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Some of the largest are entirely filled with specimen plants of the Lzlio- 
cattleya section that in days gone by achieved much fame, and even at the 
present time are unsurpassed for large flowers of fine coloration. They 
comprise such noted hybrids as Lc. Fascinator, Lc. Canhamiana and Le. 
luminosa. A special endeavour has always been made to effect an improve- 
ment in the shape of the spring-flowering hybrids, for it was a constant 
remark at the old Temple Shows that most of the Cattleya hybrids 
displayed a drooping nature in the petals. Recent results have proved how 
great has been the improvement, for now one can see at the Chelsea Shows 
a wide range of these hybrids that have petals as stiff and fleshy as anyone 
would desire. No two better examples can be given than Cattleya Tityus 
and C. Clotho. 
With the autumn-flowering section the variation in colour ranges from 
the albino varieties of C. labiata to the darkest forms of C. Fabia. The 
hybrids that have been raised in these houses are far too numerous for a 
detailed account. Not many have enjoyed greater popularity than Cattleya 
Iris (bicolor X aurea), and although there are comparatively few plants of 
it in cultivation, its distinctive qualities have been carried on in C. Venus 
and Lec. Lusitania (C. Iris X Le. Phryne). Hybrids of Brassavola Digbyana 
have been raised in immense quantities. They are given somewhat stronger 
light than other hybrids, more especially so when their new bulbs have just 
been completed. Among the conspicuous successes are Brassocattleya 
Cliftonii, Bc. Princess Patricia (Bc. Cliftonii x C. Enid), of which some 
remarkable varieties have been seen, and Bc. Sofrano (Bc. Mrs. J. Leeman 
x C. iridescens), this latter yielding flowers of a beautiful saffron colour. 
In other houses devoted to the warm-growing kinds, there are varied 
collections of such interesting plants as Catasetums, Mormodes, Cirrho- 
petalums and Bulbophyllums, while another part is devoted to Dendrobiums, 
Thunias and Ccelogynes. Madagascan species are well represented by the 
noble Angraecum sesquipedale, the pretty A. citratum, and several other 
members of the genus. In 1917 Messrs. Charlesworth flowered the 
interesting Eulophiella RKolfei, obtained by crossing the two Madagascan 
species E. Elizabethe and E. Peetersiana. This hybrid, which is the only 
one yet raised in the genus, has proved a great acquisition, and inherits the 
sweet scent of the latter parent. As further evidence of the wide range of 
hybridising carried on by this firm, mention may also be made of Schom- 
boleelia tibibrosa, obtained by crossing Lzlia tenebrosa with Schomburgkia 
tibicinis, the first flowers being seen in 1913. Of the many strange crosses 
nearing the flowering period, much interest is attached to a series of Vanda 
hybrids, the largest of which average about a foot in height. They include 
tricolor crossed with Sanderiana, as well as ccerulea with suavis, teres, 
Sanderiana, and Miss Joaquim, respectively. No one can foretell what 
