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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 29, 1903. 
mens© quantities' of Odontoglossum crispum. From their own 
collector Messrs. Cowan recently received 25,000 plants, which 
have recently been put into thumb pots, and are' now starting 
into growth. Some of the old-established plants are in, the 
mixed compost above mentioned, and were the first upon which 
the experiments were made. They have given entire satis¬ 
faction, and are now furnished with splendid bulbs. About 
100 Cymbidium traeyanum were stood along the uppermost 
part of the stage. Here we noted some hybrid Masdevallias 
raised by Ca.pt. Hincks, including M. Doris, M. Acis, M. 
hincksiana, and M. Rushtoni, several parents such as M. 
ignea, and N. Da.visii having been employed. Odontoglossum 
Rossii majus is grown in pans suspended from the roof, and 
the same may be said of Dendrobium jamesianum. Some fine 
varieties of O. crispum have been obtained and sold at high 
prices from those established for some time and flowered. 
Here also is a batch from the Paclm district, from which many 
fine things have been secured. 
Another house is occupied with many hybrids, chiefly Laelio- 
cattleyas, including Le. warnha.mensas, Lc. Latona, Lc. cina- 
brosa, Lc. Hippolvta, all of which have recently been potted, 
and now are making excellent growth. Cypripedium lawrence- 
anum has finished flowering, and is making fine foliage. The 
very uncommon plant Oneidium Weltoni is also making excel¬ 
lent growth. Here also we noted the beautiful Laelia Cowani, 
which caused a sensation when it appeared in London a. year 
or two ago. It seemed to have some resemblance to L. flava, 
but was a. much finer thing, with rich golden-yellow flowers and 
long pseudo-bulbs. Others in this house were Dendrobium 
wardianum, D. nobile, and D. crassinode. A general collection 
of Cypripediums, in fact a, very complete one, is grown in this 
house, and nearly all of the Selenipediums in cultivation are 
grown ctlong the central stage of a long house. 
The roof in another house was chiefly occupied with Den- 
drobiums, while the floor of the house was filled with Palms 
for decorative purposes. An importation of 1,500 D. 
Phalenopsis statterianum will present a fine sight when the 
plants come into bloom. D. fomrosum giganteum is also 
grown in considerable quantity. 
A very large house has recently been built, and at present 
is occupied chiefly with imported stuff, but, may be fitted up 
presently for Orchid growing, and will certainly take an im¬ 
mense amount of material to fill it. Amongst the importa¬ 
tions in this house we noted Oneidium varicosum, O. v. 
Rogersii, Odontoglossum crispum, the ordinary type as well as 
the Pacho type; also O. citrosmum, and a, large importation of 
Cattleya. Trianaei sent home by their own collector, and in 
splendid condition. 
Very interesting was the house in which the seedling Orchids 
were being raised, including Cattleyas, Laeliocattleyas and 
their hybrids to' a very large extent. In looking over the pots 
of seedlings, some that were sown on July 9th last 
were forming little green nobs easily seen by the naked 
eye. That would only be a month from the' time of 
sowing, but others were' visible' though they had only 
been sown fourteen, days. These seedlings were beina: 
potted. off, and in the course of two months' they will 
have formed two leaves. We noted others twelve months 
old and carrying two, three, or four leaves. Cultiva¬ 
tors are becoming much more successful in the rearing of 
seedlings now than formerly. Cypripedium seedlings carried 
from three to five leaves, varying from 1 to 3^-in. in length. 
Laeliocattleyas more advanced still were in their second and 
third growths, with leaves 6in. to 9in. long. Dendrobium 
nobile virginal©, a scarce and valuable variety, was being pro¬ 
pagated from cuttings. 
In this house we noted the beautiful Cypripedium Rolfei 
(bellatulum x rotlwchildianum). Tlie dorsal sepal of this fine 
hybrid is yellow with purple' lines and spots. The petals' are 
lanceolate oblong, blunt, about 2|in. long, and show a striking 
combination of the characteristics cf the two parents. These 
petals; are yellow and finely spotted, forming interrupted lines 
running to the apex. The' lip is white and heavily spotted 
with purple, the blotches often running into masses. Taking 
it altogether, it is certainly a handsome Cypripedium, as may 
be seen by reference to our illustration of it, taken at the 
time. Other more or less interesting and often rare Cypri- 
pediums in this house were C. kubele grande, C. trixallense, 
C. Vipani, C. Sir Redvers Buller, C. shillianum, figured some 
time ago in The Gardening World, and others. In another 
division we came upon Cattleya, intermedia alba, Laeliocattleya 
Martinetti, Lc. Pallas, Lc. bletcldeyensis, Lc. Mantini, Mil- 
tonia Roezli, the scarce Dendrobium harveyanum, and many 
others. 
In passing through the house we came upon a new plant 
accidentally introduced with the Orchids. We refer to 
Kaempferia marginata with orbicular leaves, having red edges, 
hence the specific name. The larger segments are rosy purple 
with a dark blotch on the base of two of them. This, of 
course, is more nearly allied to. the Ginger Plant than to 
Orchids. 
Having very short time at command, we simply walked 
through the outside nursery, and noted fine breaks of such 
things as Olearia Haastii, Veronica, Traversii, Rhododendron 
ponticum, and hybrids, Hollies, Douglas Fir, Yews, ova’- 
Q ytripedium Rolfei. 
leaved Privet, Roses', scarlet Thorns, and the purple-leaved 
Prunus Pisardi. A fine lot of Cupmssus lawsoniana Alluini 
stood about 2ft. high. Other ornamental trees were Populus 
laurifolius, P. balsamifera candicans, Mountain. Ash, Aucubas, 
Laburnums, Elms, Chestnuts, Sycamores, Cherry Laurels, and 
Cot on easier Simonsii. Forest trees are grown in another part 
of the nursery, including deciduous and evergreen flowering 
shrubs. Roses were being budded. There was also a, fine 
border of Conifers, Hollies, Hydrangea panicula.ta grandiflora 
just coming into bloom, and quite hardy even here 
Fruit trees, including Cherries, Apples, Plums, and Pears, are 
grown in some quantity and trained in pyramidal, espalier and 
fan shape. 
About twenty of the leading varieties of Violas are grown, 
including the beautiful rose variety named Fascination, some¬ 
what in the way of William Niel. Very fine also were the 
yellow Kitty Hey, the white virginalis, and the well-known 
Blue Gcwn. 
Hardy herbaceous plants are making unusually fine growth 
in the South this year owing to the heavy rainfall. 
