The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-26
THE MARSH ORCHID SALE.
4 REMARKABLE COLLECTION TO BE
OFFERED At AUCTION

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To NJ soid-D..c-,n,,on. NJ son.-Art
Coii.ot,on. AI.o Arc Offered for Sale.
"hham W. fainam- ESQ., treasurer OF ioio
UnVerslty' ana frot Gcroge d. Brush eAecu-
tors OF tho late froi' v. " MARSH Oh hale' VINO
iet 70 that institution MS oeau'liui country sea'
Tor use as a botanical garden and museum have
arranged with tho American Art Association
Of this city for the disposal at absolute pubic
sale oil Prof.. Marshs valuable collection oil
orchids art objects, colonial FURNITURE rare rugs
ounos, &C The orchids compnse some h4oo
specimens ana 2To vanetes' including manytato
and mo specimens oil tho family Inc ooiiecton
will be sold at the American Art Galleries carly
IN October, after due exhibition.
Tho paintings ART objects, cunos' FURNITURE
ruga &C, number between z,ooo and Sooo ca'a-
iogue numbers, and consist OF about zoo paintings
and water coiors. by American artists e1ciu-
stvely, an extraordinary collection OF Colonial
furniture In hne condition. ovor loo beau-
ufui chairs sdeboards, bureaus beds'eads'
o. OF early period. ano beauutui workman
shp, nearly 100 raro antique Oriental rugs a
large collection OF old Japanese bronzes lacquers,
Swords sword guards, netsukes, kakemonos'
books and prints, antique chinese poroeians,
yld English and colonial emma and glass anu
plated ware. Prof.. Marsh was an intelligent
81. Iii 90 a. Wi. Irriv.,.i,v a. .ndo,v IN.
Potenical Garden ana Musoum' pfoVided iot
~ rio'' NaiSh Will
b Tho orchids In This COLLECTION Include specf
fnens OF tho rares' knds. as well as moro iamiiai
examplee Among 'hem Is 'ne aerioos fieidingi
Ynd Two o'ner Glasses Oh mo Same fanny Inc
brides Ia genus Oh evergreen epiphy'ai otch'ds
s.n,r o,,,,;nr i.,,.s and thsi, Iong Iooselv
genuy CURING ioe'es ana 'he,r iohe' io'seiy
Neltoately colored fovera In the collection are
Tho three species Fieldingi, odoratlm maius and
vtrops OF this first species there are several
varieties 1t Is commonly known as the Fox
Brush orchid Tho plant grows from two TO
fhree feot high Tho flowers grow in branch
ing raoomes which are sometimes three feet long
The flowers are a beautiful, clear white, notified
with rose They bloom in May. June and July.
THE prides odoratum majus has Its white leaves
blotchod with magenta. and tho brides virens
has bright green leaves with purple spots on the
white leaves There are three varieties of the
anRraocum This Is a curious genus OF orchid.
OF which about a score Of species arc known II
deserves a place in overy collection. II resembles
the brides somewhat but tho spreading petals
and scpals are especially characteristic Of tho
plant They bloom In winter and tho blossoms
continue in perfection for six weeks Tho genus
comes from tropical and southern Africa, and
species in tho sale are leonis, sanderianum and
sesquipeale
Th,sa an.cinsrs n, N, A,ponbv,,ur Giv.n-
tsum ar, TO be sold This ia the finest species
Of this orchid The beautiful. upright rim of
eov.,s are ,b,rmippIv arranged and look like
VOWS Of sm,ll sbells clustered around tho spil,e
of the flower. This is sometimes a foot long
The flowers are dark purple and rose-coored
The leaves dark green Tho flowers bloom
during Mayand June and last three weeks They
are found in Mexico and Central America
or the Brassia there four specimens in
the collection, in addition to tho simple Brassia,
They the Verrucosa, tho Caudatum and the
Bignata. The single BrassiA which comes from
tho tropical regions OF South America Brazil,
the West Indies and Mexico. has about twenty
different species Some OF these arc dull in color
while Others OF sufficient beauty TO entile
them to place in every collection Specimens
OF this latter kind to be found in the sale The
evergreen foliage is more than a foot long The
bulbophyllum barb gerum is represented in the