NOVEMBER, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 33? 
petals. The inflorescence bore seven flowers. A good flower of the 
handsome Lezlio-cattleya x Henry Greenwood is also sent, together with a 
handsome flower of Cattleya Dowiana, in which the petals are strongly 
veined with rose except down the centre, as in the form called C. Dowiana 
Rosita. 
A two-flowered inflorescence of the handsome form of Paphiopedilum X 
Mabeliz known as Lord Derby is sent from the collection of T. 
Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield (gr. Mr. Johnson). The petals are 
very broad and beautifully spotted, and the combination of the characters of 
P. superbiens and P. Rothschildianum has resulted in one of the 
handsomest hybrids in the genus. | 
Dendrobium Phalznopsis is now making a magnificent show in many 
collections, and we have received four beautiful forms from the collection 
of W. Farrer, Esq., Thornburgh House, Leyburn, Yorks (gr. Mr. 
Carnell). The first is a medium-sized flower, bright rose-purple through- 
out, with the side lobes and base of the lip intense blackish purple. The 
second is very large and much lighter in colour, the segments shading down 
to rosy lilac towards the base, and the lip being rather darker in 
colour than the other segments. The third is a pretty shade of 
rosy lilac, becoming nearly white at the base of the petals, while across 
the middle of the lip extends a zone in which the veins are rich purple- 
crimson in colour. The fourth is blush white, with a few traces of rose- 
purple at the tips of the petals, and the front lobe of the lip veined with 
rose-purple, most distinctly so in the centre, the side lobes and base being 
quite white. Two very fine forms of Cattleya labiata are also sent, one 
having the petals as muchas 4 inches long by 2} inches broad, and fairly 
typical in colour, while the other is rather smaller and more richly coloured, 
the whole of the front lobe of the lip being of the richest purple-crimson. 
All the flowers show evidence of excellent culture. 
Scan sae NE es ; 
MASDEVALLIA TOVARENSIS, now advancing for flower, is a most useful 
and beautiful species for cutting; and, in order to see the flowers at their 
best, the plants should now be given rather more warmth than the coolest 
house affords. They will open more freely, and be of a purer white. 
Wherever the flower spikes are left on, these produce blossoms again next 
season, but this, of course, necessitates the wiring of the individual flowers 
when cut. But if the stems and all are removed there will generally be 
plenty more produced, as it is very free in this respect. The flowers may, if 
needed, be left upon the plants until they fade without injury to the latter ; 
and as several spikes, containing each three or four flowers of the purest 
white, are produced on quite small plants, a dozen or two good specimens 
will make a very fine display.—Journal of Horticulture. 
