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May  23.  1901. 
hybrids.  Coelogyne  pandurata  was  prominent,  and  many  graceful 
spikes  of  Oncidium  sarcodes. 
Mons.  Luoien  Linden  of  Brussels  had  a  large  number  of  a  large 
and  pure  variety  of  Phalasnopsis  amabilis  called  Borneensis,  arranged 
with  their  now  well  known  Hacmantbus,  the  contrast  being  very  fine. 
Some  fine  Cypripediums  were  also  included. 
Mr.  J.  Cypher,  of  Cheltenham,  had  a  large  and  showy  group, 
arranged  with  excellent  taste.  In  the  centre  some  very  fine  spikes  of 
Oncidium  Marshallianum  towered  up  even  above  the  Palms,  with 
which  the  group  was  backed,  and  some  really  grand  Dendrobiums  and 
Miltonia  vexillaria  were  included.  A  beautiful  plant  of  Cattleya 
Skinneri  was  prominent,  and  Lfelia  purpurata  was  also  shown  in  this 
well-known  exhibitor’s  best  style.  Odontoglossum  Andersonianum, 
O.  polyxanthum,  0.  triumphans,  and  of  course  a  grand  lot  of  0.  crispum 
were  the  best  of  this  genus,  a  pretty  yellow  form  of  the  latter  being 
particularly  attractive. 
Sir  Frederick  Wigan,  Bart,  (grower,  Mr.  W.  H.  Young),  Clare  Lawn, 
East  Sheen,  fulfilled  the  promise  that  his  houses  of  these  plants 
predicted  when  we  visited  them  a  week  or  ten  days  ago.  He  had  a 
wonderful  collection  of  Miltonias,  which  were  rich  and  profusely 
flowered.  From  his  Cymbidium  house  he  had  brought  some  grand 
plants  bearing  a  round  dozen  long  racemes.  Oncidium  sarcodes, 
Odontoglossum  Halli,  0.  crispum,  Cattleya  Mossise  (grand  size  and 
deep  colour),  together  with  Cattleya  Skinneri  and  C.  S.  alba,  Laelia 
purpurata,  Aerides  Fieldingi,  Phalaenopsis  Sanderiana,  Saccolabium 
curvifolium,  and  manyother  good  pieces  were  included  in  this  exceedingly 
interesting  and  creditable  collection. 
A  marvellously  fine  exhibit  of  Vanda  teres  Rothschild’s  variety  came 
from  Lord  Rothschild  (grower,  Mr.  G.  Reynolds),  Guunersbury  Park, 
Acton,  W.  These  were  the  pioture  of  health,  and  made  a  strikingly 
beautiful  feature  at  one  end  of  the  long  table  devoted  to  Orchids  in  the 
largest  tent.  The  group  was  arranged  with  perpendicular  frontage,  and 
as  nearly  all  remarked,  it  was  “  perfectly  marvellous.” 
Messrs.  Charlesworth  &  Co.  of  Heaton,  Bradford,  also  showed 
remarkably  well.  Some  very  richly  tinted  forms  of  Lselia  purpurata 
backed  up  their  large  group,  and  a  grandly  grown  plant  of  Lselio- 
Cattleya  Hippolyta  was  given  a  cultural  commendation.  This  plant 
carried  twenty-eight  flowers  on  three  spikes,  showing  more  plainly  than 
usual  the  true  habit  of  this  fine  hybrid.  The  varieties  of  Cattleya 
MossiaB  were  very  fine,  C.  M.  superba  being  an  especially  fine  thing. 
The  spikes  of  Odontoglossum  Halli  were  fine  and  varied.  Lselio- 
Cattleya  callistoglossa  was  represented  by  a  fine  plant  carrying  four 
large  flowers.  L.-C.  Ivernia  is  a  lovely  thing,  a  cross  between  L.-C. 
callistoglossa  and  Laelia  tenebrosa,  the  veining  of  the  lip  and  sepals 
reminding  one  of  the  latter.  The  pretty  Masarmini  was  represented  by 
a  fine  specimen.  Lselia  purpurata  Sunray  is  an  exquisite  plant,  with 
rich  lip  and  sepals  tinged  with  purple  like  L.  p.  Backhousiana.  A  fine 
plant  of  L.-C.  Mozart,  with  eight  flowers,  was  very  interesting,  and 
another  plant  of  better  variety  was  also  shown.  Cattleya  Mendeli 
Aurora,  C.  partheniana  vernalis,  C.  Mendelli  Brilliant,  and  Laelio- 
Cattleya  G.  S.  Ball  were  also  good. 
Messrs.  Hugh  Low  &  Co.,  of  Bush  Hill  Park,  were  to  the  fore  with 
a  large  but  very  flit  group,  consisting  principally  of  Cattleyas,  Laelias, 
and  Lselio-Cattleyas.  Cattleya  Mossite  Sir  Alfred  Milner  is  a  very 
distinct  variety,  a  light  heliotrope  shade  on  the  sepals  and  petals  being 
noted  that  is  very  unusual.  C.  Mendeli  His  Majesty  is  a  large  and 
perfectly  formed  variety,  like  a  glorified  C.  M.  grandiflora,  a  perfect 
flower ;  Cypripedium  Youngias,  a  cross  between  C.  bellatulum  and 
C.  Hookerianum  Volonteanum,  shows  up  well,  the  foliage  of  the  latter 
fine  kind  being  almost  exactly  reproduced  in  the  hybrid  ;  and  there  are 
also  very  fine  specimens  and  varieties  of  C.  Lawrenceanum,  C.  Goweri 
magnificum,  and  C.  Curtisi.  Fine  arching  spikes  of  Oncidium 
Marshallianum,  0.  sarcodes,  Cymbidium  Lowiauum,  and  Odontoglossum 
Edwardi  were  the  only  break  to  the  flatness  of  this  group ;  plants  such 
as  Oncidium  Kramerianum  and  others,  that  would  have  improved  it 
had  they  been  kept  up,  being  set  down  much  too  low. 
J.  Rutherford,  Esq.,  of  Bearwood,  Blackburn  (grower,  Mr.  J. 
Lupton),  put  up  a  small  but  showy  group,  consisting  of  fine  Lselia 
purpurata,  Cattleya  gigas,  and  Miltonia  vexillaria ;  a  pretty,  but  thin, 
form  of  Odontoglossum  crispum,  named  deliciosum,  was  also  shown. 
Messrs.  Jansen  &  Putneys  of  Antwerp  showed  about  a  dozen  very 
fine  Odontoglossums,  the  best  of  these  being  a  fine  O.  triumphans 
aureum,  with  very  large  and  well  defined  blotches  ;  0.  crispum  var. 
Giant,  a  large  but  not  particularly  well  shaped  variety,  and  a  very 
pretty  and  distinct  form  of  O.  Ruckeri.  Cattleya  intermedia  var. 
Bijou  is  almost  an  albino;  indeed,  it  is  prettier  than  many  white  forms, 
having  a  slight  suffusion  of  rose.  A  weak  plant,  but  a  very  fine  variety, 
of  O.  Looohristiense  was  also  shown. 
J.  Leeman,  Esq.,  of  Heaton  Mersey,  had  a  beautiful  group  of  Odonto¬ 
glossums.  0.  crispum  the  Nizam  is  a  grand  flower  of  immense  size  and 
great  substance,  and  there  were  many  others  unnamed  but  almost 
equally  good.  O.  Adrianso  var.  Imperator  is  a  very  rich  thing,  and 
0.  A.  Lindeni  is  one  of  the  deepest  marked  forms  we  have  seen. 
O.  orispum  Little  Sun  has  a  yellowish  tint  that  is  pleasing,  but  hardly 
distinct  enough,  and  several  others  were  well  worthy  of  mention  did 
spaoe  permit.  It  was  a  grand  group  in  every  respect. 
A.  A.  Peeters,  of  Brussels,  showed  a  small  collection  of  Orchids, 
including  two  very  pretty  varieties  of  Odontoglossum  Rolfae,  O. 
crispum  Queen  Victoria,  Cattleya  Kirohoveana  and  Odontoglossum 
Adrianas.  The  Hon.  W.  Rothschild  showed  Laolio-Cattleya  Hippolyta 
and  L.-C.  Dido. 
W.  Thompson,  Esq.,  showed  a  fine  0.  orispum  named  Hebe,  pure 
white  on  the  sepals  and  petals,  the  lip  spotted  with  brown. 
Mons.  Jules  Hye  of  Ghent  showed  Odontoglossum  Rolfae,  a  very 
clear  and  beautiful  form  of  this  hybrid,  with  bright  markings ; 
0.  crispum  Idole,  a  pretty  spotted  form  ;  and  0.  crispum  Phryne. 
Lieut.- Col.  Shipway  had  a  pretty  Odontoglossum  Denisonioe. 
Captain  Holford  showed  a  finely  spotted  Odontoglossum  crispum 
Ian,  and  O.  Adrianae  Mrs.  Menzies,  the  latter  rather  broader  than  usual 
in  the  segments,  and  of  fine  colour. 
E.  Ashworth,  Esq.,  showed  a  pretty  hybrid  Odontoglossum  with  the 
habit  of  O.  orispum,  and  pretty  white  flowers  spotted  with  red. 
Roses, 
From  Messrs.  Ben.  R.  Cant  &  Sons,  The  Old  Rose  Nurseries, 
Colchester,  there  came  a  bright  and  clean  collection  of  pot  Roses, 
carrying  a  fine  crop  of  strong  exhibition  flowers.  Mrs.  Cocker  was 
particularly  strong  and  good,  so  was  Mrs  Sharman  Crawford,  General 
Jacqueminot,  Ulrich  Brunner,  Madame  Hoste  (Tea),  together  with 
Dundee  Rambler,  crimson  China  Roses,  and  certain  showy,  double- 
flowering  Brier  Roses.  The  yellow  Harrisoni  Brier  was  also  included. 
The  group  was  arranged  to  tower  backward  from  the  front,  culminating 
in  a  high  centre  at  the  back  extremity. 
Messrs.  W.  Paul  &  Son,  Waltham  Cross,  Herts,  set  up  a  handsome 
Rose  group,  really  exceptionally  fine  both  in  the  quality  of  the  plants 
exhibited  and  in  the  matter  of  tasty  arrangement.  Tall  standard  Tea 
Roses  in  pots  oocupied  the  back,  and  were  raised  up  in  pots  to  a  towering 
height.  In  front  came  others  of  lesser  size,  amongst  which  were  Crimson 
Ramblers  in  bushy  style,  and  dwarfer  plants  in  front.  One  of  the  finest 
Roses  here  was  a  new  Polyantha  variety  named  Lenchstern,  with  smart, 
glossy,  dark  green  foliage,  quite  thick,  above  which  were  expanded  the 
lovely  cymose  clusters  of  rosy  edged  single  flowers.  The  centre  of  these 
flowers,  which  are  2  inches  in  breadth,  is  white,  or  rather  yellow  with  a 
broad  white  halo.  The  plants  seen  at  a  little  distance  appear  like  some 
refined  variety  of  pink  double  Crataegus.  Other  good  varieties  were 
Soled  d’Or,  H.  T.  Tennyson,'  a  new  pink;  Medea,  G.  Nabonnand, 
Medea,  &c.  In  the  forefront  were  cut  Roses  in  stands,  the  whole 
forming  a  most  excellent  and  attractive  feature. 
A  varied  collection  of  Roses  in  pots  came  from  Messrs.  Frank  Cant 
and  Co.  of  the  Braiswick  Nursery,  Colchester.  The  blooms  upon  the 
healthy,  stocky  plants,  were  well  opened,  and  disolayed  a  grand  tone  of 
colour.  The  new  H.T.  Madame  Ravary  was  particularly  good  in  this 
respect,  being  a  much  richer  oolour  than  the  well-known  Gloire  de 
Dijon  when  the  latter  is  seen  fresh  and  at  its  best.  Anna  Chabron  is  a 
new  Tea  variety  of  a  beautiful  rosy  pink  colour,  creamy  toward  the 
base  of  each  petal.  Lady  Roberts  is  also  a  new  Tea,  almost  like 
Mareohal  Neil  in  oolour,  only  deeper.  Mrs.  John  Laing,  Lawrence 
Allen,  L’Innocenoe,  Mrs.  Ed.  Mawley,  White  Maman  Coohet,  Thalia, 
and  Ethel  Brownlee  were  a  few  of  the  others  whose  good  qualities 
attracted  particular  attention. 
Mr.  G.  Mount,  Canterbury,  made  a  charming  display  of  cut  Roses 
backed  with  some  fine  plants  of  Crimson  Rambler  in  pots.  The  blooms 
were  large  and  beautifully  finished.  The  boxes  of  Caroline  Testout, 
Marechal  Niel,  Mrs.  John  Laing,  Ulrich  Brunner,  and  Baroness 
Rothschild  were  all  staged  in  the  orthodox  way,  while  these  were 
relieved  by  vases  of  blooms  on  long  ste  t<s,  Catherine  Mermet,  Caroline 
Testout,  Anna  Olivier,  Niphetos,  and  La  Franoe  being  remarkable  for 
their  fine  flowers  and  capital  foliage,  the  effect  of  the  Crimson  Ramblers 
greatly  enhancing  the  beauty  of  the  exhibit. 
Mr.  W.  Rumsey,  Joynings  Nursery,  Waltham  Cross,  staged  an 
extensive  display  of  cut  Roses,  comprising  twelve  boxes  of  out  blooms, 
and  a  number  of  vases.  The  blooms  of  Mareohal  Neil  were  large,  and 
of  excellent  oolour,  while  Niphetos,  Golden  Gate,  Maman  Cochet, 
L’Ideal,  Mrs.  Rumsey,  and  Charles  Lawson  were  conspicuous.  The 
Noisettes  and  Celine  Forestier  were  pretty,  also  Crimson  Rambler, 
Polyantha  Mignonette.  A  good  box  of  Niphetos  (Tea)  was  also  shown, 
as  well  as  a  miscellaneous  variety  of  Teas. 
Messrs.  Paul  &  Son,  The  “Old”  Nurseries,  Cheshunt,  exhibited  a 
fine  group  of  Roses  in  one  corner  of  the  largest  tent.  The  plants  were  in 
pots,  and  were  most  varied  in  size  as  well  as  shape.  In  many  oases  the 
plants  bore  magnificent  large  blooms ;  La  Franoe  is  not  the  least 
beautiful.  Madame  de  Watteville,  with  charming  flowers,  Mrs.  Paul,  a 
fine  flower,  also  Marquise  Litta  and  Souvenir  de  President  Carnot. 
Crimson  Rambler,  not  so  large,  of  course,  in  its  individual  blooms,  is 
showy  as  a  plant ;  so  is  Psyche,  a  climbing  Rose,  white,  faintly  tinted 
pink.  Mrs.  J.  W.  Grant,  both  in  its  ordinary  and  climbing  habits,  was 
a  conspicuous  variety.  Queen  of  SwedeD,  a  new  Tea  Rose,  was  good  ; 
the  bloom  is  of  lovely  form  and  large  enough,  oolour  white,  tinted 
apricot  in  the  centre ;  it  has  substance,  and  should  be  noted  as  most 
promising.  The  exhibit  was  tastefully  and  lightly  arranged.  The 
beautiful  new  H.T.  Lady  Battersea,  of  which  we  give  an  illustration, 
was  also  included. 
