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while the throat is light yellow, with a deeper yellow blotch on the disc in 
front of the tube. The face of the tube is slightly velvety, and there are 
some dull crimson veins towards the base. The column is about an inch 
long. It is a handsome thing, and a very interesting addition to the group. 
CATTLEYA X FRANKEANA. 
A flower of another very interesting Cattleya has been sent to Kew by 
M. Theodor Franke, Gross-Ottersleben, near Magdeburg, Germany, with 
the remark that it was a natural hybrid which was found in an importation 
of C. velutina. Though totally different from the preceding, there is the 
same unmistakeable resemblance to C. velutina, which latter is one of the 
most distinct of the Brazilian species. The habitat was not stated, and 
but for the information just given its origin would have been as mysterious 
as that of C. x bahiensis, for no resemblance to the species of the Rio 
district could be traced. I believe that C. Schilleriana was the second 
parent. The flower has an expanse of 44 inches across the petals, these 
being } inch broad, somewhat undulate, and not narrowed at the base as in 
C. velutina. Their colour, and that of the sepals, is deep buff, with a few 
purple spots. The lip is three-lobed, with the front lobe 14 inches broad, 
lilac in colour, with radiating crimson veins in front; the side lobes twice 
as broad as in C. velutina, truncate or obtusely rounded, and the colour lilac ; 
while the disc bears a yellow blotch on’the isthmus, in front of the column. 
The resemblance to C. velutina is very obvious, both in shape and colour, 
but the contour of the petals and lip are much modified in the direction of 
C. Schilleriana, while the markings in front of the lip show the same 
influence. I cannot see any other combination that would produce such a 
hybrid. It is interesting to find two distinct hybrids from C. velutina, and 
importations of the species will now be watched more closely in conse- 
— R. A. RoLrFe. 
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EPIDENDRUMS SUITABLE FOR TRAINING UPON PILLARS AND WALLS.— 
Many houses possess a wall, corridor, or pillar that would prove an ideal 
position for such Orchids as EF. radicans, E. evectum, with its hybrid 
O’Brienianum ; also E. xanthinum and Wallisi and the new Boundii. They 
are nearly always in bloom, as one flower decays another takes its place, 
and so they continue for many months. For buttonholes they prove very 
useful, and if allowed to remain on the plants the brilliance of E. radicans, 
or the beautiful yellow of E. xanthinum always adds a little colour, and 
forms a pleasing contrast among foliage plants or Orchids not in flower. 
Any that have top growths emitting new roots may be taken off, and four 
“ Bye may be made up into a neat specimen.—T. Anstiss, in Journal of 
Horticulture. 
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