OCTOBER, 1916.] THE ORCHID: REVIEW. 249 
a6 CATTLEYA BOWRINGIANA. bers 
Ce Bowringiana, though now somewhat eclipsed by its own 
fine hybrids, is still one of the most useful autumn-flowering species, 
and when well-grown produces great trusses of purple flowers which are 
very imposing. The annexed figure represents one of the finest spikes that 
we have ever seen, and the plant was grown in the collection of the late 
F. L. Ames, Esq., North Easton, Mass., by Mr. W. N. Craig. The 
Fig. 45. CATTLEYA BowRINGIANA. 
inflorescence carries no fewer than forty-seven flowers. The plant was 
grown in osmunda fibre collected on the estate. It is part of a large 
plant which was grown in a basket, and produced annually some six 
hundred flowers, but, becoming unwieldy, was broken up into moderate- 
sized plants, which were found more serviceable. The species is a native 
of British Honduras, and was introduced to cultivation by Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons, in 1884. It is curious that no albino of the species has yet 
appeared. 
