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pink margin, and the basal half of the disc radiately veined with reddish 
purple. In its general shape the flower most resembles the pollen parent, 
with the petals enlarged and the fringe considerably reduced, but in colour 
the characters of the seed parent are by far the most prominent. Since the 
value of Lelia Digbyana for hybridising purposes became known, by the 
flowering of the beautiful Lelio-cattleya x Digbyana-Mossiz, many 
experiments have been made in various collections, and the future may 
have further suprises in store; but if such crosses have not already been 
made, we would suggest that some good albino should be used as the seed 
parent, such as Cattleya Mossie Wageneri, or C. Trianz alba, in the hope 
of getting a white variety of the above-named handsome hybrids. 
C. Dowiana aurea should also be tried, if the two species can be got to 
flower together. Messrs. Veitch are to be congratulated on their success 
in this interesting field. 
BOTANICAL ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
THROUGHOUT the winter and spring there has been a constant succession 
of interesting botanical Orchids at Kew, including such attractive little 
plants as Bulbophyllum barbigerum, Restrepia striata, and R. elegans, 
Dendrobium sarmentosum, Ornithidium coccineum, Maxillaria Houtteana, 
Sophronitis cernua, and numerous others which deserve a place in every 
collection. Among recent ones is the remarkable Cirrhopetalum robustum, 
a plant which has received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society, the pretty little Leptotes bicolor, the rare Angrecum 
Germinyanum, Masdevallia Estrade and various allied forms. Bartholina 
pectinata is a very remarkable terrestrial Orchid from the Cape, bearing a 
single flower, whose lip is cut up into numerous narrow radiating segments. 
Holothrix orthoceras is another pretty Cape species with an erect raceme 
of white flowers. Physosiphon Moorei is much dwarfer than the better- 
known P. Loddigesii beside it, and has shorter racemes of larger and darker 
flowers. Maxillaria parva is a tiny little plant with yellow flowers 
not exceeding the short leaves, and M. aciantha is remarkable for its very 
rigid sepals and petals. 
Among Epidendrums may be mentioned the sweet-scented E. varicosum, 
the rare E. Linkianum, E. subpurum with panicles of white flowers, E. 
Parkinsonianum, and the rare E. spondiadum. The allied Amblostoma 
tridactylum and Scaphyglottis Behrii may also be mentioned. Of the genus 
Pleurothallis the most remarkable is P. scapha, while P. longissima and 
P. gelida bear many racemes of light green flowers, forming quite graceful 
specimens. Octomeria gracilis and several species of Stelis, including green, 
white, and purple flowers, help to swell the list. Dendrobium teretifolium 
