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have as good a chance as the large ones. A good supply of sphagnum and 
peat should be laid in this month ready for emergency. The new oak and 
beach leaves should be occasionally turned and exposed to the weather, so 
that decomposition is hastened in time for use in early spring. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
A MAGNIFICENT six-flowered inflorescence of Cattleya xX Mrs. J. W. 
Whitely is sent from the collection of Sir James Miller, Bart., Manderston, 
Duns, N.B., by Mr. Hamilton. Its parentage is given as C. Bowringiana 
x C. X Massiana—the latter of course being a form of C. xX Hardyana. 
This beautiful hybrid might be described as an improved C. X Mantinii 
nobilior (flowers of which are also sent for comparison), so great is the 
general resemblance, but besides the enhanced size, there is more yellow in 
the throat—a character which may be traced to the influence of C. 
Warscewiczii. The flower is almost perfect in shape, and the petals are 17 
inches broad, with other dimensions in proportion. The colour may be 
described as brilliant purple-rose, and the effect, especially by artificial 
light, is superb. A light form of L.-c. x Statteriana, from a plant flower- 
ing for the first time, is also sent. 
Some beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of the Right Hon. 
Joseph Chamberlain, m.p., by Mr. Mackay, amongst them being Leelio- 
cattleya Statteriana and L.-c. X Semiramis, two of the handsome hybrids 
from Lelia Perrinii. Cattleya x suavior is a charming hybrid from C. 
intermedia and C. Mendelii, originally raised by Messrs. Veitch, and as 
nearly intermediate between the two parents as could be expected, both in 
shape and colour. Other interesting things are Cattleya x O’Brieniana, 
and the beautiful Dendrobium x formoso-Lowii, most like D. formosum in 
shape and colour, but with the characteristic hairy disc of D. Lowii. 
Several fine things are sent from the collection of E. J. Lovell, Esq., 
Oakhurst, Oxted, by Mr. Jones, including a very beautiful Cattleya Dow- 
iana aurea with a large amount of yellow on the lip, a light form of C. 
Loddigesii which was nearly white when it first opened, C. Bowringiana, 
and the rare C. Dormaniana. Three flowers of the brilliant little Sophronitis 
grandiflora differ much in size, and Mr. Jones remarks that as a result 0 
growing them this year in the Intermediate House they have flowered fully 
six months earlier than last season. Three flowers of Lycaste Skinneri are 
sent to show the wide amount of variation in the species, these being 
selected from a batch of twenty plants which have been in flower for some 
weeks, no two being exactly alike. One has a very richly coloured lip. A 
good Paphiopedilum x Allanianum has a twin-flowered scape, and the 
petals are densely spotted throughout as in the Curtisii parent, while the 
