464 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 30, 1003. 
Luptoni. He had plenty of flowers, but if they had been un¬ 
dulated, or otherwise arranged in little groups, it would have 
greatly improved the appearance of the exhibit. The few Palms 
at the back, and the Maidenhair Ferns used as a groundwork, 
scarcely relieved the mass of colour. 
M. Floremt Claes, 63, Rue des Champs, Etterbe-ck, Brussels, 
exhibited a small group of choice varieties of Odontoglossums. 
Very choice were 6. crispum Esquire, O. c. Chant© merle, O. 
Adrianae, 0. Adriana© in variety, and numerous specimens of 0. 
crispum, including a very pale yellow variety. 
C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Duncan), Warnham Court, 
Horsham, exhibited O. crispum Venus, O. c. Muriel, and O. 
aaidersondanum Dulce, all very highly coloured or blotched. 
Messrs. James and A. A. McBeam, Cooksbridge, Sussex, ex¬ 
hibited a splendid group of Odontoglossums, consisting chiefly of 
O. crsipum and O. luteo-purpureum and its allies. Very fine 
was a spike of O. c. Kathleen, 0. Rolfae, and O. c. roseum. They 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, H. J. Chapman), Oak- ' 
wood, Wylam-on-Tyne, exhibited a very handsome Odonto¬ 
glossum named 0. crispum graireanum, the segments of which 
were almost covered with an orange brown blotch. Interesting 
and handsome also were the hybrid forms of Phaius, including 
P. Chapmani, a delicate mixture of fawn and crimson and rose. 
Equally handsome was that named P. Phoebe aureus. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, exhibited a magni¬ 
ficent group of Orchids of a very varied character, and one of 
the finest and best-arranged groups which they have ever exhi¬ 
bited. The quality of the plants employed, no less than the 
taste of the arrangement, made this one of the most attractive 
exhibits in the show. Very conspicuous were the plants of 
Miltonia vexillaria, Phalenopsis amabilis, Cypripedium cau- 
clatum, Laelio-cattleya canhamiana Rex, Odontoglossum crispum 
punctato-violaeeum, and others, which were elevated on pedestals 
‘and greatly relieved the monotony of a flat surface. The large 
Rosa rugosa repens alba. (Ste Roses.) 
also had splendid varieties in 0. Hallii Brighton Gem, O. ander- 
soniannm, O. Hallii leucoglossum, and many finely blotched 
varieties of 0. crispum, without any special name. They were 
brought up chiefly to show the cultivation which they enjoyed 
in their nurseries at Cooksbridge. Some of the O. crispums 
were flowering for the first time, but others carried very long 
spikes. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, exhibited 
a choice group of Orchids of moderate size, but including some 
very fine varieties, and all well flowered. Very choice things 
were Odontoglossum Adriana© chelsoniense, 0. crispum Chelsoni, 
O. Andrianae Lucius, 0. wilckeanum Nestor, and Cattleya 
Mossiae cheltoniensis, the latter being a pale and very choice 
variety. Scattered through the group were various others usually 
handsomely blotched, hut without any special names. Some 
were staged under bell glasses, and the monotony of a flat surface 
was broken by the elevation, of some of the plants. Some Palms 
were staged at the back, and Maidenhair Ferns formed tire 
groundwork. The principal effect was produced by the massive 
plants of Cattleya Mossiae and the long spikes of the 
Odontoglossums. 
Palms at the top of the/ exhibit were more effectively done than 
any other case where the same species was employed. Very 
striking was the enormous lip of Laelio-cattleya calistoglossn, 
also the masses of Laelia purpurata, Brasso-cattleya Empress 
of Russia, Odontoglossum crispum Fred. K. Sander (handsomely 
blotched with crimson-purple), L. c. digbyano Mossiae Sander’s 
var., L. c. canhamiana Fire King, and Oncidium marshallianum, 
with long spikes or panicles of bloom. The Odontoglossums, 
Miltonias, Laelias, and Laelio-qattleyas were undoubtedly the 
finest features of this splendid exhibit. 
Messrs. John Cowan and Co., Limited, Gateacre Nurseries, 
Gateacre, Liverpool, exhibited an extensive group of Orchids, the 
bulk of which consisted of Odontoglossums and Cattleyas. 
Several plants of Cymbidium lowianum and Palms served to 
relieve the surface of the group. They had also choice things 
in Cattleya schilleiriana, Cypripedium callosum Sanderae, C. 
niveum, C. Skinneri alba, C. Gertrude Hollington, Cattleya in¬ 
termedia alba. The plants already mentioned formed the main 
features of the exhibit, but there was a sprinkling of various 
other more or less interesting types amongst them. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, exhibited an ex- 
