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the well-known showy things, as, for example, Grammatophyllum speciosum, 
fine examples of Lycaste Skinneri alba, Cymbidium Hookerianum, and 
Masdevallia elephanticeps in the former, and in the latter the well-known 
examples of Vanda ccerulea, Renanthera Inschootiana, Cymbidium Tracy- 
anum, and others which have received awards at the Drill Hall. 
Flowers of the dark and richly-coloured Lelio-cattleya xX elegans 
Schreederiana, to which an Award of Merit was given at the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society’s meeting on August roth, are sent from the collection of E. 
Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow. The front lobe of the lip and 
apex of the side lobes are of the deepest crimson-purple, and the sepals 
and petals are also very dark. It was purchased at Mr. Wells’ sale, and 
originally came from Messrs. Sander. 
A strong plant of Cattleya Warneri in the collection of Dr. A. W. 
Hoisholt, Stockton, California, has produced a fine spike bearing the 
exceptional number of nine well-developed flowers. A photograph of it is 
kindly sent, and with so many flowers it is not surprising to note a distinct 
diminution in size upwards, the uppermost bloom being nearly a third 
smaller than the basal one. 
Several other interesting photographs are also enclosed, including a pure 
white form of Odontoglossum citrosmum with only the crest yellow, a twin- 
flowered scape of Cypripedium x Ashburtoniz, a fine form of C. Curtisil, 
Celogyne Massangeana, Oncidum luridum guttatum, Selenipedium 
caudatum Wallisii with petals twenty-seven inches long, and good 
examples of Cattleya Triane and C. Warscewiczii Sanderiana. 
A curiosity sent is a photograph of a plant of Cattleya Mossie showing 
one pseudobulb growing from the apex of another, arising out of the sheath, 
as if the flower-spike had developed into a growth, which seems a possible 
explanation of the phenomenon. 
The wide range of variation seen in Dendrobium Phalznopsis, and its 
great value as a decorative autumn-flowering plant, are well illustrated by a 
series of ten flowers sent by Mr. James Cypher, of Cheltenham, whose 
success in the culture of Dendrobiums is well-known. No two are alike, 
and with the exception of the pure white and the darkest forms they almost 
represent the range of variation seen in this beautiful plant. 
A very distinct form of Odontoglossum grande is also sent by Mr. 
Cypher, which is characterised by the great development of the dark 
purple-brown markings of the flower, even of the lip, and the ground colour 
greenish yellow, and thus it appears much darker than the typical form. 
