96 THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



Laelia praestans x Catt. Lord Rothschild. 



„ Dayanum x Catt. labiata. 



„ cinnabarina x Catt. Trianae var. Mary Ames. 



„ purpurata x L. grandis. 

 „ „ X Catt. Schroderae. 



„ amanda x Catt. aurea. 



„ purpurata Schroderae x Catt. Mossiae aurea. 



„ Lucasiana x L. elegans Schilleriana. 



„ elegans x Catt. Mossiae. 



„ crispa x Catt. aurea. 



„ purpurata x Catt. Hardyana. 

 ,j „ X Catt. Mossiae. 



„ tenebrosa x Catt. Warnerii. 

 „ „ X Catt, Mendelii. 



„ elegans x Catt. gigas. 



Beyond the hybrids are twenty plants of white Cattleya 

 intermedia. The owner of our collection was first among 

 mortals, in Europe at least, to behold that marvel of chaste 

 loveliness. Mr. Sander received a plant of intermedia from 

 Brazil, which the collector labelled ' white.' Albino Cattleyas 

 were few then, and Roezl alone perhaps ventured to imagine 

 that every red species had a white sister. So they took little 

 notice of the label at St. Albans. When Mr. Measures paid 

 a visit, it was even shown to him as an example of the reck- 

 less statements forwarded by collectors. He, however, in a 

 sporting mood, offered ten guineas, and Mr. Sander gladly 

 accepted, but under a written proviso that he guaranteed 

 nothing at all. And in due time Cattleya intermedia 

 Parthenia appeared, to astonish and delight the universe. 

 Several other albino forms have turned up since, all of which 

 are represented here, but Parthenia remains the finest — 

 snowy white, with a very long lip, which scarcely expands 

 beyond the tube. That is to say, ' the books ' describe it as 

 snowy white. A careful observer will remark the faintest 

 possible tinge of purple in the throat. 



