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copper-brown so characteristic of the seed parent; while the lip is three- 
lobed, with the front lobe and apex of the side lobes rich purple, passing 
into white towards the base of the tube, and more or less veined with purple. 
The seed was sown in February, 1896, and the plant has now produced a 
raceme of two flowers. It is a very promising hybrid, and was exhibited by 
M. Peeters at the recent Temple Show, when it received an Award of 
Merit. 
L#LIO-CATTLEYA X HERODE. 
This is another of M. Peeters’ hybrids which received an Award ot 
Merit at the Temple Show. The parents are Cattleya xX O’Brieniana ¢ 
and Lelio-cattleya x elegans Turneri g, both being regarded as natural 
hybrids, and if correctly understood, the present one will have a combina- 
tion of four species in its ancestry. It is at present a dwarf, compact plant, 
bearing a single very handsome flower of medium size, and fairly inter- 
mediate in character. The sepals and much broader petals are light rose- 
purple, and the lip three-lobed, well-expanded in front; the front and 
side lobes of a rich crimson-purple, a rather large, bright yellow disc, 
and the outer side of the tube suffused with rose-colour. There is more yellow 
than might have been expected from the parentage, and it sets the flower 
off to great advantage. . The seed was sown in August, 1896. 
‘L#LIO-CATTLEYA X CERES. 
A third Lzelio-cattleya was also shown by M. Peeters, and is scarcely 
less promising than the others, though it obtained no award on this 
occasion. The parents are Cattleya Mossie ¢ and Leelio-cattleya 
Hippolyta var. Phoebe @,, itself a hybrid between the first-named and Lelia 
cinnabarina. The result is that in colour the Cattleya parent largely 
predominates, the fine orange of the pollen parent being reduced to a tinge 
of yellow suffusing the light pink sepals and petals, and a lip much 
resembling C. Mossiz, somewhat reduced in size, and with a greater 
amount of rich orange-yellow on the disc. It is fairly intermediate in size, 
and from the fact that it carried only a single flower, it may be judged how 
far it yet falls short of its full development. The seed was sown in April, 
1896. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X MANTo. 
A fine hybrid derived from Paphiopedilum Chamberlainianum ¢ and P. 
x Harrisianum superbum ¢ has flowered in the collection of Reginald 
Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, and bears unmistakable evidence of 
its descent. It is fairly intermediate in character, for the colour and broad 
petals show a marked approach to the pollen parent, while in other respects 
the influence of the seed parent is equally well marked. The seed was 
