a long time in beauty, providing the flowers are kept protected from water, fog, 
etc. 
Variety alba. Pure white except for a few tinges of pale yellow in the throat. 
Variety Amesiana. Sepals and petals white at the rear, gradually deepening into 
purple at the tips. Front lobe of lip reddish-purple. Petals much broader than the 
sepals. 
Variety Amesiana Crawshayana. More deeply coloured than the last—probably the 
best and rarest variety. 
Variety Ashworthiana. Sepals and petals white and shapely, lip pure white at 
front, the throat and tube being spotted and lined with slate-grey. 
Variety Barkeriana. Very deep purple-rose. Lip short and magenta-purple with 
a yellow disk. 
Variety blanda. Sepals and petals pale rose, lip deep amethyst purple. 
Variety Chamberlainiana. Very \arge shapely flowers. Rosy purple, lip deep 
purple. 
Variety Dawsoni. Pure white with crimson blotch on front lobe, side lobes some- 
times spotted with pink and the throat lined with rose. 
Variety delicata. Sepals and petals white, stained with rose-purple. Lip white, 
suffused with reddish-purple, tinged with violet, throat orange-yellow. 
Variety Hilliana. Sepals and petals rather narrow, pure white. Lip pale pink rear 
and side lobes. 
Variety Hollidayana. Sepals and petals white. Anterior lobe of lip blotched with 
crimson. Tube lined with crimson. 
Variety Leeana. Pure white, with anterior and side lobes faintly flushed with rose. 
Variety Percivaliana, Sepals and petals very pale rose-pink with white ee lip 
tipped in all lobes with bright purple, disk white. 
Variety Sanderiana. Sepals and petals pure white. Lip blotched and lined with 
crimson. 
Variety Schroederiana.—Pure white except for crimson lines in the tube. Front 
lobe very large and overlapping the side lobes. 
Variety Stella—Similar to Sanderiana but without the crimson blotch. 
Variety Veitchiana.—Sepals and petals white, sometimes tinged with lilac. Front 
lobe slate-blue, the tube being similarly lined. 
Variety Williamsiana.—Pure white with exception of the deep brown (almost 
black) lines in the tube. 
LAELIA AUTUMNALIS. Native of Mexico. 
A beautiful species of the first group. Pseudobulbs ovate, tapering towards the 
top and prominently ribbed. They are about 6 inches long and carry two (occa- 
sionally three) lanceolate, bright green leaves about 6 inches in length. Flower 
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