348 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NoveMBER, 1914 
BEAUTIFUL albino of Lelia pumila was exhibited at the R.H.S. 
meeting held on 2oth October last, by Messrs. E. H. Davidson & 
Co., Orchid Dene, Twyford, under the name of Lelia pumila alba Orchid 
Dene variety, and received a First-class Certificate. It has pure white 
flowers, with a little light yellow on the disc of the lip. The earliest 
mention we find of a true albino of the species is in 1896, when we 
remarked (O.R., iv. p. 289): ‘‘ We learn that an albino of Lelia preestans 
has appeared in the collection of D. Bb. Rappart, Esq., Liscard, 
Cheshire, as an imported plant. Sepals, petals, and lip are all 
pure white, with only the addition of a trace of yellow in the throat. L. 
preestans alba approaches the nearest in this condition to any form we have 
yet seen, but this has some purple on the lip.” L. preestans, it may be 
explained, is now considered as synonymous with L. pumila, and shortly 
afterwards this albino was described as L. pumila alba var. E. Ashworth 
(O’Brien in Gard. Chron., 1896, ii. p. 424). It is said to have flowered 
with D. B. Rappart, Esq., at whose request the distinguishing name was 
given, as the greater part of the plant had passed into the collection of E. 
Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow. Mr. Ashworth’s plant was 
exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S. in December, 1896, when it received 
a First-class Certificate, and was shortly afterwards figured (Gard. Chyron., 
1897, i. pp. I, 11, fig. 3). Messrs. Davidson’s plant has the same essential 
character. It is a chaste and beautiful variety, and still remains rare. 
eal LAELIA PUMILA ALBA. 
ORCHIDS FROM STAMFORD HILL.—Three interesting hybrids are sent 
from the collection of H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, by Mr. 
Thurgood. Cattleva Queen-Elizabeth (C. Iris X newingtonensis) 1s a Very 
promising thing, most resembling the latter, which was derived from C. 
Whiteleye x C. Harrisoniana, while C. Whiteleyee came from C- 
Bowringiana X C. Hardyana. The flower sent is of good shape and 
substance, the colour being rose-purple with some light yellow in the throat 
of the lip. The influence of C. bicolor and C. Dowiana aurea are not 
obvious, but may appear in other seedlings of the batch. C. Freya (C. 
Mantinii x C. Dowiana aurea) is most like the seed bearer in general 
character, having a deep rose-purple flower, but, singularly enough, there 15 
less yellow in the throat, so that the flower is more like an improved form 
of C. Bowringiana. Leliocattleya Queen-Helena (C. Mantinii x Lb. 
luminosa) is larger than the seed bearer, and has a well-shaped rose-purple 
flower, with a decided flush of orange, and some yellow veining in the 
throat of the lip. It should develop into a good thing. 
