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Veitch flowered it once, so this is only the third time of its flowering in 
Europe. I cannot see any approach to C. Lowii in any particular. It isa 
true Stonei in everything but breadth of petals, but in that it differs from 
C. Lowii altogether. I cannot therefore agree with Professor Reichenbach 
in thinking it a hybrid between these two species. It is a very striking 
and handsome variety, and it is the greatest piece of luck that I ever had in 
all my long career of Orchid-growing—for, considering the vast number of 
imported Orchids of all kinds that I have bought and imported, I have not 
been fortunate in obtaining new species or varieties.” 
In October, 1881, he added a memorandum to this drawing: ‘‘ I have 
now sold all stock of this, with the rest of my collection; one plant sold to: 
Veitch in March, 1878, for £105, one to Veitch in 1881 for 75 guineas, and 
the three remaining onesat my sale in 1881 for £147, £136 tos., and £126. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence bought the higher-priced one, and Baron Schréder 
the other two.” 
The beauty of the variety may be seen by a fine illustration of one of 
Mr. Day’s plants, bearing an inflorescence of four flowers, which appeared 
in Warner’s Select Orchidaceous Plants (iii. t. 14), and we have seen a 
similar inflorescence in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence. It is a 
plant of remarkably slow growth, and we believe is still only represented in 
the collections at Burford and at The Dell, Englefield Green. In the summer 
of 1887 a plant in the latter unexpectedly proved that it is only a permanent 
mutation of the species, for it produced a flower bearing one of its own 
proper petals and one of the normal C. Stonei. This flower is preserved at 
Kew. The plant received a First-class Certificate from the R-H.S. in June, 
1867, and again in May, 1895, the exhibitors being Mr. Day and Sir Trevor 
Lawrence respectively.—R.A.R. 
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DISA GRANDIFLORA AUREA.—A two-flowered spike of the brilliant scarlet 
Disa grandiflora is sent from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq,, Bridge 
Hall, Bury, by Mr. Rogers, together with a flower of what Is called D. 
gtandiflora aurea. Mr. Rogers remarks: ‘‘ We consider it very pretty and. 
quite distinct from any other we have seen. The tubers were bought last 
year in Protheroe’s Rooms (newly imported) under the above name.” The 
variety apparently obtains its name from a decided suffusion of yellow in 
the ground colour of the dorsal sepal, which in the typical form inclines to 
white, for the rest of the flower is about normal in colour, and the lateral 
Sepals are of a brilliant shade of pure orange-scarlet. We hardly think it 
can be the yellow form of the species that was reported some time ago, but 
this note is written far away from all books of reference, where the flower 
in question has followed us, so that for the moment we must content our~ 
Selves with briefly recording its character.—R.A.R. 
