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C. crispa purpurea, Williams. — A superb variety of vigorous 

 habit, producing very large flowers, which have the sepals and 

 petals white with a faint tinge of blush, and the much broader 

 blunter lip richly blotched with deep purple breaking out into 

 radiating lines towards the margin. — Brazil. 



Stn. 



■Warne?', Sel. Orch. PL, 

 -Lcelia erispa purpurea. 



CATTLEYA CRISPA. 



C. crispa SUperba, Hort. — A magnificent variety, the flowers 

 of which are larger than those of the type, and have the 

 sepals and petals pure white, and the lip rich crimson, beauti- 

 fully fringed. We consider this, when true, to be one of the 

 finest Cattleyas in cultivation, but many are sold under tbe 

 name which have no claim to it. It blooms in July and August, 

 and will last from two to three weeks in beauty. — Brazil. 



C. Dawsoni, Warner. — This very fine and rare Cattleya, 

 named in honour of the late T. Dawson, Esq., of Meadow 

 Bank, in whose splendid collection it first flowered, appears as 



