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H. Tate, Esq., Allerton Beeches, Liverpool—Cypripedium x Tryonia- 
num. 
G. F. Tautz, Esq., Hanger Hill, Ealing—Cypripedium x Dibdin. 
W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, Staffordshire—Masdevallia 
x McVittiz (A. M.). 
W. Vanner, Esg., Camden Wood, Chislehurst—Selenipedium x pul: 
chellum. 
Captain Vipan, Stibbington Hall, Wansford—Cypripedium x Sanderi- 
ano-superbiens (A. M.). 
CATTLEYA VICTORIA-REGINA. 
We have received several communications respecting this Cattleya, 
which some of our correspondents regard with very mixed feelings, and 
having now seen it again we are able to offer some further remarks about it. 
Two years ago a large number of plants were distributed under this name, 
by Messrs. F. Sander and Co., of St. Albans, and in May, 1892, one of them 
flowered in their establishment, whose distinctness and beauty were at once 
recognised, as it received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society, and the plant was described by Mr. James O’Brien asa 
new species. But in the following autumn, when the plants began to flower 
in various collections, great was the disappointment to find an eruption of 
Cattleya Leopoldi, with some C. granulosa, instead of the coveted novelty. 
And last autumn a repetition of the same thing occurred. Two plants, 
however, have proved genuine, and there may be others which we have not 
heard of. A raceme has been produced in the collection of Hamar Bass, 
Esq., Byrkley, Burton-on-Trent, under the care of Mr. Hamilton; and Mr. 
Stephens, gardener to William Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, 
Staffordshire, exhibited two blooms at the meeting of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society on November 28th last. Mr. Hamilton states that all the 
other plants have proved to be Cattleya Leopoldi, with short leaves, while 
C. Victoria-Regina has leaves longer than the bulbs. The imported bulbs 
are a foot long, the new ones made in this country eight inches, and the leaves 
ten and a half inches. If this is a constant character it should be an easy 
matter to pick out the true plants. The imported plant which flowered 
with Messrs. Sander had lost all its leaves. Mr. Hamilton also remarks 
that he finds it to do best with Cattleya Mossize and C. Mendeli, as in the 
warmer house the growths are weak, and the leaves fall over on account of 
their weight, thus injuring the young growths. Several correspondents 
complain that their plants have proved to be C. Leopoldi, while another has 
only flowered one plant out of several, but it proved to be only C. granulosa. 
Another correspondent obtained several plants from another source, claimed 
