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Pim CCCOxeavile 
CATTLEYA TRIANAE LIND. et rcup. F. var. CAPARTIANA t. LIND. 
TRIANA’S CATTLEYA, Dt CAPART’S VARIETY. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., I, p. 7. 
Cattleya Trianae. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 63. 
Var. Capartiana Linp, Vide supra. 
his beautiful variety, remarkable for the size of its flowers and their 
dark colour, particularly at the tips of the petals, may be considered 
ei aS one of the best forms of Cattleya Trianae (certain linguists think 
that it is more correct to say Trianaei), a species so rich in splendid forms. It 
flowered this year in the charming collection of D' Caparr, after whom it is 
named. 
I cannot give a better idea of the attractiveness of this collection than is 
furnished by the Gardeners’ Chronicle, for ADU Telas tac 
“In the Rue d’Egmont, a busy but fashionable part of Brussels, near the 
Parc Leopold, is the veriest bijou of an Orchid collection, contained in an orne- 
mental structure placed at the end of an ordinary town garden. Here the owner, 
the noted D* Cararr, whose skill in the healing art has brought him such a large 
practice, finds his chief relaxation, which, he says, is not to be obtained anywhere 
as it is among plants by one who is fond of them. Very early morning finds the 
learned doctor among his Orchids, and usually the day closes with a visit to 
them. It is that constant and loving attention, paid them by one who has made a 
study of Nature, and of Nature’s ways, both in the vegetable and the animal 
kingdom, a part of his daily life, which has brought about the excellent condition 
and vigorous health of all the plants in this small but rich collection of Orchids. 
“The first house you enter is cool, and in it were found magnificent 
examples of Odontoglossum crispum, three of them being superb, and of different 
types, bearing flowers of large size and much substance on spikes some three feet 
in length. One had wax-like pure white flowers, very flatly arranged; Men 
had equally fine flowers, but with crumpled petals, and the whole Homies tinged 
with purple; and the third had spots of a rich reddish-brown tint. With these 
were other good varieties; and in bloom a fine violet-coloured Odontoglossum 
Edwardii, Oncidium serratum, Ada aurantiaca and diverse species; a fine Masde- 
vallia Veitchiana, with other Masdevallias in bud. 
“ In the central division, which is furnished with a dome roof, were observed 
plants of a grandly-grown Laelia purpurata, as well as various Cattleyas, remar- 
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