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been produced artificially. It was raised by Messrs. Cappe et fils, Vésinet, 
France, from Cattleya intermedia crossed with the pollen of Lelia purpur- 
ata, and has now flowered for the first time, producing a spike of four 
flowers—one of which is sent, and proves quite typical in character. Two 
of the seven bulbs are diphyllous and the rest monophyllous. It promises 
to be a fine thing when the plant becomes stronger. This makes the third 
time that the parentage of this fine natural hybrid has been proved 
artificially, and perhaps the day may come when it will be easier to raise 
it by hand than to import it, especially as there would be the further 
advantage that the finest forms of the two species could be selected as 
parents. 
A curious form of Cattleya Mendelii is sent from the collection of Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, by Mr. White. It is an 
imported plant, which may account for the front lobe of the lip being small 
and narrow, though rich in colour. The sepals and petals are of a pretty 
blush pink, and the inflorescence is three-flowered. It appears to be simply 
undeveloped at present, but this point must be left to the next time of 
flowering. 
A fine spike of Odontoglossum Kegeljani (polyxanthum), has been grown 
in the collection of W. Younger, Esq., Ravenswood, Melrose, by Mr. W. 
Yea, gardener. It bears twenty flowers, of which eight are borne in pairs 
on side-branches below the others, and is a splendid example of good 
culture. A figure is given in a recent issue of the Gardening World (p. 589). 
A plant of Cattleya Mendelii in the collection of J. We Arkle, Esa. 
West Derby, Liverpool, has produced a very curious flower having only 
two sepals and two lips, which are placed in two opposite pairs, the lips 
infolding each other, with a short, abortive column in the centre. A normal 
flower sent, on the same inflorescence, has blush pink sepals and petals 
with a few irregular, darker streaks. The other flowers on the plant are 
said to be normal. 
This species seems particularly liable to produce abnormal flowers. A 
remarkable trimerous form was figured at page 241 of our seventh volume, 
and there is the well-known C. Mendelii var. Janus, of which three peculiar 
flowers are again sent by Captain C. C. Hurst, Burbage Grove, Hinckley. 
One has a single petal missing, another is reduced to the pair of lateral 
sepals, the lip, and a one-sided column, while the third has one petal and 
one sepal opposite to it, with a short filament between where the column 
asian be, the ovary being reduced to a thin pedicle. It certainly deserves 
HS hame. A flower of Cattleya Mossiz having the dorsal united to the 
Pack of the column and much undulated, is also sent from the same 
