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Baron Schroder the other for 106. Baron Schroder 

 also bought the one offered for sale at Mr. Day's 

 death, paying 159 12s. 



"Mr. Day had given a piece to his sister. That 

 also came into the market after his death, but it 

 had never flowered. Curiously enough the trustees 

 refused to guarantee it for more than three years, 

 and Baron Schroder was allowed to carry it off for 

 160 guineas. The guarantee expired this season; 

 immediately afterwards it flowered and proved 

 true. 



" The most valuable orchids as a class are the 

 albino varieties of species normally coloured. I 

 will confine myself to these. The first instance 

 that occurs to me is the Cattleya Skinneri alba, 

 which was one of the seven spotless champions 

 exhibited by Messrs. Sander at the Orchid Confer- 

 ence. A good number of these exquisite mon- 

 strosities were found in the early days, all in the 

 same neighbourhood, and it is supposed that they 

 were seedlings of one plant which had escaped the 

 vigilance of the Indians ; for those people are not 

 less passionately fond of the albinos than we, and 

 they carry off every one they discover, to replant it 

 on the trees surrounding their church, or on the roof 

 itself. They are only to be bought now from the 

 Cura, or to be stolen which, in fact, is much the 



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