354 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
We have received a photograph of the beautiful Cattleya x Hardyana 
alba from the collection of W. S. McMillan, Esq., Ardenholm, Maghull, 
Liverpool, showing an inflorescence of two flowers. Mr. McMillan remarks 
that the flower is very handsome, the sepals and petals snow-white, and 
when in flower it looked very striking among its yellow brethren—C, 
Dowiana aurea, of which a fine form is also sent, the yellow areas on the 
sides sides of the lip being larger and darker than usual. 
A very pretty light form of Cattleya labiata has been sent from the 
collection of W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., of Hessle, E. Yorks, in which the 
sepals and petals are blush white, with a large crimson-purple blotch in 
front of the yellow disc, and very broad white margin. It approaches 
C. 1, elegans in general character, except that the sepals and petals are not 
pure white. 
A curious form of Cypripedi Charl hii has appeared in the 
collection of Dr. A. W. Hoisholt, Stockton, California, of which a 
photograph has been sent. The lower sepal is just twice as broad as usual, 
cup-shaped and veined with rose like the dorsal one, though not quite equal to 
it in size, and the white rather more predominating. Dr. Hoisholt has 
carefully looked up all the references in this work, and finds one with twin- 
flowered scape, and another with two lips, but nothing like the present 
one; nor do we remember to have met with the peculiarity before in this 
species. A second bud is forming on the plant. 
A good flower of the chaste Lelia autumnalis alba also comes from the 
same collection, and six different forms of the beautiful Dendrobium 
Phalznopsis, showing the usual gradation from dark to very light forms. 
The flowers last well after being cut, and altogether it is one of the most 
useful autumn-flowering Orchids known. 
The rare and beautiful Acacallis cyanea has also flowered in in the same 
collection, and a flower is also enclosed, the colour something approaching 
some forms of Vanda coerulea. It is a very striking Orchid when well grown. 
A very distinct and pretty variety of Lelia Dayana has been sent from 
the collection of F. H. Moore, Esq., of Liverpool, in which the sepals and 
petals have an irregular crimson band along one or both margins, giving 
the flower a curious variegated appearance. There is a trace of similar 
markings on the side lobes of the lip, which is normal in other respects. 
A fine inflorescence of the chaste Cymbidium Mastersii album comes 
from the collection of John W. Arkle, Esq., of West Derby, Liverpool. It 
is like the type, except that the flowers are pure white with only a trace of 
yellow on the disc. 
