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the  sprayer  as  a  preventive,  acre  after  acre  of  luxuriant  haulm  glisten¬ 
ing  in  its  blue,  filmy  coating  of  copper.  The  best  example  of  machine 
used  for  distributing  the  antidote  seen  in  active  use  w.is  that  in  which 
the  engine  was  carted  through  the  drills,  trailing  several  distributors, 
which  forced  the  spray  up  through  the  plants,  a  couple  of  nozzles 
.above  working  in  opposition,  thus  thoroughly  wetting  the  foliage  on 
both  sides.  The  question  arises  whether  universal  and  persistent  use 
of  the  sprayer  might  not  eventually  free  Ireland  so  long  held  by  the 
-enemy. — K.,  Dublin. 
Pisa  Clio. 
The  number  of  hybrid  Disas  placed  before  the  meetings  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  is,  when  compared  with  Cattleyas, 
Cypripediums,  and  others,  very  small,  and  when  one  of  good  quality 
is  staged  the  Orchid  Committee  is  not  slow  in  showing  its  apprecia¬ 
tion.  At  the  meeting  held  on  Tuesday,  August  23rd,  Messrs.  J 
Veitch  &  Sons,  Chelsea,  sent  Disa  Clio  (fig.  29),  which  has  resulted 
from  a  cross  between  D.  granditlora  and  D.  Veitchi,  the  latter  a 
hybrid  from  a  cross  between  D.  grandiflora  and  D.  racemosa,  and  was, 
as  is  well  known,  the  first  hybrid  of  the  genus.  To  the  fact  of 
D.  Veitchi  being  a  hybrid  must  be  ascribed  the  diversity  of  colour  in 
D.  Clio,  this  ranging  from  the  softest  salmon  rose  to  brilliant  scarlet. 
As  may  be  seen  in  the  woodcut,  the  flowers  are  large  and  are  freely 
produced.  An  award  of  merit  was  recommended  by  the  Orchid 
-Committee,  an  honour  of  which  we  omitted  to  make  note  in  our  report 
of  the  exhibition  on  the  above  date. 
Cypripedium  Cdrtisi. 
I  forward  a  bloom  of  Cypripedium  Curtisi.  It  is  the  largest 
form  I  have  seen,  and  the  other  two  on  the  plant  are  equal  in  size. 
It  has  been  open  several  weeks,  and  is  beginning  to  fade  now. — 
<j.  W.  Cummins. 
[The  specimen  you  sent  was  an  excellent  one,  though  we  have 
before  seen  one  or  two  equal  to  it  for  size.  The  best  portions  of  your 
variety  are  the  petals,  which  are  splendid, fand  superior  to  any  we  have 
previously  noted.] 
LiELIA  ELEGANS. 
Several  of  the  many  beautiful  plants  that  come  within  the  above 
■  designation  are  thoroughly  well  known,  but  others,  by  reasou  of  their 
scarcity,  are  seldom  seen.  To  see  all  of  the  hybrids  and  varieties  that 
are  worth  growing  it  would  be  necessary  to  make  several  journeys  to 
The  Woodlands,  Streatham,  where  Mr.  R.  H.  Measures  has  what  is 
commonly  acknowledged  to  be  the  finest  collection  in  the  world. 
There  are  to  be  found  hundreds  of  plants  in  various  stages  and 
of  remarkably  diversified  characters  of  growth,  some  having  long 
almost  round  pseudo-bulbs,  while  others  are  short  and  flat,  with  still 
more  carrying  leafage  entirely  distinct  from  the  recognised  type. 
Hundreds  of  the  plants  are  imported  in  addition  to  those  that  have 
been  raised  at  Streatham,  and  some  of  which  are  superb,  but  all  are 
alike  in  excellence  of  health  and  condition.  To  some  of  the  latter  it 
is  purposed  to  draw  attention  in  the  subsequent  paragraphs. 
Though  these  notes  have  been  headed  Lselia  elegans  as  being  the 
more  popular  name,  it  is  not  now  accepted  as  correct,  that  of  Lselio- 
Cattleya  elegans  having  been  substituted.  That  the  plants  are 
natural  hybrids  there  can  be  little  doubt,  as  crossings  between  Cattleyas 
and  Laelias  have  given  forms  practically  identical  with  imported  con¬ 
signments.  It  is  probable,  however,  that  the  older  name  by  which 
the  plants  have  been  so  long  known  will  still  continue  in  use,  especially 
as  the  newer  one  is  rather  more  unwieldly.  It  matters  little  which 
is  used,  for  the  plants  must  ever  remain  as  amongst  the.  most 
beautiful  in  the  Orchid  family,  that  are  worthy  of  decidedly  more 
attention  than  is  at  present  accorded  to  them  by  growers.  It  must, 
too,  be  borne  in  mind  that  their  normal  flowering  season  is  when  other 
Orchid  flowers  are  comparatively  scarce,  and  this  alone  ought  to 
wrarrant  their  extended  inclusion  in  all  collections  where  the  require¬ 
ments  of  the  plants  can  be  met. 
If  we  attempted  to  refer  to  and  describe  all  the  varieties  in 
the  Woodlands  collection  we  should  find  our  task  a  somewhat  heavy 
one.  This  is  not  desirable,  as  most  orchidists  are  familiar  with  such 
as  Schilleriana,  Turneri,  blenheimensis,  prasiata,  alba,  and  many  more, 
worthily,  though  these  merit  any  distinction  that  can  be  accorded  to 
them  by  reason  of  their  distinctive  beauty.  But  there  are  others  with 
which  the  Orchid  world  is  less  familiar,  because  they  have  been  raised 
and  flowered  by  Mr.  Measures,  and  have  never  seen  the  outside  of  the 
place.  To  these  we  would  now  draw  attention,  for  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  them  in  flower  some  days  ago.  Mr.  J.  Coles, 
the  head  gardener,  was  kind  enough  to  give  particulars  of  the 
parentage  of  those  noted  on  the  present  occasion. 
For  a  commencement  we  will  take  Harold  Measures,  which  resulted 
from  a  cross  between  elegans  blenheimensis  and  Cattleya  superba 
splendens.  The  colouration  is  the  best  feature,  as  it  is  superb.  The 
l  etals  are  soft  rose  with  deeper  venations,  the  sepals  being  a 
peculiar  shade  of  buff.  The  shapely  lip  is  rich  maroon.  Totally 
distinct  is  Princess  Stephanie,  of  which  the  parents  were  elegans 
incantens  and  Cattleya  bicolor.  The  sepals  and  petals  have  the 
green  of  the  last  named  with  veins  and  suffusions  of  rose.  The 
lip  is  rich  crimson  purple,  and  the  side  lobes  white.  From  a  cross 
between  elegans  and  Lselia  pumila  has  come  a  form  named  Olivette, 
which  closely  resembles  pumila  in  the  formation  and  colour  of  the 
side  lobes.  The  lip  is  crimson,  deepening  towards  the  throat,  into 
which  it  extends  a  considerable  distance;  the  sepals  and  petals  are 
Fig.  29. — Disa  Clio. 
soft  rose.  Stella  is  very  handsome  with  its  rose-coloured  sepals  and 
petals  spotted  with  crimson  ;  the  lip  is  velvety  crimson.  The  parents 
of  this  were  elegans  and  Cattleya  Leopoldi. 
From  elegans  and  purpurata  nigrum  came  Sappho.  It  is  a 
striking  flower  with  narrow  petals,  rosy  buff  in  colour,  and  sepals  of 
rich  rose.  The  lip  is  intense  velvety  crimson.  Of  the  remainder  to 
be  mentioned  we  are  not  able  to  give  the  parentage.  Murcia  has 
a  remarkable  lip,  in  which  the  crimson  of  the  front  lobe  extends 
into  the  throat  to  the  back  of  the  column.  The  sepals  ami  petals 
are  soft  rose,  chastely  veined  and  striped  with  crimson.  In  Amphion 
the  side  lobes  are  entirely  separated,  and  are  white  with  slight 
suffusions,  and  a  batch  of  bright  rose  at  the  tips ;  the  lip  is  very 
dark.  Then  there  are  Mrs.  R.  II.  Measures,  of  which  the  colour  is 
pure  white,  save  for  two  small  streaks  of  purple  in  the  lip;  Juno, 
with  its  dark  lip  and  throat ;  Medusa,  very  rich  in  colour;  and  M.  G. 
Gifkins,  all  of  which  warrant  more  notice  than  can  be  taken  of  them 
just  now.  The  first  named  especially  is  magnificent,  being  deci  ledly 
superior  to  Schilleriana  alba,  of  which  a  fine  (lower  was  observed. 
Leaving  the  Lselias  tve  may  mention  a  hybrid  Cattleya  ere  closing 
these  notes.  It  is  from  a  cross  between  Leopoldi  and  bicolor,  and 
evidences  of  both  these  are  very  clearly  perceptible.  The  sepals  and 
petals  are  quite  those  of  bicolor  with  rose  spots  ;  the  long  and  broad 
lip  is  rose-purple,  and  the  side  lobes  (which  resemble  wings)  are 
white  suffused  with  rose.  Of  the  many  hundreds  of  other  Orchids  we 
may  have  something  to  say  at  some  future  date,  but  to  a  sight  of  the 
Cypripediums  in  the  autumn  we  are  looking  forward  with  particular 
pleasure. — H.  W. 
