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is explained below), but in the details <>i the flowers ami leaves the 



characters of both parents are well represented. The dorsal sepal of the flower 



at the sides, and the purple-brown lines are partiall) broken up into spots at 

 the base, the ground colour being cream-white at the apex and base, and 

 the remainder suffused with light purple. The petals are four inches long, 

 yellowish white at the base, passing into brownish purple towards the apex, 

 and handsomely spotted with purple-brown. The lip is two inches long, 

 rather stout and light purple-brown in colour; and the staminode slightly 

 concave at the sides, suffused with light purple, and reticulated with 

 darker veins in the centre. The foliage is very handsome, being light 

 yellowish green, with numerous broad dark green reticulated nerves. The 

 plant is six years old, and is now flowering for the first time, producing a 

 spike of three flowers. It is named by request after the daughter of 

 Col. Cooper, of Markree Castle. 



It will be noticed that the scape is not attached to the plant, and it 

 should be mentioned that rather more than half the portion below the 

 lowermost bract has been omitted. The photograph showed the whole 

 plant, but, being too large for our pages, it was decided to divide the scape 

 and bring it down, but through a slight misunderstanding the basal part 

 has been omitted in making the block. This is mentioned to prevent 

 misapprehension as to the height of the scape. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



A meeting of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 

 Westminster, on July 8th, when a number of interesting Orchids were 

 shown, though, as is usual during the summer months, there was a 

 considerable falling off in the number of exhibitors, and the Orchid 

 Committee only granted one Botanical Certificate and one Medal. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), sent a 

 fine specimen of Gongora viridi-purpurea, bearing about twenty of its 

 pendulous spikes, and was awarded a Botanical Certificate. 



The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. Hill), sent 

 Cattleya Gaskelliana alba, and Odontoglossum X Wilckeanum, Tring 

 Park var., a large whitish form, regularly spotted with chocolate brown. 



Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), 

 sent a light coloured Cattleya X Germania (C. granulosa Schofieldiana X 

 Hardy an a). 



Captain Holford, CLE., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander), 

 showed Laslio-cattleya X Earl Grey (parentage unrecorded), having the 



