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It was in flower and unquestionably in a much finer state than ever yet seen 
in England. There are three very fine plants of C. Trianz var. The 
Premier, which is too well known for description, while the beautiful variety 
known as Edgar Knight continues in the unique position it has enjoyed for 
so many years. 
Of Cattleya hybrids I may mention the magnificent variety of C. 
Olympus (Octave Doin X Warscewiczii), and C. Thebes var. Britannia, 
which has for its parents Adula and Dowiana, the flower being rich golden 
orange with an intense purple labellum. In so extensive a collection as 
this, one is not surprised to see a large number of Leliocattleyas, but the 
impressive point is that their standard of excellence is unusually high. Le- 
Haroldiana var. Bronze King is a well-proportioned flower of rich colora- 
tion; Lc. General Maude is a hybrid well-known in England, and re- 
presented in Mr. Cooley’s collection by three plants of exceptional merit, in 
fact, it is considered one of the gems in his garden, while Lc. Commander- 
in-Chief certainly holds high rank, quite in keeping with its appropriate 
name. © Lec. Marshal Foch is represented by a very beautiful variety of the 
buff-coloured section that is of immense size and excellent formation; Lc. 
Serbia (C. Enid x St. Gothard) is to be seen in a fine variety called The 
President that is quite the best of its kind yet raised ; and Lc. Mrs. Temple 
is a well-known hybrid that first appeared in 1g09, and represented in this 
collection by the variety Dreadnought, the flower being unusually massive 
in design. Of the popular cross known as Le. St. Gothard, Mr. Cooley 
Possesses the well-known Glebe variety, of an intense glowing colour in the 
sepals and petals, and with the lip of crimson lined with gold. In Le. 
Anaconda there exists a hybrid that bears flowers of rich yellow, except fer 
the purple lip, while in Lc. Othello there is to be seen a unique variety that 
as regards richness of coloration has not yet been equalled. 
The bright light of the United States also has a very beneficial effect 
upon hybrids of Brassavola Digbyana, andin this collection some remark- 
able flowering results have been achieved, notably in Brassocattleya 
Princess Patricia, a flower of immense size and statelv nature, and in Be. 
Penelope, of perfect formation in all the segments. Others of this class are 
Be. Olympus, well justifying its name, Be. Jupiter, of splendid proportions, 
and Bc. Oberon, a fine hybrid obtained by crossing Bc. Digbyano-Mossiz 
with C. Schroeder. Mention must also be made of Bc. Dietrichiana, of 
immense size and ruby-purple colour, as well as of Bc. Digbyano-Mossize 
var. Queen Alexandra, a really startling variety of extreme beauty and 
snowy-white. Brassolzliocattleyas are represented by Woton var. King 
Emperor, as well as by Joan, with flowers having a yellow colour evenly 
suffused throughout all the segments, and by Joicey!, this last yet 
bearing a superb flower of orange-yellow colour in the sepals and petals” 
