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ripe, contained thousands of fat seeds, which, under the microscope, clearly 
revealed their germinating capacity. But this germination is another, and 
seemingly more intricate subject. 
Mr. Le Moyne uses my term “ half success” for his failures, so very 
probably these have resulted, as I believe some of mine have done, from 
giving water to the roots of the seed parent too soon after pollination, 
One axiom my experience seems to impress, is that it should be applied 
very sparingly indeed for some time—and a critical period in this respect 
recurs during the resting period of the seed bearer. 
No useful purpose would be served by recording my many failures, for I 
am of opinion the majority of them are the result of inexperience in the 
details above referred to, and not that the combination of the species made 
use of is hopeless. 
Liverpool. F. H. Moore. 
CATTLEYA ALBINOS. 
THE recent dispute about the so-called Cattleya Aclandie alba has drawn 
attention to the question of albinism in Cattleyas rather prominently, and 
in response to a letter from an esteemed correspondent, who suggests that a 
list of the species which have produced albinos would be interesting, we 
have collected together the following information on the subject. We may 
take the labiata section first. 
CATTLEYA LABIATA ALBA is a most beautiful albino, which, so far as we 
know, was never heard of until the recent re-introduction of this fine old 
autumn-flowering species. It first appeared, we believe, in the collection 
of M. G. Warocqué, of Mariemont, Belgium, in January, 1891 (see Journ. 
des Orch., i., p. 376, where it is recorded under the spurious name of C. 
Warocqueana alba), but others soon followed, and on December 1 3th, 1892, 
a plant from the collection of M. Wells, Esq., Broomfield, Sale, received a 
First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. The flower is 
pure white with a little yellow on the disc. 
C. GASKELLIANA ALBA appeared in 1888, both with R. H. 
Measures, Esq., of Streatham, and with M. A. Van Imschoot, of Gand. 
It is pure white, except for the yellow throat.—C. labiata Gaskelliana alba, 
enh £ ia G.'C., 1888, iv., p. 178: 
C. TRIANEZ ALBA can be traced back until 1882, when we find it 
flowering with Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, at Chelsea (G. C., 1882, 
xvii., p. 222), which was probably not its first appearance. Indeed, three 
years later, when it was figured in Lindenia (i., p. 63, t- 29), it was said 
to have appeared with M. J. Linden as long previously as 1867, though we 
