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parentage, but I have twice seen so-called amanda’s that I suspected were 
different, but passed them over as possible varieties, hybrids being 
notoriously variable. These I hope to be able to examine again. It is an 
interesting but rather tedious process to clear up the history and parentage 
of some of these natural hybrids. 
R, A. ROLFE. 
CATTLEYA x MINUCIA. 
Tuis is a very pretty hybrid, which was raised by Messrs. James Veitch & 
Sons, from C. Loddigesii @ and C.‘ Warscewiczii 3, and first flowered in 
1892. A year later Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co. exhibited two pretty hybrids 
under the names of C. xX Johnsoniana and C. X Ashtoniana, which were 
said to have been obtained from C. Harrisoniz ? and C. Warscewiczii 3, 
and chiefly differed in colour. Good flowers of these are sent by Messrs: 
Hugh Low & Co., who point out the strong general resemblance they bear 
toC. X Minucia, and after comparing them together we are driven to the 
conclusion that they are varieties of the same. All show strong evidence of 
Cescent from C. Loddigesii, and the way that the names of this Cattleya and 
C. Harrisoniana (an older name for Harrisonie) have been transposed in 
collections would easily account for the way the parentage was recorded. 
When a hybrid between true C. Harrisoniana and C. Warscewiczil appears, 
it will probably show some trace of the yellow corrugated disc of the former, 
but in those named above the disc is smooth and pale yellow, as in C. 
Loddigesii. 
FLOWERING OF CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII. 
It seems to be generally agreed that this fine species, with it ally C. 
Dowiana, and the beautiful natural hybrid between them, C. X Hardyana, 
have flowered extremely well this year. Mr. H. Reed, of Cassiobury, 
Watford, in a communication to the Gardeners’ Chronicle, of October 14th 
(p. 289), remarks of the former :—‘ Probably the fine bright autum of last 
year had something to do with the extraordinary flowering of ee 
Warscewiczii this year, by getting the growths well ripened. We ha a 
strong breaks, and the sunny weather finished them off well, making the 
flowering of the plants this season quite out of the common. We had of oa 
cent. of our plants in flower, and many with seven blooms on 4 so €, : 
great many with five and six, very few having less than four large b e 
The present autumn has also been very favourable, but will this fine 
flowering be repeated next year? 
