162 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
given by M. Otto Ballif in the Chronique Orchidienne (p. 188). A plant of 
Lzlio-cattleya x elegans is said to have been cultivated at the Chateau de 
Thoiry, Seine-et-Oise, one of the oldest French collections, for a period of 
thirty-eight years, by the venerable gardener Victor Douy, recently 
deceased. During this period it has bzen several times divided, but is still 
as vigorous as ever. 
A flower of the remarkable little Pleurothallis punctulata, remarkable for 
the leaves and stems being densely covered with white meal, is sent from 
the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq., of Camberwell. The plant is 
bearing nine flowers. Flowers of a pretty little group of Restrepias are 
also sent, and include R. antennifera, elegans, striata and Lansbergii. 
A curious flower of Sophronitis grandiflora, from the collection of 
E. F. Clark, Esq., of Teignmouth, has the dorsal sepal united along the 
middle to the back of the sepal, and thus curves forward over the lip. A 
flower of the handsome Paphiopedilum xX Pollettianum (calophyllum 
X cenanthum superbum) is also sent. 1 
A very fine flower of Dendrobium nobile, measuring four inches from 
tip to tip of the petals, is sent from the collection of C. E. Bovill, Esq., 
Grove Park, Chiswick. All the parts are correspondingly well developed, 
and the blotch of the lip is very broad and dark. The colour is fairly 
typical, but the upper third of the petals is rich rose-purple and contrasts 
very effectively with the nearly white base. It was received from Darjeeling 
two years ago, and may be referred to D. nobile giganteum. 
A flower of the beautiful Cattleya Trianz alba, which flowered out of a 
recent importation, is sent by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of Enfield. 
It is pure white, with the exception of the usual deep yellow disc. 
A very good, heavily-spotted form of Odontoglossum x Andersonianum 
is sent from the collection of E. Docker, Esq., Spring Grove, Isleworth, by _ 
Mr. Robins. It is both good in shape and bright in colour, and some of 
the spots on the petals are linear in shape. | 
Flowers of the handsome Odontoglossum xX crispo-Hallii are sent from 
the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, 
showing that it has decidedly improved since it was first described in these 
pages (O. R., v. p. 10). It bears much resemblance to O. xX Denisoniz 
(Wilckeanum) in shape, but has distinctly acuminate sepals and petals, as 
in O. Halli, with a light yellow ground colour, much blotched with deep 
red-brown. The crest and column wings most resemble O. Hallii. It is a 
very beautiful hybrid. 
