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is very marked, which is not surprising when one remembers that both its 
parents have half that species in their composition. An analysis of its 
descent shows that it is composed of half Lelia purpurata and one- 
quarter each of Cattleya Warscewiczii and C. intermedia, and it is curious 
to reflect that if a hybrid between the two species named were in existence 
and were crossed with Lelia purpurata, the product would be a hybrid of 
identical composition. As hybridization progresses we may expect to find 
examples of hybrids of identical composition which have been obtained 
from apparently different parentages. 
CATTLEYA. X FLAVESCENS.—A very distinct and pretty hybrid raised by 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, from Cattleya Forbesii 9 ‘ 
and C. Dowiana aurea ¢. It most resembles the former in shape, but all 
the segments are greatly enlarged, the petals being an inch broad, and the 
lip much more open and more brightly coloured. The sepals and petals 
may be described as light buff tinged with salmon pink, and the disc and 
throat of the lip orange-buff, shading off to deep yellow on the very undu- 
late front lobe and margin of the side lobes, the latter organs being pink 
outside. The characteristic veining of C. Dowiana is distinctly traceable 
on the disc and side lobes of the lip, though lighter in colour, but the deep 
purple colour is lost, though the influence of this species has yielded a 
greatly improved flower. It is also traceable in the habit of the plant, 
both monophyllous and diphyllous pseudobulbs being present. The scape 
at present is two-flowered. 
L&LIO-cATTLEYA X Issy.— A very richly-coloured hybrid raised in the 
same establishment as the preceding from Lelia tenebrosa ? and Cattleya 
xX Leopoldi ¢, and most comparable to a very dark form of L.-c. X 
elegans, especially in the characteristic shape. The sepals and petals are 
undulate and rich, bronzy purple-brown, and the front lobe, disc, and apex of 
the side lobes of the lip intense crimson-purple. It will evidently develop 
into a fine thing when the plant becomes strong, the present single-flowered 
scape being only a first attempt. 
CaTTLEYA X CHAMBERLAINIANA.—Although raised many years ago by 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons—it flowered for the first time in 1881—this 
handsome Cattleya has remained very rare down to the present time. A 
two-flowered spike has just been sent from the collection of Sir James 
Miller, Bart., Manderston, Duns, N.B., by Mr. Hamilton. Its parents are 
C. Leopoldi and C. Dowiana aurea, whose characters it well combines. It 
is most like the former in shape, but larger, with the sepals and petals less 
spreading, and of a remarkable warm brown tint, which contrasts effectively 
with the rich crimson-purple lip. It is a striking thing. 
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