 
In addition, there were collections of cut-flowers, 
of vegetables, and a few other things of a less im¬ 
portant character, but all interesting and instructive. 
As there is no flower show held in this part of the 
country, at least, no show of anything like importance, 
