272 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ SEPTEMBER, 1903, 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
Four handsome hybrids are sent from the collection of the Right Hon, 
J. Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Birmingham, by Mr. Mackay. Cattleya 
x Brymeriana var. Macfarlanei differs from the type in having the disc of 
the lip deep yellow to the base, as in the C. Eldorado parent, but the stalk 
of the front lobe nearly half an inch long. It is a very distinct form of this. 
rare natural hybrid. Lelio-cattleya X purpurato-Aclandiz is fairly inter- 
mediate between its parents in shape, with the sepals and petals lilac- 
purple in colour, and the front half of the lip rich purple. L.-c. x Stella is: 
a pretty hybrid derived from Lelia crispa and L.-c. x Schilleriana 
Wolstenholmiz, whose characters it combines. Lastly comes L.-c. X 
Antigone (C. Schilleriana x L. purpurata), a fine thing, which may be 
compared with an enlarged form of L.-c. x elegans, the front lobe of 
the lip being 13 inches across, and, like the apex of the side lobes, of 
the richest purple cclour, while the disc is light yellow veined with 
purple. 
Several interesting things are sent from the collection of J. J. Neaies 
Esq., of Penarth. Dendrobium Phalenopsis is said to be flowering 
extremely well this season, and_half-a-dozen pretty forms are sent, 
Showing the usual amount of variation; also a flower of D. bigibbum.. 
Mr. Davy remarks that all are grown in leaf-compost. The genus 
Masdevallia is represented by M. xX splendida, the beautiful M. X 
Courtauldiana, a light form of M. caudata, and the rare M. Barleana. 
Other good things are flowers of Cattleya Eldorado, Lelia Dayana, 
Lycaste leucantha, Odontoglossum (Erstedii, and two forms of O. X 
Coradinei, one of them having the petals clear yellow, and unspotted, and 
the sepals only partially spotted, those of two out of four flowers very 
obscurely so at the base. Lastly may be mentioned a flower of Catasetum 
viridi-flavum, the curious little Pleurothallis elachopus, and Stelis pauci- 3 
flora, another interesting little plant, having the petals elegantly ciliate, @ 
character which is only seen to perfection when examined through a good 
ens. 
A large and handsome form of Oncidium Forbesii is sent from the 
collection of E. P. Collett, Esq., New Croft, Hale, Cheshire, together with 
a flower of the pretty little Dendrobium x rhodostoma (Huttonii *. 
sanguinolentum). 
A distinct and handsome form of Cattleya Loddigesii is sent by Mt 
E. Kromer, Roraima Nursery, Croydon, having both the front and side 
lobes of the lip much cr isped, and prettily margined with rosy purple, the 
poate being whitish yellow. The sepals and petals are light ToS} 
purple in colour, 
