48 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, 1917. — 
SOPHROCATTLEYA RAMILLES.—A striking hybrid, raised in the collection q 
_ of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham, from Cattleya Empress- q 
Frederick and Sophrocattleya warnhamiensis, of which the first flower has — 
been sent to us. It is of excellent shape, the segments being well displayed, 
and the petals very broad, and of a pretty shade of rosy mauve, while the . 
lip is also very broad, with undulate margin, and the colour deep rose, with q 
copious yellow veining at the base, which latter shows the influence of C. 
Dowiana aurea very clearly. It is a very charming thing. 
La&Lia JEssica.—A very pretty chrome yellow flower is sent from the 
collection of E. F. Clark, Esq., Evershot, Dorset, which is described as a 4 
stray seedling, though not impossibly from a batch of Lelia Jongheana X 
C oronet, and thus a form of Lelia Jessica, though the flower is much more 
yellow. Mr. Clark has also seedlings of L. flava x Jongheana, grown from 
seed obtained from Messrs. Keeling some years ago, but one that flowered 
had white sepals and petals, with orange keels on the lip, and was clearly a 
form of Lelia Degeestiana, and different from the flower now sent. The 
pollinia are eight in number, and nearly equal in size, which seems to 
indicate a pure Lelia parentage, and there are five distinct ridges on the 
lip, and an approach to L. Jongheana in shape, which tell their own story, 
while the flower has an expanse of 3} inches across the petals. LL. Coronet 
is a hybrid from L. cinnabarina X harpophylla, and there is a pale, nearly 
white margin to the crisped front lobe of the lip and apex of the side lobes 
that recalls L. harpophylla, and quite bears out the suggested parentage. 
Mr. Clark states that the habit somewhat resembles L. Jessica, and the 
bulbs are elongated, and green (not tinged with purple). It is a promising 
seedling, and should be taken care of, as clear yellows are not too common 
in the group. 
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CYPRIPEDIUM JOHN CYPHER.—The parentage of this eh is C. Antinous X 
oo = ryanum, not C, Fairrieanum X aureum Surprise, as rec orded at 
pag is correctly recorded at p. 22. The records were from different wna and 
we failed to connect them together 
F.J.H.—-Many thanks for the sn which you will see has been duly attended to. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.  |%ya¢a| 
A.C,—The cross has already been named, but the suggested name can stand over for 
another one. 
.W. es ere is si sic = — comme Jn is impossible to tell the parentage 
of a oon wees hybrids by co ison. that is possible is to recog nise the 
presence of certain aiccies: witkoor iis wing the a arentage. The curious thing 15 
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that 9 oeaer edna’ from the same casas will ear poe evidence of the presence of other 
species. 
ave again to thank ino esteemed American correspondent for a contribution for 
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the relief of sufferers by the On this occ Fund 
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