FEBRUARY, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 39 
But now and again, as if to encourage the hybridist to continue his 
work, a beautiful variety of outstanding merit appears. Two of these 
rewards have been M. Hyeana var. memoria Peetersie and M. Bleuana var. 
Perle de Vogelzang. These two gems have themselves been crossed, and 
although the majority of the resulting seedlings have proved by their 
ordinary pale coloured flowers that reversion to the type characters has 
taken place, there is one seedling among them that has more than rewarded 
the raiser. This has keen named Miltonia memoria Peetersii. A flower of 
it has been received from Mons. F. Peeters, of Brussels, who considers it 
MILTONIA MEMORIA PEETERSII. 
one of the finest seedlings ever raised. The sepals and petals are rich 
ruby-crimson velvet over their entire surface, this colour extending to the 
back of these segments, except along the mid-rib, where it is slightly lighter. 
The labellum is deep rose, a little lighter near the extreme edge, the basal 
zone creamy-white, with the crest and surrounding area yellowish and 
marked with radiating lines of brownish-yellow. Miltonia hybrids have 
been abundantly exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, but never 
has such a magnificent variety as this been in any way approached. 
