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rachis. The flowers grew four to six together in short pendent 

 racemes, the corolla being tubular, contracted at the base, an 

 inch and a half long, very firm, with a somewhat spreading nearly 

 equal limb of five rounded segments ; the colour was a deep cerise 



crimson. 



Cattleya amethys to glossal — from R. AVabnee, Esq., Chelms-- 



ford. This beautiful orchid had rather tall slender stems, bearing 

 at top a pair of leaves and a short spike (here 52-flowered, but at 

 the more usual blooming season stated to be 4- 5-flowered), of 

 charmingly coloured flowers. The broad blunt sepals and petals 

 w^ere suffused with rose, and marked with numerous conspicuous 

 dots of rich violet rose ; and the lip, which was corrugated and 

 papillose, was entirely deep violet rose in the broad rounded 

 middle lobe and in the tips of the lateral lobes, the colouring 

 being very rich and effective. The flowers were of moderate size. 

 It was awarded a Fiest-Class Certificate. 



Cypripedium barbatum, var. latisepalnm :— from Mr. B, S, 



WiLTvTA^vrs, Paradise Nursery, Holloway. This was a fine variety, 

 havhig the leaves more distinctly variegated than in the ordinary 

 forms, and the flowers with a remarkably broad upper sepal which 

 was w^iite in the upper half, and elegantly marked below with 

 purple and green. The plant was Commended. 



Cattleya sp.; — from Mr. Williams, Holloway. A small-grow- 

 ing slender ineff'ective orchid, the flowers of which had long 

 narrow pale blush sepals and petals, and a small lip creamy at 

 the base and faintly tipped with rose. It w'as stated to be one 

 of M. Linden's introductions, and to bear in gardens the name 

 of L(EUa Lindleyana, 



Rhododendron: — from J. Allnutt, Esq., Clapham. A fine 

 bush of a handsome rose-coloured variety, described as being re- 

 markable " for its perfect hardiness and early-flowering habit." 

 The plant had been kept out of doors winter and summer for 

 seme years, and only removed into the conservatory when just 

 bursting into flower, under which treatment it seemed to have 

 thriven, and to bear its blossoms freely. 



Italian Violet:— from Capt. R. Teevor Clarke, Welton Park. 

 This sweet violet was stated to grow in company with the ordinary 

 blue violet, its flowers being usually pale blue, but a few darker 

 coloured examples, one of which was the specimen now produced, 

 occur amongst the plants. Capt. Clarke observed: *' The white 

 eye, symmetrical corolla, scent, and leaf distinguish it from our 

 English plant. I believe it to be the single form of the double Nea-- 



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