DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 20$ 



A. Cattleya spetiosissima Lowii. Venezuela. 



A very fine variety with large lip with white markings 

 and lines of yellow. 



A. Cattleya superba. Eng. Guiana . Pax. Mag., 9, 265. 

 SYN. Cattleya Schomburgkii. Sert. O., 22. 



B. M., 4083. 

 War. Orch., 24. 

 Fl. des Sen, 926. 



Flowers deep rose, with rich crimson lip. A beautiful 

 but slow-growing species, blooming in June and July. 



This species requires more heat than the other Cat- 

 tleyas. It should never surfer for want of water. 



A. Cattleya superba splendens. Rio Negro . I. H., 605. 

 A magnificent variety, with larger flowers. Sepals and 

 petals bright rose ; lip, base white, violet rose, with golden 

 lines. 



A. Cattleya Triance. New Granada. 



A beautiful winter-blooming Cattleya, of which there 

 are a vast number of varieties, all good. The type has 

 white sepals and petals, which do not expand fully ; 

 lip white, with yellow throat more or less suffused with 

 blush ; flower delightfully fragrant ; blooms from Decem- 

 ber to February, the flowers lasting four weeks, if kep* 

 from damp. Fine varieties are figured in the Floral Mag- 

 azine, 2d series, pi. 66 and 176. 



A. Cattleya Triana Daisy. 



A very fine variety, superior to any we have seen. The 

 plant was sent us by Messrs. Low, in the large mass as 

 just imported, it not having flowered in England. 



