I4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JANUARY, I914. 
Thornton, Esq., Brockhall, Weedon, having been raised from C. 
“Gaskelliana and B. Digbyana, and was described’ as Leeliocattleya 
Tkorntoni, afterwards becoming Brassocattleya Thorntoni. From that 
period there was a steady accession to the ranks of Brassavola Digbyana 
hybrids, which now include combinations with practically every species of 
the Cattleya labiata group, and with a few of its hybrids, with several of the 
long-bulbed Cattleyas, and a remarkable hybrid with C. citrina, known as 
B.-c. Alexanderi; also numerous hybrids with Lelia and Leliocattleya, 
Fig. 6. BRASSOCATTLEYA CLIFTONII VAR. MAGNIFICA (see p. 16). 
known as Brassolzlia and Brassocatleelia respectively. In fact the series 
IS a very extensive one, and is growing rapidly. 
There are two points about these hybrids in which improvement Is 
desirable, and, unfortunately, they are quite antagonistic, namely, to 
increase the brilliancy of colour and the depth of the lip’s fringe. The 
former is being gradually accomplished by recrossing with richly-coloured 
Cattleyas and Leliocattleyas, and the latter might be secured by recrossing 
with the Brassavola, though we do not remember a record of such a cross: 
