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mounts to the tip ; petals narrow, loosely hanging, greenish 

 at base, crimson-purple through most of their length, marked 

 with red lines. Slipper greenish, stained with purple. 



Aurantiacum (venustum x insigne aureum). — Ochreous- 

 green dorsal, its square top broadly crowned with white, 

 spotted below with brownish-red ; petals darker, similarly 

 spotted. The slipper harmonises. 



Cleopatra (Hookerae x aenanthum superbum). — A strik- 

 ing flower — deep glossy crimson, ribbed with a darker hue. 

 On the upper length of the petals are heavy warts ; the 

 lower has a greenish tawny stain at base, like the slipper. 



Lily Measures (Dayanum x niveum). — The dorsal is 

 white, daintily flushed, with green base. Lines of red dots 

 ascend from it, growing smaller and fainter as they rise. 

 Such lines form a pleasing network on the petals, which have 

 a yellowish smear at the base. The slipper corresponds. 



Laivrebel (Lawrenceanum x bellatulum). — A grand and 

 gorgeous hybrid. The green patch at the base of the dorsal 

 is promptly swallowed up by a crimson cloud, which again 

 fades into a delicious mottling of crimson on a white ground. 

 The petals are vivid green above, paler below, both changing 

 to crimson at the tips. Slipper yellowish at the edge and 

 the toe, crimson between. 



Lawrebel (Woodlands variety) shows the difference 

 of colour so often found among seedlings of the same 

 parentage and the same ' batch.' Here the crimson is by no 

 means so bright, in fact purplish, but it covers nearly the 

 whole surface of the dorsal, and what remains is not white 

 but green. On the petals also, which are broader, green 

 occupies nearly all the space, though less vivid, and the 

 crimson of the tips almost disappears. They are heavily 

 spotted with maroon. Slipper dusky purple, netted over 

 with maroon. 



La France (nitens x niveum). — White and very graceful. 



