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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 25, 1901. 
Curtisii, C. Youngiae were well shown. Oncidiums 
in variety arching over from the back of the group 
gave a lightness of effect. Dend. Dearii and others 
made up a charming group well arranged in a ground 
work of Ferns. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, 
follow on with another fine group, in which the 
plants are not so closely packed.. Odontoglossura 
crispum and O. vexillarium are conspicuous; 
Cattleyas are also very fine; C. Mendelii and 
C. Mossiae are shown in good forms; Laelio- 
cattleyas are also well represented in Lc. 
Hippolyta, Lc. Mozart, Lc. Ivernia, Lc. 
Callistoglossa. Cypripediums are represented 
by C. caudatum, C. callosum Sanderae, 
C. Chapmani. Oncidium lends lightness to the 
effect; Masdevallia Veitchii grandiflora gives colour, 
and helps to enliven the group. 
Mr. Cypher, Orchid Grower, Cheltenham, comes 
next with a magnificent bank, in which Odonto- 
glossum crispum is conspicuous in many good 
varieties; O. vexillarium in many forms is also 
shown Laelia purpurata is also in great number 
Phalaenopsis grandiflora and Cypripedium law- 
renceanum. These were arranged with different kinds 
of Haemanthus and gave a very charming effect. 
John Leeman, Esq., West Bank House, Heaton 
Mersey (gardener, Mr. Edge), sent a grand collection 
of Odontoglossums, the typical O. crispum being 
fine in substance and form. The spotted varieties, 
most prominent among them being O. c. The 
Nizam, the sepals and petals suffused with red, 
reflected through from the exterior purple, the 
centre area blotched and spotted with purple, the lip 
white spotted with brown, shading to yellow on the 
disc ; O. c. Mignon has a very broad lip, the sepals 
suffused with rose and spotted with purple, the 
petals white, spotted with purple ; O. c. New Queen 
has large distinct blotches on the sepals. O. c. 
Miss Constance Leeman, white, except the yellowish- 
brown blotches on the lip, and yellow disc ; O. c. 
Goliath has large flower, the petals white, the sepals 
rose tinted, spotted with brown. Several good 
varieties of the now numerous natural hybrid, O. 
Adrianae, and good varieties of O. Pescatorei were 
also included. 
muna, a delicate rose-tinted form ; Laelia purpurata 
Bella, Laeliocattleya massangeana (tenebrosa x 
schilleriana), Lc. highburyensis (cinnabarina x 
lawrenceana), Cypripedium Gertrude Hollington, 
Odontoglossum crispum Abner Hassall, a lovely 
variety, white with large brown blotches; O. c. 
guttatum, with exceptionally large blotches; and 
Miltonia bleuana. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronsholt, Twickenham, sent an 
exceedingly large flowered variety of Cattleya Men¬ 
delii with a two flowered raceme. 
H. J. Elwes, Esq., Cheltenham, sent hardy Cypri¬ 
pediums. 
M. A. A. Pieters, Brussels, sent two varieties of 
Odontoglossum Rolfeae (Harryana x Pescatorei), 
showing the intermediate characters of the parents; 
O. crispum Queen Victoria, certificated in 1898 ; O. 
Adrianae, and Cattleya kerchoveana (schilleriana 
x schofieldiana) has an intense crimson lip streaked 
with white; the purple spotted petals are intermedi¬ 
ate between the parent species. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring Park, sent 
Laeliocattleya Hippolyta and Lc. Dido (Skinnerii x 
Sample of Messrs. Webbs’ Calceolarias at the Temple Show (See p. 626). 
and fine form. Cypripediums are represented by 
C. superbiens C. lawrenceanum, C. niveum, C. 
callosum, and others. Dendrobiums are shown in 
D. nobile, D. Nestor, D. thyrsiflorum, and others. 
The butterfly Orchid (Oncidium Papilo) was in good 
form; Oncidium marshallianum and O. concolor 
were conspicuous as a centre group in the collection; 
Masdevallias were also bright and effective. The 
whole group was arranged in a groundwork of Ferns. 
Messrs. John Cowan & Co., Gateacre Nurseries, 
Liverpool, comes next, and completes that side of 
the centre stage. Odontoglossums are shown in 
number here in O. crispum, O. Pescatorei, O. 
andersonianum, O hystrix, O. triumphans, O. 
wilckeanum, O. Adrianae A fine spike of flower of 
Coelogyne pandurata was showy, and quaint look¬ 
ing Cattleya Skinneri, C. S. alba, C. Mendelii, C. 
Mossiae, and Laelia purpurata, and several 
Cypripediums and ethers made up the group. 
Messrs. Linden, Brussels, sent a grand lot of 
Messrs. Jensens & Pulzeys, Antwerp, sent some 
finely flowered Odontoglossums, and a pale Cattleya 
intermedia. 
J. Rutherford, Esq., Bentwood, Blackburn (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. J. Lupton), sent a neat and choice group ; 
these included many fine varieties of Laelia. purpur¬ 
ata. Some exceptionally dark varieties of Cattleya 
Warscewiczii, C. Mossiae, C. M. reineckiana and 
MiltoDia vexillaria, and among the numerous Odonto¬ 
glossums was a fine spotted variety in O c. deli- 
ciosum. 
Messrs. Stanley, Ashton & Co., Southgate, had 
one of the most attractive groups in the show, the 
neatness of arrangement and quality of the exhibit 
leaving nothing to be desired. In the centre was a 
finely flowered Cymbidium lowianum. Masdevallia 
Veitchii arranged in groups formed striking con¬ 
trasts to the lightly arranged Oncidiums and other 
Orchids surrounding them. The specialities in¬ 
cluded Cattleya Mossiae reineckiana, C. M. Mar- 
cinnabarina), showing the intermediate characters 
of the parents. 
Mr. W. Thompson, Stone (gardener, Mr. Stevens), 
sent the finest grown Odontoglossum in the show in 
O. crispum Golden Queen, the ground colour yellow, 
spotted with brown. The plant carried a twenty 
flowered raceme. Although labelled as O. crispum, 
it resembles O. wilckeanum. O. crispum Hebe is 
another fine form, sepals and petals white, with dis¬ 
tinct brown blotches on the broad lip. 
E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, sent a distinct 
Odontoglossum andersonianum. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, sent 
Odontoglossum crispum Annie, a large flowered rose 
tinted variety,thickly blotched and spotted with rich 
purple brown spotting. 
Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, sent 
Odontoglossum Adrianae Mrs. Menzies, a fine 
spotted variety,and O. crispum Ian, a beautiful form 
with small brown spotting. 
