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Wigan at the R.H.S. meeting on October 7th, and Laslio-cattleya X 

 Schilleriana is recorded as the pollen parent. The two-flowered scape has 

 now been sent to us, and Mr. Young remarks that the vegetative organs 

 show the influence of L. longipes very strongly, the bulbs being short and 

 round, and the leaves stout and thick. The same influence is apparent in 

 the scape, and shape of the flower, but the size is increased to four inches 

 in diameter. The segments are spreading, with the petals slightly broader 

 than the sepals, and the colour deep lilac-purple. The lip is strongly three- 

 lobed, much like an enlarged edition of L. longipes, with the very undulate 

 front lobe and apex of the side lobes very deep rich purple, the throat deep 

 yellow, and the tube white tinged with lilac. It is an interesting and 

 pretty little hybrid. 



Brassocattleya X Chamberlains. — We have now another striking 

 hybrid from Brassavola Digbyana to record, the seed parent being 

 Cattleya quadricolor, Lindl., usually known under its later name of 

 C. chocoensis. The hybrid has now flowered in the collection of the 

 Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., and was exhibited at a meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society on October 21st, when it gained an Award of 

 Merit. The flower kindly sent has the general shape of other B. Digbyana 

 hybrids, but the colour is lighter than in most others, the sepals and 

 petals being blush white, very slightly tinged with pink, and the lip pale 

 blush pink, with a light, greenish yellow disc. The petals are at present 

 just over 4 inches long by if inches broad, and the lip is broad and ample, 

 and fringed in the usual way. It is a charming addition to the group, and 

 is dedicated to Mrs. Chamberlain. 



Cattleya x Winniana.— A pretty little hybrid has just flowered in 

 the collection of the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P. It was purchased 

 from the Winn collection as a seedling from Cattleya Gaskelliana X 

 Aclandiae, but there must have been some mistake in the record, for there 

 is not the slightest resemblance to C. Aclandiae in the flower. On the 

 other hand it has a lip closely analagous to C. Forbesii, both in shape and 

 in the very characteristic veining of the disc — the latter being invariably 

 present in hybrids of this species. In general shape, too, it much 

 resembles this species. The other parent may have been C. Gaskelliana, 

 as the more membranaceous flower and lilac-purple colour is what might 

 have been expected, though the resemblance in shape is not very obvious, 

 for the lip is strongly three-lobed. The segments, however, are enlarged 

 and the petals broader. It has obviously not yet attained its full 

 development. 



