January, 1916.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 7 
Ed CATTLEYAS AND CUSTOMS DUES. 
RITISH Orchidists are happily not troubled with disputes about 
customs dues on imported Orchids, but the following note from 
Horticulture for November 27th (page 706) shows some of the possibilities. 
of United States laws :— 
Cattleya bulbs which have already flowered and produced leaves are 
admissable as imports free of duty as bulbs for, propagating purposes, 
according to a decision of the United States Court of Customs Appeals. 
An importation consigned to Maltus & Ware, reported by the appraiser of 
customs at New York to be Orchid plants, was assessed at 25 per cent. ad 
valorem as Orchids. The importers protested that the goods were not 
Orchids, but they were mature mother bulbs, imported exclusively for 
propagating purposes. This protest was overruled by the Board of United 
States General Appraisers and the case carried to the Court of Customs 
Appeals. It was shown by the evidence that while strictly speaking the 
merchandise in question was not what is botanically known as “ bulbs,” 
yet the method of propagating was such as to bring it commercially within 
that meaning. The Court did not decide whether Cattleya bulbs which 
have not yet flowered are entitled to free entry under the proviso to 
paragraph 210. 
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L2LIOCATTLEYA LUMINOSA SPORT.—A remarkable inflorescence of 
Lzliocattleya luminosa is sent from the collection of R. W. Rickards, Esq., 
The Priory, Usk, in which the lip of the lowermost of three flowers has a 
pair of large clear yellow eyes in the throat, recalling the lip of Cattleya 
Warscewiczii. The resemblance is striking, but it is difficult to offer an 
explanation. There is, however, a curious gradation in colour between the 
three flowers. In the uppermost the sepals and petals are entirely dark 
flame colour, while in the second the flame colour chiefly appears in the 
upper third, with some marbling of the same about the middle, the base 
being nearly yellow. The lower flower is rather smaller, and the yellow 
extends quite to the-middle, the flame colour being chiefly on the upper 
third. The two upper flowers are very finely developed, and the colour of 
the lip very rich. The lower flower would be called a variety if it had 
appeared on a separate plant. It cannot be called a reversion, unless by 
any chance the C. Dowiana plant were not pure. Such a reversion might 
appear in the lip of Lc. Haroldiana, where the Cattleya parent was C. 
Hardyana, though we do not remember to have seen it. It will be 
interesting to note the future behaviour of the plant. 
