ba THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
received a First-class Certificate, and seems to be identical with a good 
form of C. x Morganiz. 
F. Wigan, Esq., F.R.H.S., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. W.H. 
Young), exhibited the rare and very distinct Dendrobium atroviolaceum, 
which received a First-class Certificate. It has greenish yellow flowers 
with a deep violet lip. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was given to Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, 
Upper Holloway, for a group containing several distinct Cypripediums, 
Oncidium Forbesii, Dendrobium Wardianum, etc. 
CORRESPONDENCE, &c. : 
. M. APPLETON, Esq., Tyn-y-Coed, Weston-super-Mare, sends a very curious flower 
of Lzelia furfuracea, in which the dorsal sepal is absent, its place being occupied by 
(apparently) a single petal—for it distinctly arises from the interior whorl. The lateral 
sepals and lip are normal, but the column is a little flattened. There are only four seg- 
ments to the flower. Four growths each bear a single flower, and all are alike, which is 
rather curious, and suggests that the peculiarity has become fixed. The keels have the 
characteristic white mealiness of this species. Two distinct varieties of Cattleya Walkeri- 
ana are also enclosed, one much darker in colour than the other, and with a broader lip. 
ginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, sends a photograph of a splendid Le 
men of Lycaste Skinneri alba, the latter showing twenty-four buds and flowers. A fl 
enclosed is five inches in diameter and the sepals 1% inches broad. The plant was pavchies 
in November, 1889, when bearing seventeen flowers, and has since borne one hundred and 
nine others. Mr. Young remarks that it is a constant source of pleasure. Lelia anceps 
Williamsii and L. a. Sanderiana are also very fine, the latter bearing five flowers on the 
spike. Maxillaria grandiflora, Lycaste Youngii, Cypripedium x Williamsii, and Odonto- 
glossom X Humeanum, also afford evidence of good culture. The other Cypripedium is 
perhaps nearer C. X discolor than C. X meirax, but both are believed to have the same 
parentage. 
A flower of Laelia x Crawshayana, from one of the type plants, comes from De Barri 
Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks. The spike bore four flowers. Two other plants bear 
spikes of three each. Odontoglossum x Ruckerianum, Crawshay’s var. is a bright and 
prettily coloured form. O. x Andersonianum lobatum is peculiar in the development of the 
side lobes. The one with eer ground is apparently a form of O. x baphicanthum with 
a few spots. 
Cypripedium callosum var. Rossianum, sent by H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, is a very 
fine form, with long rather narrow and very falcate petals, which bear two or three spots in 
the centre as well as on the outer edge. A fine form of Odontoglossum crispum has eleven 
flowers on the spike, the segments broad and of the purest white, and a few very light 
cinnamon spots on the front of the lip. Selenipedium cove niet is correct. Lelia 
anceps Sanderiana, one form unusually small. Many thanks for paintin 
T. Rawlings, Birches Green. The Cattleya Trianz bogotensis is a oe light-coloured 
form. 
E. O. Orpett, Mass. Oncidium excavatum and O. aurosum are considered to be forms of 
one species, but O. rupestre is quite distinct. 
F. B. Walmsley, Mossley Hill. 1 and 2, Lelia wna Sanderiana ; 3, L. a. Williamsii ; 
Odontoglossum ramosissimum ; Cypripedium x Ceres— 55 bacibeiliine may be considered 
a fine variety of the same; Lzelia anceps typical, a fine ae form. 
QO. O. W., Bury. Photograph of Cypripedium Godefroyz leucochilum received, with 
ks. 
