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C. X Portia. — Parents doubtful, but evidently Catt. Bow- 

 ringiana is one of them, Catt. labiata perhaps the other. 

 Sepals and petals lively mauve, the latter darker. The 

 funnel of the lip brightest rose, disc of the softest tenderest 

 crimson imaginable, deepening against the pale yellowish 

 throat. 



L.-C. Tresederiana (Catt. Loddigesii x L, crispa su- 

 perba). — Rather curious than beautiful. The narrovi^ petals 

 and narrower sepals are pallid violet ; the labellum has a 

 faintly yellow throat, and the dull purple disc of Catt. crispa ; 

 not evenly coloured but in strong lines. 



C. X Mantinii nobilior (Catt. Bowringiana x Catt. aurea). 

 — Raised by M. Mantin. Delicious is a proper word for it 

 — neat and graceful in shape, rosy-crimson in colour. The 

 lip opens widely, exquisitely veined with gold within. It has 

 a golden tinge on either side the throat, and a margin of 

 deeper crimson. The whole colouring is indescribably soft 

 and tender. 



C. X Mantinii inversa represents the same parentage 

 transposed (Catt. aurea x Catt. Bowringiana). — Small like its 

 mother, of brightest deepest rose. The lip, loosely open 

 above, swells to a fine expanse below, of darker tint. Throat 

 golden, charmingly scored with crimson-brown, like aurea. 

 The disc shows an arch of dark crimson on a rosy ground. 

 It will be seen that the influence of Bowringiana strongly 

 predominates. 



C. X Chloris (Catt. Bowringiana x Catt. maxima) much 

 resembles the above. It is less brilliant, however ; the lip 

 does not open so freely, and the arch mentioned, though 

 even darker, is not so effective on a less lively ground. 



L.-C. Fire dueen. — Parentage not recorded. I have not 

 seen this flower, nor even an account of it, but it received an 

 Award of Merit, June 6, 1897. 



L.-C. Lady Wigan (L. purpurata Russelliana x Catt. 



