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a beautiful orange yellow, the petals 2} inches long by an inch broad, and 
the front of the lip has a very faint trace of washed-out purple on the very 
undulate margins of the front lobe, while the base of the column and the 
extreme base of the lip’s disc are bright crimson-purple. It is certainly a 
very handsome hybrid, and further experiments will probably prove its 
exact parentage. 
LZALIA x LATONA. 
WE have received the flower of a handsome hybrid raised in the collection 
of T. W. Thornton, Esq., Brockhall, Weedon, from Lelia cinnabarina 
and L. purpurata ¢. Mr. Thornton states that the cross was made in 
April, 1889, and that the seed was ripe and sown seven months later, that 
is in the following November. The plant has now flowered for the first 
time, producing a raceme of five flowers. Lelia x Latona was raised from 
the same cross by Messrs. Veitch, and flowered in 1892, and the present 
one must be considered as a form of the same, though how far it differs as a 
variety we cannot say without being able to compare the flowers side by 
side. According to a figure in the Journal of Horticulture (1892, XxiV-, 
P- 353, fig. 61) the original form has a broad pale margin to the lip, while in 
the present one that organ is rich crimson purple from the small yellow 
point quite half-way along the side lobes and right up to the margin, while 
the petals also are flushed with purple. It is a brilliantly coloured and 
handsome form, but whether it can be distinguished by a varietal name 
may be left for the present. 
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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR MAY. 
By H. A. BURBERRY, Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham. 
THE Coot House.—The t of this department should now Damm 
kept as low as possible, both night and day. Cool-growing Orchids ag 
much injured if grown too warm. The temperature must be kept down 17 
the day-time by heavily shading. The blinds should always be raised @ 
foot or so from the glass, the power of the sun upon the glass being then 
greatly reduced. Lattice-wood blinds are good for Cool Orchid houses, 45 
they are cooler than the ordinary ones. No plant in this department must 
now be allowed to suffer from drought, but it is unnecessary to keep the 
compost in a sodden condition. Let the plants each receive a thorough 
watering when showing signs of becoming dry. A slight syringing ove 
head is advantageous after a warm, dry day, but for this purpose cleat 
rain water only should be used. Ventilation in abundance should now be 
continually given. The cold north and east winds of the past month have 
