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The flower was represented sideways, and was thus somewhat foreshortened. 
It measures g inches (18 centimétres) across from tip to tip of the petals. 
In the note accompanying the engraving in the Gardeners’ Chronicle are the 
following appreciative remarks : 
“ Our illustration gives a representation of a very fine natural hybrid Orchid 
“ exhibited by Messrs Linpen, L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, Pare Leopold, 
“ Brussels, at the Royal Horticultural.Society on October 27, when the Orchid 
“ Committee awarded it a First Class Certificate. Reference to our illustration of 
“ Cattleya x Victoria regina in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, June 25, 1892, and 
“ comparison with the illustration now given will serve to show that although 
“ there is a certain resemblance, there are yet many points of difference, and 
“ these from a florist’s point of view are decidedly in favour of Messrs LinpEn’s 
“ plant.... It is a very fine Cattleya and evidently a free grower. , 
We think it unnecessary to make any comment on these eulogies which have 
also been repeated by all the principal London horticultural journals, such as 
The Garden, the fournal of Horticulture, the Gardening World, and the Gardeners’ 
Magazine — the latter expressing itself thus : “ Cattleya x Le Czar is one of the 
most beautiful and most distinct Orchids recently seen. , 
Indeed it seems pretty certain that this spendid introduction will be con- 
sidered as the most beautiful of the year which has just come to a close. 
eUL 
