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yellow it is quite buff yellow, and there are some brown hairs at the base of 
the petals. These two handsome forms placed side by side afford a very 
decided contrast. 
M. A. A. Peeters, of Brussels, writes that the beautiful hybrid Cypri- 
pedium X Francois Peeters, mentioned at page 352, was derived from C. 
bellatulum crossed with C. barbatum Crossii. Thus it is a form of the one 
called C. X Charles Richman. 
A flower of Cattleya Gaskelliana agreeing with the C. g. delicata 
described at page 270, has been sent by Mr. J. Milburn, from the collection 
of F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough. It is a very pretty light 
variety. 
A curious flower. of Cypripedium Spicerianum comes from Messrs. 
Hurst & Son, of Hinckley, in which the lower sepal has almost the shape 
and size of the dorsal one. The disc is light green, without any purple 
band, and the rest white. Three normal flowers from different plants are 
also sent, which differ somewhat in colour. 
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__ Two fine flowers of Cattleya labiata have been sent from the collection 
of Hamar Bass, Esq., Byrkley, Burton-on-Trent, by Mr. Hamilton, who 
remarks that they seem to improve yearly, and have four, five, and six 
flowers on a spike. They are exceptionally large, the petals measuring 
over 2% inches broad. Flowers from two plants of the long-bulbed form of 
Cattleya maxima, from Messrs. Linden, which have flowered freely, are also 
enclosed. 
_A photograph of a very fine clump of Vanda coerulea, carrying seventeen 
fine spikes, from the collection of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, 
M.P., has been sent by Mr. Burberry. Also one of the splendid 
specimen of Odontoglossum coronarium described at page 346. It carries 
seven fine racemes. 
A photograph of the pretty little Oncidium iridifolium comes from Mr. 
T. I. Patter, of Trinidad. _ It is very dwarf, and is said to be almost always 
in flower, and altogether a very desirable little plant, though not often seen 
in this country. A photograph of O. x hamatochilum is also enclosed, 
showing a luxuriant and well-flowered specimen. 
A fine truss’of Dendrobium formosum, fron the collection of H. J. 
Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, Gloucestershire, is sent by Mr. Lane, consisting 
of two racemes, the best of which bears six of its beautiful flowers. 
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