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had then “not been divulged,” though it had been roughly indicated as 
some distance south-west of Rio de Janeiro, which is now known to be 
incorrect (see “ Orch. Rey.” 1898, p. 828). The origin of Lelio-Cattleya 
x Gottovana was proved by Mr. James Douglas, in 1900, who raised it 
from the species named (/.c. 1900, p. 358). 
Lelia x Finckeniana appeared in 1892, in the collection of C. W. 
Fincken, Esq., Hoyland Hall, Barnsley, receiving an Award of Merit from 
the Royal Horticultural Society on December 13 (fig. 52,1). It was recorded 
as a supposed natural hybrid between Lelia albida x anceps Sanderi- 
ana ? (“ Gard. Chron.” 1892, ii. p. 744) (fig. 52, 3). Shortly afterwards a 
figure of it appeared (“ Orch. Rey.” 1894, p. 9, fig. 1), with the statement 
that it came out of an importation of Lelia anceps made by the Liverpool 
Horticultural Co. about four years previously, and was picked out by 
Mr. Fincken two years later as a supposed natural hybrid, on account of 
the distinct appearance of the pseudobulbs and leaves. A second plant 
afterwards appeared, in the collection of Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, 
Egham, and was described as var. Schrwdere (O’Brien in “ Gard. 
Chron.” 1895, ii. p. 762). i 
Lelio-Catileya x albanensis (Rolfe in “ Orch. Rey.” 1893, p. 3839) was 
introduced by Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, from Bahia, and flowered with 
them in 1895. It was described as evidently a natural hybrid between 
Cattleya Warneri and the true Lelia grandis. Shortly afterwards another 
plant was exhibited by Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, under the name of 
L.-C. x Stchegoleffiana, as a supposed natural hybrid between Lelia tene- 
brosa and Cattleya labiata (“‘ Orch. Rey.’’ 1894, p.2). The origin of L.-C. 
x albanensis was afterwards proved (l.c. 1895, p. 164), a plant raised by 
Messrs. Linden, Brussels, from Lelia grandis crossed with Cattleya 
Warneri, and figured under the name of L.-C. x Varjenevskyana (“ Lin- 
denia,”’ x. t. 466), proving identical. 
Cattleya x ‘ Victoria-Regina’ has a very curious history (fig. 58). It 
was described in 1892 as a new species, imported by Messrs. Sander, 
St. Albans (O’Brien in “ Gard. Chron.’ 1892,i. p. 586). A large importa- 
tion of it had previously been distributed, but when the plants flowered 
most of them proved to belong to C. Leopoldii. Two, however, proved 
different, in the collections of Hamar Bass, Esq., Burton-on-Trent, and 
‘W. Thompson, Esq., Stone, and after comparison of flowers and notes 
I came to the conclusion that these were natural hybrids between the 
Pernambuco form of C. Leopoldii and C. labiata (“Orch. Rey.’ 1894, 
pp. 7, 298). The cross was then made by Messrs. Sander in order to test 
the question (/.c. p. 327), but we have not heard the result. A figure of 
Mr. Thompson’s plant was afterwards given (“ Orch. Rev.’ 1895, p. 17, 
fig. 1). 
Cattleya x Claesiana appeared in the establishment of Messrs. 
Linden, Brussels, whence it passed into the collection of the Right Hon. 
J. Chamberlain, M.P., who sent flowers to Kew in May, 1894. It was 
supposed to be a natural hybrid between C. intermedia and C. Loddigesu, 
though the evidence was not quite conclusive. On May 5, 1896, a plant 
from the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild was exhibited at a 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, under the name of C. inter- 
medio-Loddigesii. It was said to have been a natural hybrid received 
