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SOPHROCATTLEYA x HARDYANA. 
THE annexed illustration represents a most brilliant little hybrid from 
the collection of F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey. It was 
obtained by crossing Sophronitis grandiflora ? and Cattleya Aclandie 3, 
and obtained an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society on 
May roth, 1898, under the name of Sophrocattleya X George Hardy (Orch. 
Rev., 1898, pp. 185, 270), a name which we have latinised above, according 
to the rule for naming primary hybrids. It combines the characters of its 
parents, though the flower in shape and colour most resembles the Soph- 
ronitis, the lip and column, however, being considerably enlarged and 
Fic. 13. SOPHROCATTLEYA X HARDYANA. 
modified in shape. The habit is dwarf, as might naturally be expected, and 
the flowers very large for the size of the plant, so that one can easily 
imagine the effect which a strong plant in flower would produce. It also 
appears to have a very good constitution. The photograph, for which we 
are indebted to Mr. Hardy, gives an excellent idea of the shape of the 
flower, but the colour appears too dark, a fault due to the well-known fact 
that orange and scarlet fail to come out in their true proportions on the 
photographic plate. Since the above was written a flower from another 
