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does not open as well. The peculiarity seems to be quite fixed, for 
Mr. Shill states that the plant is a strong grower, and that this is the third 
time which the flowers have come malformed in this way. 
<A flower of Cattleya Gaskelliana is sent by Mr. C. C. Hurst, of 
Hinckley, showing a small fly with black and yellow body firmly caught in 
the stigma. We have more than once seen hive bees in the same 
predicament, and it seems probable that the bee which fertilises Cattleyas 
in a wild state is a stronger insect, more like a humble bee. It would be | 
interesting to know more of the insects which naturally fertilise the showy 
Orchids which are so popular in our gardens. 
Cattleya x Hardyana, we believe, generally appears among plants 
collected as C. Dowiana aurea, but a fine form sent from the collection of 
J. Wilson Potter, Esq., of Croydon, by Mr. Young, was obtained as C. 
Warscewiczii, which it certainly most resembles. The petals, however, 
approach C. Dowiana aurea in shape, and are obscurely mottled, while the 
lip shows some distinct golden veining on the disc. In other respects, 
especially in the distinct yellow eyes, it approaches the other parent, except 
that the colour is richer and darker. It will be interesting to note the 
range of variation among artificially raised plants of this fine hybrid as 
they become more common. 
A photograph ofa fine example of Schomburgkia tibicinis is sent fiom 
the collection of Dr. A. W. Hoisholt, Stockton, California. The in- 
florescence is described as g2 inches long and bore thirteen developed 
flowers, while one other dropped off unopened. Dr. Hoisholt thinks this 
worthy of mention, as a plant exhibited at the Temple Show in 1894, to 
which a Botanical Certificate was given, had only seven flowers (Orchid 
Review, ii., p. 191), and another mentioned at p. 207 of the same volume 
had a spike only 39 inches long. It is certainly a fine example, but under 
cultivation this Orchid seldom attains the luxuriance seen in wild speci- 
mens, probably because of its large size. 
Another photograph represents a fine example of Oncidium luridum, 
which produced a spike 86 inches long, bearing 67 fully developed flowers, 
while a number of others dropped off in the bud state, owing it is said to 
puncture by ants. This also is a magnificent Orchid when seen in its full 
native Veet but is apt to be rather unmanageable in small houses oF 
collections of limited extent. 
The Ranoral rons Coryanthes macrantha flowered some few months age 
in the Kew collection, and it is interesting to note that another plant is now 
producing a fine scape with two large buds, which will probably have 
