46 _ THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of W. P. 
Burkinshaw, Esq., of Hessle, near Hull (gr. Mr. Barker). First may be 
mentioned two fine spikes of Cymbidium Tracyanum, from different plants, 
‘one being much darker than the other. The light form, Mr. Barker 
observes, carried five spikes, with an aggregate of sixty-three flowers, — 
and formed a perfect picture, which we can fully realize, for some of. the 
individual flowers measure over 54 inches across. The dark one is only 
slightly smaller, and bears ten flowers. Both forms are deliciously 
fragrant, the latter character probably being common to all forms of the 
species. Flowers of the richly-coloured Lelia anceps Barkeriana and_ 
L. a. alba show the extremes of colour in this species, for the latter is an 
albino, being absolutely without markings, except a little yellow on the 
disc of the lip, which is invariably present. We must mention also a 
good flower of Lycaste Skinneri armeniaca, and several fine Paphiopedilums. 
The latter include two fine forms of P. insigne, two handsomely spotted 
P. X nitens, P. xX Leeanum giganteum, and two more heavily spotted 
forms, one of them being a strong twin-flowered scape. The whole series 
affords evidence of excellent culture. ! 
Cattleya Triane is now beginning to bloom, and we have received 
two pretty forms from the collection of J.-F. ‘Laycock, “Esq. Wiseton, 
Bawtry, Notts (gr. Mr. Lamb). One has blush white sepals and petals 
and a shade more colour in the lip, and may be referred to the variety 
delicata ; the other is blush pink, with the front of the lip light rose purple. 
A very beautiful flower of Lelia anceps Williamsii is sent from the 
collection of R. le Doux, Esq., Marlfield, West Derby, Liverpool, by 
Mr. Archer. - It is of perfect shape, and pure white, with the usual purple 
markings inside the throat. A particularly fine form of Odontoglossum 
maculatum is also sent, in which the petals are unusually broad, measuring _ 
over three-quarters of an inch across, and less acute than usual. The 
markings also extend further from the base than in the ordinary form, 4 
good flower of which is also sent for comparison. | 
A flower of the beautiful Lzlia x Crawshayana is sent from the collec- 
tion of De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks. It is ftom a part 
of the type plant named by Reichenbach eighteen years ago, and has much 
of the bright colour of L. autumnalis, with the shape and size about mid- 
way between this species and L. albida. Its history was given at page 46° 
of our third volume. A very fine flower of L. anceps Sanderiana is also 
sent, with a smaller form, having the front lobe of the lip pure white, 
which we should refer to L. a. Williamsii, 
A fine spike of Odontoglossum maculatum and two of O. Rossii are 
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