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lip is obscurely three-lobed, and considerably narrower in front than 
behind, not parallel-sided, as in the Cattleya parent. The sepals and — 
petals are light rosy purple, and the lip considerably darker, but without — 
the yellow blotches of the pollen plant. It is a bold and very handsome 
hybrid, and a decided acquisition, 
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MASDEVALLIA X MCVITTIZ. 
This is a pretty little hybrid, raised in the collection of W. Thompson, ) 
Esq., Walton Grange, Stone (gr. Mr. W. Stevens), it is said between 
Masdevallia tovarensis 2 and M. Veitchii ¢, to which an Award of Merit 
was given by the Royal Horticultural Society at its meeting on December : 
13th last. The plant was a strong one, with several leaves and a two- 
flowered scape about nine inches high. The flower is about intermediate 
in shape, and delicate light purple in colour with a white tube. In the — 
leaf, this plant bears a considerable resemblance to M. tovarensis, the q 
seed parent; but the shape of the flower and the colour are both greatly 
modified. There is no trace of the beautiful violet hairs so characteristic — 
of M. Veitchiana, and the shape and colour of the flower would suggest some 
form of M. coccinea (i.e, M. Lindeni or M. Harryana) as the pollen parent. — 
It was raised some twelve or fourteen years ago, and has now flowered 
for the first time. It is named after a married daughter of Mr. Thompson. 
It bears a considerable resemblance to M. x Measuresiana (Rolfe in 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, 18g0, ii. p- 379), derived from M. tovarensis and 
M. amabilis. The one other hybrid derived from M. tovarensis is M. X_ 
Hincksiana (Rchb. f. in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1887, ii. p. 214), which had 
M. ignea for the pollen parent. ; 
CYMBIDIUM x WINNIANUM. 
This hybrid Cymbidium, the second one raised, is a decided acquisition. 
It originated in the collection of Charles Winn, Esq., Selly Hill, Bit 
mingham, from C. giganteum 2 and C. eburneum ¢. A plant, with five 
flower-spikes, was exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, — 
at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on November 1st last, 
and was awarded a First-class Certificate. , 
able resemblance to C. giganteum, but the sh 
modified, and the colour of the sepals and petals pale greenish yellow, — 
or nearly straw-coloured. The first hybrid Cymbidium, C. x eburneo- — 
Lowianum (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1889, i. p. 363), was raised by Mr. 
Seden, from C. Lowianum @ and C. eburneum g. It has larger, differently 
coloured flowers. PS 
The plant bears a consider: 
ape of the flower is somewhat — 
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