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pollen parent was C. Dowiana aurea, whose influence may be seen in the 
dwarfed habit, and in the copious yellow veining on the disc of the lip, 
though in other respects the characters of C. Bowringiana preponderate. 
In addition to its decorative character it has proved a good seed parent, 
and has given several very attractive hybrids, both with the Cattleyas of 
the labiata group and with Lzliocattleya. 
C. Bowringiana flowered with Messrs. Veitch in 1884, and was quickly 
requisitioned for hybridising purposes, for a cross with C. Warscewiczii 
flowered in the autumn of 1891, and was subsequently named C. Wend- 
landiana. This was followed by C. Chloris, the cross with C. maxima, 
which received a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. in October, 1893. 
Leliocattleya Parysatis, of which Lelia pumila was the seed parent, also 
flowered for the first time in 1893, while Sophrocattleya eximia, of which 
Sophronitis grandiflora is said to have been the pollen parent, received a 
First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. in September, 1894. 
CATTLEYA CROSSES. 
C. Bowringiana has now been crossed with eight species of the labiata 
group, giving C. Mantinii with Dowiana, C. Rothwelliz with Eldorado, C. 
Ariel with Gaskelliana, C. Portia with labiata, C. Chloris with maxima, C. 
Barbara with Triane, C. Chapmanii with Warneri, and C. Wendlandiana 
with Warscewiczii, while with C. Hardyana and C. Peetersii, two hybrids 
of the group, it has yielded C. Whiteleyz and C. Thomasii respectively. 
With this section it combines well, as the lip is entire, and other characters 
are sufficiently in agreement. 
Among the long-bulbed species with a three-lobed lip we find eight 
hybrids, as follows: C. Firefly with Dormaniana, C. Meadii with Forbesii, 
C. Hopkinsii with granulosa, C. Bactia with guttata, C. Brownie with 
Harrisoniana, C. Minerva with Loddigesii, C. lucida with Schilleriana, and 
C. Charlesworthii with superba, these hybrids being generally taller than in 
the preceding group, and having smaller flowers. 
With the two species of the latter group in which the side lobes of the 
lip are obsolete, or nearly so, we have the hybrids C. Chlce and C. Clytie, 
with bicolor and velutina respectively, both being rare, 
Two hybrids between the labiata and long-bulbed sections have also 
been crossed with C. Bowringiana, namely, C. Harrisii and C. Iris, the 
hybrids being known respectively as C. Fabiola and C. Dido. 
CROsSES WITH Laz.ia. 
C. Bowringiana has been united with six species of Lelia, three of them 
Mexican and three Brazilian, the hybrids being Leliocattleya Bowrialbida 
‘with L. albida, Le. Wrigleyi with L. anceps, Le. belairensis with L. 
anceps, Lc. Meteor with L. Dayana, Le. Parysatis with L. pumila, and Le. 
Irene with L. tenebrosa, and none of the hybrids are at all common. 
