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Flowers of the beautiful Cattleya labiata var. Amesiana, to which an 

 Award of Merit was given by the R.H.S. on November 4th, are sent by 

 R. G. Thwaites, Esq., of Streatham, and Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of 

 Bush Hill Park. The shape is excellent, and the sepals and petals white, 

 with the beautifully crisped front lobe of the lip of a peculiar shade of lilac- 

 pink. Messrs. Low's plant had a spike of four flowers, and when exhibited 

 at the Manchester Orchid Society's Meeting on November 6th, it 

 proved quite the centre of attraction, and was unanimously awarded a 

 First-class Certificate. It is named in compliment to Mr. Oakes Ames, 

 North Easton, U.S.A., and the colouring of the lip is almost identical with 

 that of C. Trianae Amesiana, for which Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. received 

 an Award of Merit in March, 1899. 



A fine and very richly coloured variety of Cattleya labiata, called Frau 

 Louise Karthaus, is sent from the collection of C. F. Karthaus, Esq., of 

 Berlin, through Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. It measures over seven inches 

 across, and the sepals and petals are bright rose-purple, with the front lobe 

 of the lip very dark purple-crimson. The shape is excellent, and it is one 

 of the most richly coloured varieties that we have met with. 



A flower of the handsome Oncidium X Mantinii superbum, to which an 

 Award of Merit was given by the R.H.S., on November 4th, is sent from 

 the collection of F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking. It is a natural 

 hybrid between O. Forbesii and O. Marshallianum, and fairly intermediate 

 between them. 



Oncidium tigrinum Crookii is a distinct and pretty variety sent by 

 Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, in which the markings on the 

 sepals and petals consist of three or four light brown bands, and thus is 

 somewhat intermediate between the type and Reichenbach's variety albens 

 in which the dark markings had quite vanished, leaving the flower entirely 

 yellow. The plant is now in the collection of T. M. Crook, Esq., Stanley 

 Grange, Hoghton, near Preston. 



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We may remind our readers that the issue of the present number completes 

 our first ten volumes, and those who have the series complete may find an 

 interest in glancing back to the first number, and noting the progress made, 

 and how far our original programme has been carried out. We intend to 

 commence the new volume with some alterations which we believe will 

 increase the utility of the work, and we invite any suggestions from our 

 readers, and also their co-operation in making the work still more widely 

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