. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WITH THE GROWERS ULRICH BRUNNER ROSES AT V. ZUBER'S. WHITESTONE, L. I. European Ti ade Topics. The highest price ever realized in England for an orchid at a public auc- tion was obtained at the salesrooms of Prothero & Morris, London, Eng., a few days ago, when a small plant of Odontoglossum crispum Pittianum, 3 bulbs and i ."small break, realized 1,150 guineas. Sander & Sons, Bruges and St. Albans, Eng., were the purchasers. The flowers are white, slightly tinged with rose, sepals and petals heavily
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WITH THE GROWERS ULRICH BRUNNER ROSES AT V. ZUBER'S. WHITESTONE, L. I. European Ti ade Topics. The highest price ever realized in England for an orchid at a public auc- tion was obtained at the salesrooms of Prothero & Morris, London, Eng., a few days ago, when a small plant of Odontoglossum crispum Pittianum, 3 bulbs and i ."small break, realized 1,150 guineas. Sander & Sons, Bruges and St. Albans, Eng., were the purchasers. The flowers are white, slightly tinged with rose, sepals and petals heavily blotched with red brown, reverse side heavily tinged with purple. Other high prices obtained were: O. crispum F. K. Sander, cSoo guineas; flowers of reddish port wine tint, margins and tips of petals and sepals white', tip white with dark blotches. O. crispum AlMier Hassell 470 guineas; O. crispum Pittia>, 400 guineas ; O. crispum Fearnlcy Sander, 300 guin- eas ; O. crispum Persimmon, 290 guineas. The sale attracted buyers from all parts of Europe, being the private collection of H. F. Pitt, an enthusiastic collector for many years. The total amount realized on 122 lots was ^ The American carnation continues to make headway in England. At a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural So- cietj', C. Engelmann, of Saffron VValden, was awarded a gold medal for a mag- nificent exhibit of 1,200 blooms. Cut- bush & Son, A. F. Button, S. Mortimer and other growers ran him close for the high honors. A Winter flowering carna- tion society is about to he inaugurated in London. Several meetings have been held and rules, prize lists, etc., w;ill shortly be issued. Two new varieties have recently been certified by the Royal Horticultural Society, Elliott's Queen, deep rosy pink, from H. Elliott, Has- socks, Sussex, and Britannia, a very large brilliant scarlet flower of grand substance, from A. Smith, Enfield High- way, London. forward, so we do not anticipate much disaster, and
Size: 1769px × 1412px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
