Tlatk ;5()7. 

 CATTLEYA, DOMIXIANA ALBA. 



We have already, in t!ie ])i('sciit and previous volnnics, li^urcd 

 sonic varieties of this extensive and Iteautifnl fi;enns, and are 

 indebted to the same source for the illustration we now f^ive, 

 \\/.. tlie extensive collection of the Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; 

 this being ohc of the many beautiful additions made to our Or- 

 chidaceous plants, by tlie skill and perseverance of Mr. Dominy. 



\\'c have noticed that the practice which has for some time 

 prevailed, of giving Latin names to garden hybrids, and against 

 which we protested in a recent number, has been taken up by 

 the most widely circulated of our gardening publications ; and 

 we trust sonietliing will be done to put a stop to a practice 

 which often proceeds from mere pedantry, and which must, in 

 tlie case of Orchids, involve unutterable confusion, for it is not 

 witli them as with the more evanescent garden flowers. Latin 

 names may be given to Phloxes, Chrysanthenuims, Calceolarias, 

 and sucli-Iike things ; but in a few years they are forgotten, 

 wlnle tlie Orchid, wliich has once been considered worthy of 

 being named, will most probably remain for many years ; 

 indeed, as long as the original species. 



Caftleya Domini ana alba is a li\hrid of very great beauty, 

 partaking somewliat of the cliaracter of CaftJcyn luonicnuis, 

 figured in Plate 2G1), and to which attention has recently been 

 drawn by Professor Reichenbach. Altiiough tlie sepals are 

 broad(>r, and tiie flower altogetlier laiger, they, as well as the 

 petals, are of a beautifnlly delicate lavender tint ; while the 

 lip, which is very large and nuicli opened out at tin* apex, is 

 of a beautiful, ])early wliite, a large portion of it being of a 

 biilliant rosy-lilac, spotted in Hues of tlie same colour. Tlie size 

 of the (lower, and its l)iilli:nu y of colouring, justly entille it 



