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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 4, 1904. 
canliamiana wallaertiana, Lc. fascinator nobilior, Lc. Hypolyta, 
Lc. Iolanthe, and various others. Notable subjects were Coe- 
logyne pandurata, Cymbidium tigrinum, and Cypripedium 
Maudiae. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, had a most magni¬ 
ficent display of Orchids, consisting largely of Cattleyas, 
Laelias, Odontoglossums, and I liaius. Amongst others, they 
had a group of Laelia tenebrosa, another of Laelia latona, some 
grandly-flowered plants of Cattleya Mossiae. Special varieties 
were Odontoglossum ardentissimum Queen Alexandrae, O.a. 
Princess of Wales, and several light-coloured varieties of < *• 
barryano-crispurn. A handsome white flower was Cattleya Mrs. 
Myers Peeters. The front of the group was picked off with 
Cattleyas, Miltonias, Odontogloissums, Vanda _ teres, hybrid 
Laelias, etc., set up on pots or pedestals so that the dwarfer 
plants of Cattleyas and Laelias formed a background of a rich 
and gorgeous character. The background consisted of Palms, 
while Maidenhair Ferns were freely used in setting off the 
flowers. There seemed as much material in the group as 
would have occupied twice the space. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Queen’s Road, Cheltenham, 
had a very large and effective group made up of Odontoglossums, 
off with elevated plants of the latter. Very fine were 0. 
Adrianae chelsoniense, 0. crispum Fairy, Cattleya Mendellii 
Doris, Laelia digbyana, Cattleya Mossiae Countess, Laelia 
purpurata Queen Alexandra, with pure white flowers, except 
some purple lines on the yellow throat, this being a very un¬ 
common variety. The plants were w’ell set off with Palms and 
Ferns, while some of the pot plants which were elevated were 
covered with green moss. 
Messi’s. Charlesworth and Co., Heaton, Bradford, had a very 
extensive and most profusely-flowered group of Orchids, so 
closely placed together as to appear like a mass of flowers grow¬ 
ing on two levels. They had a very massive plant of Cattleya 
Skinneri, and a remarkably fine variety of Laeliocattleya can- 
hamiana, Lc. fascinator, Lc. f. splendens, Lc. f. King Edward. 
Other specially fine subjects were Brassooattleya Mossiae 
digbyana, Odontoglossum Pescatorei Charlesworthi, Laelio¬ 
cattleya eanhamiana Rosslyn variety, and various others. The 
back of this group was fitted up with Palms, in front of which 
Oncidiums with long branching spikes were freely used with 
very fine effect. There ar - e some who considered this group too 
crowded, but that is a matter of taste. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, occu- 
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Messrs. Webb & Sons’ Cineraria stellata. (See under Greenhouse Plants.) 
Cattleyas, Masdevallias, and Cypripediums. The first named, 
were the most prominent, as the group was arranged in an 
undulating bank, and the latter occupied the more elevated 
bank. Cattleya Mossiae and C. Mendellii were in a great wealth 
of variety, and the same might be said of Laelia purpurata 
and Masdevallias. Very large flowers were carried by Oncidium 
macranthum. The bright colour of Masdevallia veitchiana 
grandiflora was also very striking against the more sober 
tints of the other plants which we have just mentioned. Laelia 
tenebrosa also represented a great range of variation. Interest¬ 
ing things were' Maxillaria eanderkuia, Phala.enopsis rhein- 
stediana. At the top of the group was a grand piece of Coe- 
logyne dayana in pots. The pots in this collection were 
covered with green moss, while a variety of Ferns and Palms 
were also used to relieve the monotony of the group. 
Messrs. J. Cowan and Co., Gateacre Liverpool, had a very 
massive bank of Cattleyas and Odontoglossums massed together 
so as to produce great wealth of soft and pleasing, yet some 
times gorgeous, colours. Special subjects were Cypripedium 
villosum-exul, Odontoglossum wilckeanum, O. concinnum 
variety, O. vexillarium cobbianum, Cypripedium Rolfeae, O. 
dowlingeanum, C. callosum Sanderae, C. Vipani, Oncidium 
crispum, Dendrobium Bensoniae, and Coelogyne pandurata, 
with its green and black flowers. Altogether, this group might 
have occupied twice the amount of space. 
Messrs. William Bull and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, had a, 
very interesting group of Cattleyas and Odontoglossums, picked 
pied one end of the middle table in the big tent with a group 
of Orchids, sometimes of large size, and thinly placed by com¬ 
parison with the previous exhibit. They certainly had very 
massive specimens of Cattleya Mossiae, C. Skinneri, Laelia 
purpurata, and Cymbidium lowianum. Little groups of Laelia 
purpurata, Dendrobium Bensoniae, and Cypripediums filled 
in the spaces between the large plants. It would have been 
impossible to'have used all plants of large size, otherwise it 
would have looked like simply a mass of bloom, without any 
foliage whatever, but the large ones were interspersed with 
smaller specimens of different kinds. 
Mr. John Robson, Bowden Nursery, Altrincham, had a group 
of Orchids consisting largely of Odontoglossum crispum and 
0. Pescatorei. Amongst the former we noted some very fine 
varieties, but chiefly light-coloured ones. Some Cypripediums 
and Oncidiums and Masdevallia harryana were mixed through 
the group, and Bamboos of small size were freely used instead 
of Asparagus. 
John Rutherford, Esq., M.P., Beardwood, Blackburn (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. John Lupton), exhibited a small group of Orchids, 
including Cattleya Mossiae, C. M. reineckiana, Odontoglossum 
excellens, and 0. Queen Alexandra Luptonii, with very richly 
coloured flowers. All the things in this group were very choice 
of their kind. 
Richard Ashworth, Aslilands Hall, Newchurch, Lancs., ex¬ 
hibited a group of moderate size, which consisted of very choice 
things, amongst which we noted such grand varieties as Odonto- 
