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those before the eye always appearing the most beautiful — everyone was enraptured with 
the incomparable richness revealed by this popular Orchid, from which it seemed almost 
impossible to discover anything new. 
This marvellous display of bloom was however far from exhausted, to the first batch 
of fine varieties that opened, there succeeded others perhaps still finer — and 10 or 12 
days after the meeting Messrs Linpen had formed a new group of fresh varieties — 
distinctly superior to the first in point of brilliancy and splendour. Revisiting L’Hor- 
TICULTURE INTERNATIONALE on June 20‘, I was somewhat surprised to find in the 
Central Pavillon, the group of the 200 Cattleya Mossiae that I had admired on the ot. 
My surprise was still further increased when I perceived that the plants had been renewed, 
the varieties rewarded by the jury had already been divided up and placed into stock, 
and their place taken by others, and still the houses reserved for Cattleyas were full 
of varieties equally superb — probably five to ten thousand flowers expanded in all 
their beauty. ! 
It is quite impossible to convey an adequate idea of their infinite variation, and 
only by seeing for oneself can any conception of their magnificence be formed. — 
Nevertheless it may be interesting to note the distinctive characteristics of a few here 
and there, and I have made a list of some of the varieties which may afford the reader 
some pleasure in running through and perhaps serve for future reference. 
The following is a brief enumeration : — 
Var. Jupiter. — Petals and sepals bright rose, the centre of the lip being red- 
purple bordered with pale rose, the sides of the throat spotted yellow and striped with 
brown. 
Var. conspicua. — Lip beautifully fringed with a large purple blotch in the centre 
spreading out and fan-shaped towards the front of the lip — the sides of the throat are 
orange yellow. 
Var. Victoriae. — Sepals and petals soft rose, the latter of great size, lip bright 
red, covered with a net-work of purple veins, at the sides of the throat is a large 
zone of white, having at the base a blotch of orange yellow, the margin is narrowly 
bordered rose. 
Var. Miss. — Sepals and petals pale rosy lilac, labellum white with some purple 
veins running from the anterior of the tube — the sides of the throat are slightly blotched 
with golden yellow. 
Var. ignea. — Sepals and petals soft rose, labellum soft rose, stained on the front 
with fiery red, the blotches at the sides of the throat are very large and are orange yellow 
striped with brown. 
Var. aurantiaca. — Sepals and petals warm rosy lilac, the superior half of the front 
lobe of the labellum is covered by a large orange yellow blotch, with a net-work of brown 
veins, in front is a large streak of brillant red running up towards the tube in a central 
line — the border is bright rose. 
Var. micans. — Sepals and petals very brillant rose — the tube also — centre of 
the lip soft purple, bordered rose, the middle of the throat is bright orange. 
Var. citrina. — Sepals and petals soft rose, lip very large, the margin beautifully 
wavy and fringed — area white with a large citron yellow blotch at the entrance of the 
throat, channelled in front with soft reddish violet spread out like a fan. 
Var. delicatissima. — Pale rose, large round lip, border beautifully fringed, white, 
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