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of whom must be congratulated on their success. Mr. Wrigley writes :— 
** 4 dozen plants were purchased in March, 1900, from Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., and out of these only one flowered during the following summer. 
The same plant has bloomed again this year, and was in flower on August 
2nd. During the course of the present summer seven other plants have 
bloomed, two of the plants carrying four flowers each, the total number of 
blooms this summer being. fifteen. The cultural treatment was as follows :— 
When the plants were received they were placed in shallow pans of suitable 
size, and these pans were filled three parts full with clean crocks, and the 
plants wedged in with a little fibrous peat and sphagnum moss. The plants 
were then hung in an Intermediate House until the growths were three- 
fourths made, which was some time in July. The plants were then removed 
into a cooler house, where they got all the sun and air possible. After August 
the plants were allowed no water, until they again commenced to grow, 
about the following April, when they were watered freely during the whole 
of the growing season. The houses in which the plants have been grown 
and rested face south-west, and the temperature during the resting period 
ranged from 40° at night to 50° in the day.” 
CATTLEYA x WILSONIANA. 
THIs is one of three or four curious natural hybrids which were described 
some years ago by Reichenbach and then appear to have been quickly lost 
sight of. It was described in 1877 (Gard. Chron., EQ77, Villg p72) aS 
follows :— 
“ CATTLEYA WILSONIANA, #. sp. (1. hybr. ?).—This elegant Cattleya has 
flowered twice in the garden of Mr. John H. Wilson, Liverpool. It has 
been discovered by Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones, who gathered it in company 
with the old C. bicolor, Lindl. There is not much doubt left that it ought 
to be regarded as a natural hybrid between this and perhaps C. intermedia, 
Grah., since neither the colour nor the asperities of the lip remind me of C. 
guttata, Lindl., whose growth it nearly has. The best shoot is more than 
one foot high, according toa sketch sent by its discoverer. No doubt there 
was a spathe, but I did not obtain one. The flower is equal to that of a 
well developed C. bicolor. The sepals and petals are of a beautiful deep 
purple ; the lip white, with a yellow blotch at the base, a violet disc in 
front, and violet angular side lacinie. The anterior lamina, excepting its 
white claw, is of a very rich, beautiful, purplish hue. The column is of a 
light whitish purple. It is named in memory of Mr. John H. Wilson, at 
the wish of the discoverer, Mr. Dukinfield Jones.” 
It seems quite probable from what is known of the distribution of C. 
bicolor and C. intermedia that they grow together, either in the province of 
