THE LADIES’ FLORAL CABINET. 
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Important Sale of Orchids, See.—The world-renowned 
collection made by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan, of this 
city, of orchids and other rare plants, was put on sale 
Wednesday, September 30, just as this issue of The 
Floral Cabinet was going to press, and we can only 
briefly allude to the transactions of the first day. 
Four hundred and twenty-five plants sold for a trifle 
under $7,000. The buyers were from all parts of this 
country, Canada and England. Among them were 
Charles Pratt, of Brooklyn, the petroleum merchant; 
Jay Gould, William S. Kimball, of Rochester; Charles J. 
Osborn, J. M. Ferry, D. W. Smith, of Lee, Mass.; our 
contributor, William C. Falconer, representing Charles 
A. Dana; C. H. Schiller, of Utica, N. Y.; Robert Gar¬ 
rett. of Baltimore ; William Barr, of Orange : Francis L. 
Ames, of Boston; Isaac Buchanan, the Fifth avenue 
florist; S. S. Bain, of Montreal; Erastus Corning, of 
Albany; William Matthews, of Utica, N. Y. ; Veitch & 
Sons, of London, England, who originally sold Mrs. 
Morgan the bulk of her collection; G. W. McKenzie, 
representing F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, England, 
another of Mrs. Morgan’s former agents; Henry Graves, 
of Orange, N. J.; Frederick Scholes, of Brooklyn, and 
Seibrecht & Wadley, who bought largely for wealthy cus¬ 
tomers of this city. 
The highest price of the day, $750, was received for 
the last plant sold, the Cypripedium Morganianum. 
This plant, which was nearly sold at private sale a few 
days ago at about $500, was given to Mrs. Morgan by 
Mr. Robert Veitch, of London, some years ago; it is sup¬ 
posed to be the finest specimen in the world, and will go 
back to its original hothouse in London. 
The following were among the plants sold at $50 and 
upward: 
Plant. Purchaser. Price. 
Angreacum sesquipedale.W. S. Kimball.$60 
Aerides expansum Leoniae.Veitch & Sons . 70 
Aerides Schroederi.G. W. McKenzie. 80 
Aerides Schroederi .Veitch & Sons. 55 
Cattleya Skinneri Alba.Veitch & Sons. 200 
Cattleya Exoniensis, 16 bulbs.D. W. Smith. 240 
Cattleya Exoniensis, 15 bulbs.G. W. McKenzie. 250 
Cattleya Exoniensis, is bulbs, dark_Veitch & Sons. 130 
Cattleya crispa eburneuse, 150 bulbs... W. S. Kimball. 90 
Cattleya trianie bonnyana, 20 bulbs, 
No. 1, Veitch ...Jay Gould. 80 
Cattleya trianae bonnyana, 30 bulbs_Erastus Corning-. 50 
Cattleya trianae bonnyana, 20 bulbs, 
No. 2, Veitch. F. L Ames. 50 
Cattleya labiata, 25 bulbs.C. J. Osborn. 55 
Cattleya Dominana 20 bulbs.Veitch & Sons. 55 
Cattleya labiata, 10 bulbs.Veitch & Sons. 90 
Cattleya iricolor, 20 bulbs.W. S. Kimball. 50 
Cattleya Schilleriana, 50 bulbs.Jay Gould. 55 
Cattleya labiata, 8 bulbs.G. W. McKenzie. .. 160 
Cattleya labiata, 5 bulbs.Veitch & Sons . 65 
Cattleya labiata, 10 bulbs.G. W. McKenzie. 95 
Cattleya Fausta, 9 bulbs.G. W. McKenzie. 90 
Cattleya Fausta delicata.Veitch & Sons. 50 
Cattleya Fausta delicata.Veitch & Sons. 95 
Cattleya Fausta crispia... F. L. Ames. 75 
Cattleya Marstersonim.John Wallace. 90 
Coelog^ne cristata alba, 30 bulbs.G. W. McKenzie. 210 
Coelogyne cristata grandiflora, 125 
bulbs...F. L. Ames...,. 61 
Cymbidium Lowianurn.G W. McKenzie. 60 
Cattleya Wagneriana.F. L. Ames. 57 
Cattleya labiata.G. VV. McKenzie. 55 
Cattleya Exoniensis, 13 bulbs.G. W. McKenzie. 80 
Cattleya Exoniensis, 8 bulbs.h . L. Ames. 70 
Cattleya Exoniensis, 10 bulbs.Jay Gould. 50 
Cattleya Chelsoni.F. L. Ames. 50 
Cypripedium Morganianum..Veitch & Sons. 750 
A subscriber at Boston Highlands, who has a large 
collection of cacti, sends us the Transcript's account of 
a strange freak of a plant: “ A night-blooming cereus, 
one of two plants in the possession of Mr. Bainbridge E. 
Howard, of 233 Dudley street, Roxbury, played a curious 
caper on Monday morning, and one that surprised every¬ 
body conversant with the habit of the species in regard 
to blooming. The plant had thirteen buds, which on Sun¬ 
day gave indications of unfolding their hidden beauties 
during the night. They were watched with intense ex¬ 
pectancy owing to their number, but from the cold or 
some other cause they did not open at the customary 
hour, and the watch was reluctantly abandoned. After 
the sun had risen, however, the astonishment of the 
family can be easily imagined when the discovery was 
made that ten of the thirteen buds had begun to unfold, 
and ere an hour their magnificence was displayed to 
many admiring eyes. They held their vigor and beauty 
far into the day, and some of them that were cut off 
were beautiful even in the afternoon, when their sweet¬ 
ness gradually ran out at the stem.” 
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Gladiolus and Lily Exhibition.— Peter Henderson & 
Co.’s annual exhibition of gladioli, lilies, dahlias, &c., 
was held in their warerooms, No. 35 Cortlandt street, 
commencing August 17, and continuing during the week. 
The display was finer than ever before, and much more 
extensive. All of the best French and English varieties, 
besides thousands of American hybrids, were on exhi¬ 
bition. The attendance was very large, and the interest 
manifested great, as was to be seen by the numbers with 
note-book and pencil in hand, taking down the names of 
such varieties and collections as they must have in their 
gardens the coming season. Many of the more cautious 
visitors gave their orders on the spot, so that they might 
know what they wanted, and secure the same while the 
bulbs were in stock. Among the many that attracted the 
most attention were “ Henderson’s Select Twelve,” which 
were as follows: Africani, very dark slaty brown on 
scarlet ground, streaked with scarlet and pure white, with 
conspicuous white blotch ; Princess Mary of Cambridge, 
pure white, with very large light carmine blotch on lower 
division; Meyerbeer, brilliant scarlet, flamed with ver¬ 
milion, amaranth-red blotch ; La Candeur, white, lightly 
striped with carmine-violet; Giganteus, very tall spike of 
large, well-opened flowers of a fine rose-color, shading off 
to cherry, upper petals transparent rose, blotch dark car¬ 
mine, veined white; Hesperide, profusely blotched and 
flaked bright rosy salmon on a pure white ground; 
Shakespeare, white, very slightly suffused with carmine- 
rose, large rosy blotch; E. M. Stanton, large spike of 
well-arranged and well-opened flowers, deep crimson- 
scarlet, outer edges blended with purple, with a pure 
white blotch on each variety—a remarkable variety; 
Martha Washington, a tall growing variety, spikes much 
branched, flowers large, clear light yellow, with lower 
petals slightly tinged with rose; Emma Thursby, a fine 
flower, pure white ground, well-defined carmine stripes 
through the petals, with heavy blotch on the lower divi¬ 
sions ; Gen. Phil. Sheridan, lone spike of fire-red flowers 
of large size, and well arranged, a distinct white line 
running through each petal, and a large pure white blotch 
