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C- CLEOPATRA, 0' Brien.— This novelty has been raised by Chas.Winn, Esq.; 

 of Selly Hill, Birmingham, and is a cross between 0. Rookeme and C. omanthwm. 

 superhwm. " G. Cleopatra greatly resembles G. Hooherae, but it has larger 

 flowers, in which the influence of the handsome C. oenanthum superbum is at 

 once remarked in the lurid glow of the purplish-crimson colouring on the upper 

 portion of the dorsal sepal and the outer halves of the petals. The dorsal sepal 

 has green radiating lines from the base upwards, which change their hue as 

 they pass into the bright purplish-crimson of the upper half, which itself gets 

 lighter as it approaches the narrow white margin. The lower sepal is greenish- 

 white, tinged with rose ; the petals are greenish at the base and bright purplish- 

 crimson at the tips, and on the upper and lower margins are a few chocolate^ 

 warts ; the petals are ciliate, and there are a few scattered hairs on their surface 

 at the base ; the lip is yellowish-green, tinged on the face and sides with 

 purple, and with numerous purple dots on the infolded lobes ; the staminode 

 is of a yellowish colour, tinged with rose, and marked with green in the centre " 

 (J. O'Brien, in Gardeners' Ghronicle, 3rd ser., 1892, xi., p. 458). — Garden, hybrid. 



C. CLINKABERRYANUM, O'Brien.— L cross between G. BoebelUni and 

 G. Gurtisii, which was raised " by Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, the American 



nurserymen, and acquired by 

 that enthusiastic orohidist, the 

 Hon. Chas. G. Eoebling, of' 

 Trenton, N.J., U.S.A., who is' 

 known the world over as the 

 builder of that marvellous 

 structure, the Brooklyn Sus- 

 pension Bridge, and other 

 triumphs of engineering skilL 

 The variety was named by re- 

 quest in honour of his gardener,. 

 Mr. Clinkaberry, whose fame 

 as an Orchid grower is as well 

 known here 'as in the States.. 

 A fresh flower received fur- 

 nished material for the follow- 

 ing description : — Scape hairy, 

 tinged with rose ; ovary red- 

 dish on the ribs, green between ; 

 upper sepal white, with about 

 twenty well-defined . purple 

 lines reaching to the upper 

 margin, 2^ inches long, Ij inch 

 broad; lower sepals together 

 rather smaller than the upper, 

 greenish-white, with a few 

 faint reddish lines; staminode 

 CTPEIPEDIUM CLINKABEERYANUM. nearly orbicular, with a notch 



(From the Gardeners' Chronicle.') or depression in the upper- 



edge ; petals 4 inches long by ^ inch broad, creamy- white, spotted over the 

 entire surface with pnrplish-crimson. The labellum is large, and partakes 



