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continued, one should adopt some such plan as combining two generic or 
specific names, or parts of them, the name Lelio-cattleya being a good 
example. In some cases, sad to relate, classical names had been given to 
hybrids with the express reason of hiding their origin. 
The Conference terminated with a banquet at the Hotel Metropole in 
the evening, under the presidency of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., at which 
about 130 were present, including a few ladies. Among the toasts proposed 
were :—Horticulture, by the Rev. Professor Henslow; Hybridists, by Mr. 
W. Bateson, F -R.S.; the Royal Horticultural Society, by the Master of the 
Rolls, Lord Justice Lindley, and the Visitors by Mr. C. J. Shea. During 
the evening the company present were photographed. 
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L#LIA DIGBYANA CAPSULE. 
A FINE capsule of Lelia Digbyana has been produced in the collection 
of W. S. M’Millan, Esq., Ardenholm, Maghull, Lancashire. There was a 
legend that this species would not yield seed-pods, but Mr. Robertson had 
no doubt that it would cross with something if one only knew what to use; 
so by way of experiment he applied the pollinia from a flower each of 
Cattleya Dowiana, Gaskelliana, Mossiz, Warneri, and Lzlio-cattleya X 
elegans. The Ovary soon began to swell, and the capsule has just opened, 
12 months and 17 days after being pollinated, and as some of the seed 
appears plump and good it has been sown in three different collections, in 
the hope that some one will succeed in raising the seedlings. Should this 
fortunately occur, it will be interesting to see what the flowers are like, for 
the parentage is certainly problematic. The pollen of this flower of L. 
Digbyana was carefully removed, and used for fertilising Cattleya Dowiana 
and Gaskelliana, each yielding a seed pod, which is not ripe yet, though all 
three were done on the Same day. There is one previous record of seed- 
pods being produced by this species (0. R., v. p. 83), the Rev. F. D. Hornet 
having ‘“ successfully obtained a couple of seed-pods, at the expense of his 
plants,” but no seedlings were obtained. On the whole it seems preferable 
to use this striking species as the pollen parent, though it is interesting to 
know what the capsule is like, and probably the production of seedlings is 
only a question of time. The capsule is very remarkable in shape, having 4 
beak three times as long as itself. The swollen portion or capsule proper 
is oblong in shape, and two inches long, while the slender beak measures 6 
inches ; then comes the shrivelled perianth segments and the column, the 
latter 1} inches long. The pedicel is 4inch long. When attached to the 
plant it has a very remarkable appearance. 
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