2 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
and will doubtless prove of interest to a wide circle of readers. The rich 
Burford collection has been selected for the commencement of the series. 
Special attention will be devoted to the cultural department, for which 
seasonable articles will be contributed by experienced cultivators. A com- 
prehensive calendar of operations will be contributed by Mr. W. H. White, 
of Burford, Dorking, which should prove serviceable to all who are in any 
way engaged in the cultivation of Orchids. 
A series of historical articles is commenced in the present number by the — 
first instalment of a very interesting History of Orchid Hybridisation. 
It is intended to make the illustrations a special feature of the work. In 
order to ensure accuracy and highly finished results, they will be executed : 
and reproduced by a photographic process. Care will also be exercised in | 
their selection. 
Notes of rarities, geographical notes and sketches of Orchids at home, : 
biographical sketches, literature, and any other matters likely to prove — 
useful or interesting to Orchidists, will find a place in our pages. 
Reports of meetings and exhibitions, with doings of the month generally, — 
will also be adequately provided for. 
In short, it is intended to make the work a general repertorium of Orchid i 
lore, and by conducting it on broad and independent lines to enlist the 4 
sympathy and secure the support of all lovers of this unrivailed family. 
CATTLEYA X KRAMERIANA. 
The reappearance of this excessively rare Cattleya which we have now _ 
the pleasure to record, is a matter of considerable interest. It was originally 
described by Prof. Reichenbach (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1882, ii. p- 323) asa 
supposed natural hybrid between Cattleya intermedia and C. Forbesii. The — 
solitary plant was introduced from Brazil by the late Franz Kramer, — 
gardener to Herr Senator Jenisch, of Kleinflottbeck, near Hamburg. And © 
now the same form has appeared with Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. 
Albans. Among the numerous crosses effected in this establishment was _ 
one between the two species above named, which last summer flowered for 
the first time, and proved absolutely identical with the wild hybrid. Thus 
the reputed parentage of this plant has been proved, though the experiment 
was not undertaken with this particular object in view. It is a charming 
and delicately-coloured hybrid. The sepals and petals are pallid, suffused 
with palest pink below, and with palest green above. The lip is pallid, 
suffused with pale blush, the front lobe reticulated with rosy purple on the 
disc. The characteristic markings of C. Forbesii are thoroughly represented 
in the lip. 
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