pool, and of Sir Trevor LawRrENcE — the aspect of these tufted masses covered 
with flowers, whose brilliant colours contrast strongly with the foliage, the 
effect is truly charming. Many amateurs, however, rather neglect the genus, but 
when the Masdevallias are cultivated intermixed with Odontoglossums, whose 
clear tints and slender undulate forms they set off so well, their presence 
unquestionably gives to the houses a powerful attraction. 
The flowers of M. Harryana present an extremely extended range of 
variation as regards colour. We have thought it advisable, in order to demon- 
strate these variations, to figure on the same plate a few of the most remarkable 
and most distinct varieties which have flowered during the present year in the 
houses of the HorticuttrureE INTERNATIONALE, at Brussels. The following is a 
summarised description. 
M. Harryana var. Kegeljani. This magnificent variety has flowers of extra- 
ordinary size. The sepals have the outer margins distinctly rounded, and the 
colour is a superb carmine-red, with the margins and tips a little darker, and 
a paler more lilac-coloured band down the centre. This variety is dedicated 
to M. F. Kecrvjan, of Namur, a distinguished Belgian amateur. When exhibited 
at a meeting of the Orcuiprrenne on April 16%., 1892, it was awarded a First- 
class Diploma of Honour, with acclamation. 
M. Harryana var. lilacina is of a light rose shade veined with red, and 
tinted with brighter red at the apex and margins. 
M. Harryana var. carnea has the sepals of a very pale rose, with the nerves 
and apex bright red bordering on vermilion. The whole tube is of a beautiful 
golden yellow. 
M. Harryana var. Reginae is entirely of a warm shade bordering on ver- 
million, inclining to blood red. 
M. Harryana var. illustris is smaller, but very distinct. The sepals are violet- 
rose at the base and on the lower half, the remainder being of a brilliant 
carmine red, and the nerves, which are of the same tint, extend right to the 
entrance of the tube. The form of the flower is also peculiar, the tips of the 
lateral sepals, instead of curving inwards and crossing each other, are straight or 
slightly inclined away from one another. 
These five beautiful varieties demonstrate well the richness of colour which 
is found in the genus, and particularly in the species now under consideration. 
There are many others almost as remarkable; for example, the visitors at the 
meeting of tne OrcuipéenneE held at Brussels on May 14" last admired a group 
of ietntay distinct varieties exhibited by the Horticutrurr INTERNATIONALE, to 
which a First-class Certificate was unanimously awarded. 
L. Linpen. 
