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variety superba {Orch. Rev., viii., p. 60), and a First-class certificate to the 



variety grandis {Orch. Rev., ix., p. 24). 



3. Brassol.el.ia X Clio.— Another interesting hybrid from Brassavola 

 glauca, raised by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, and exhibited at a meeting 

 of the R.H.S., on January 15th last. The seed parent was Lselia cinna- 

 barina, and the flower of the hybrid is light reddish buff in colour, and 

 fairly intermediate in other respects, though at present obviously 

 undeveloped. 



Brassocatl.elia is a hybrid genus established in 1897 for a hybrid 

 between Brassocattleya and Lselio-cattleya, to which a second hybrid is 

 now added, and which will serve to distinguish any hybrid in which the 

 characters of the three genera Brassavola, Cattleya, and Lselia are 

 combined. 



1. Brassocatl.elia X Lawrencei.— A hybrid derived from Brasso- 

 cattleya X Lindleyana $ and Laelio-cattleya X elegans $ , from the collec- 

 tion of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, to which an Award 

 of Merit was given by the R.H.S., on December 14th, 1897, under the 

 name of Brassocatladia X Lindleyano-elegans (Orch. Rev., vi., p. 30). The 

 sepals and petals are blush white and the lip purple. 



2. Brassocatl.elia X Wiganil— At the Temple Show, in 1901, a very 

 handsome hybrid was exhibited by Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, 

 East Sheen, under the name of Lselio-cattleya X Edgar Wigan, to which 

 a First-class Certificate was given (Orch. Rev., ix., pp. 184, 196). Its 

 parents are Lselio-cattleya X Aphrodite $ and Brassavola Digbyana <? . 

 The first-named hybrid was derived from Cattleya Mendelii and Laelia 

 purpurata, from which its general character may be inferred. The flower 

 has much of the general shape of the Brassavola parent, with the fringe of 

 the lip greatly reduced, and the colour blush pink, with the front of the lobe 

 of the lip darker in colour, and a tinge of sulphur in the throat. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. R. BrigCxS-Bury.— We deeply regret to hear of the death of this 

 lady, at her residence, Bank House, Accrington, on Feb. 7th, at the age 

 of 62 years. The deceased was a most enthusiastic orchidist, and the 

 possessor of a very fine collection, which was frequently represented at the 

 meetings of the Manchester Orchid Society, and occasionally in London. 

 She was a successful exhibitor at Manchester on the day preceding her death. 



Henry Tate.— We regret to hear of the death of this gentleman, at 

 his residence, Bolney House, Ennismere Gardens, London, at the early age 

 of 48. He formerly resided at Allerton Beeches, Liverpool, where he 

 possessed a choice collection of Orchids, which was sold some time ago. 



