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exceed in size those of P. Spicerianum. At present two flowers have 
expanded on one stalk, and there is some appearance suggestive of a 
third, but it is impossible to say yet whether it partakes of the character 
of continuous flowering, which makes P. Chamberlainianum so valuable. 
Altogether the robust habit of this hybrid, together with the large size of its 
flowers and its beautiful colouring, should make it a very desirable variety. 
W. WILLs. 
Claregate, Wylde Green, 
Birmingham. 
(The photograph here reproduced was taken by Mr. Wills, together 
with another showing the whole plant, of which a copy has also been sent. 
The influence of the pollen parent is very obvious in the petals and lip, and 
is equally well marked in the habit of the plant. We congratulate Mr. 
Latham on having raised so interesting a hybrid.—Ep. | 
ORCHIDS IN THE LAW COURTS. 
ASHWORTH v. WELLS. 
BEFORE Justices Day and Lawrance (forming a Divisional Court) a few days 
ago the matter of Ashworth y. Wells came on for hearing, which involved 
a rather peculiar point. Mr. C. A. Russell, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. 
Tweedale), stated that this was an appeal from the decision of the 
County Court Judge of Manchester in an action for breach of warranty. 
His Honour Judge Parry had decided in favour of the plantiff, who, 
however, now quarrelled with the amount of the verdict, and the point 
to be now decided was whether the learned Judge did not hold wrongly 
upon the question of the measure of damages in such an action as this. 
The facts as they appeared on the learned Judge’s note were these :— 
The defendant, Mr. Wells, down to June, 1895, was the possessor of a 
very large and very well-known collection of Orchids. At that time, 
for some reason, he determined to dispose of his collection. Consequently, 
he put the matter into the hands of Messrs. Protheroe and Morris, 
Auctioneers, and the sale took place on the 27th June, 1895. In the 
usual way the Catalogue was published, and amongst the plants inserted 
as for sale-in that Catalogue was one lot, described as a ‘‘ Cattleya 
Aclandiz alba,” which was believed to be the only known plant of its 
kind. For, although it had been the ambition of growers to produce a 
white specimen, they had never hitherto succeeded. But the defendant 
held he had succeeded in producing this “‘rara avis.’ It was, therefore, 
put in the Catalogue, and it could not be denied that the description in 
the Catalogue amounted to a warranty. Now Mr. Ashworth was also 
