208 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULy, Igtr. 
SUGGESTED ADDITIONS. 
ODONTOGLOSsSUM X ROLFE#.—This is one of the best hybrids of the 
genus, and of comparatively early raising. The flowers are large, of good 
substance, and freely borne on long branching spikes. Its parents are O. 
‘Harryanum and Pescatorei. The sepals and petals are of a deep creamy 
white, spotted with. purple, the tips being wholly of that colour. The 
petals, however, are only marked at the base. The lip is large, of good 
size, pale yellow in colour, blotched on the lower half with deep violet, and 
-has a golden-yellow crest. Plants of this Orchid are now mostly in flower 
or spike, and should be well supplied with water. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA VEITCHII.—This is a most gorgeous ebrid. for an 
amateur’s Cattleya house, and is of easy culture, reasonable in price, and free 
‘flowering. The blossoms are of large size, and produced from a sheath 
during June and July, remaining several weeks in perfection. The sepals 
and petals are of a deep rosy pink, whilst the lip is well open, of immense 
breadth and most beautifully fringed. In colour it is of a deeper shade 
‘than the petals, with a beautiful yellow thyoat. It is a hybrid between 
‘Cattleya Mossiz and Brassavola Digbyana. Any plants in full growth or 
-in flower should not be allowed to become dry, but any which have finished 
-blossoming shoal be kept slightly drier at the roots until a fresh start is 
made. 
OponTonIA X LAIRESSET. This: is ee maeueeae bigeheric iii 
derived from Miltonia Warscewiczii and Odontoglossum crispum. In shape 
‘the: flowers closely resemble the former parent, especially in the short 
‘narrow sepals and petals and broad lip. The ground colour is white, but 
all the segments are heavily blotched with reddish brown. The crest on 
‘the lip is yellow, variegated with light red. It is a sturdy grower, and 
remarkably free in blossoming. No collection should be without this hand- 
some ‘hybrid, which can be now procured at moderate cost. The blooms 
"remain several weeks in perfection.. 
CyprIPepIuM Ruck ALBUM. An albino of the beautiful Cypripedium 
Regine flowered at Kew, and was described fourteen years ago (Rolfe, in O.R., 
~v.p- 196). We have found a record of the same variety as long ago as 1838. 
It was then figured by Sweet (Brit. Fl. Gard., iii. t. 240, fig. A), under the 
name of C. spectabile album, from a plant which flowered with Mr. G. 
Charlwood in the previous summer, the author remarking: ‘‘ We had 
never before seen or heard of a white variety, so that it is a very rare plant.” 
In a wild state, also, Miss Grace Nyles remarks that the albino or white 
-variety rarely occurs. ‘‘I found one plant, however,” she remarks, ‘‘ bear- 
_ing two blossoms, the first I ever saw, and I removed the pees to va 
it in my garden.” (Bog-trotting for Orchids, p. 61). 
