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In the other flower mentioned the character of L.-c. Cappei and C. 
Mendelii are very well blended, and we should say that it is a true hybrid 
between them (without any trace of L. flava). The petals are nearly two 
inches broad, and have an expanse of six inches, their colour, with that of 
the petals, being pale delicate salmon pink, while the lip is nearly three 
inches long, much crisped, intense purple-crimson in front and on the 
margin of the side lobes, the throat deep yellow, and the basal part buff 
suffused and veined with light reddish brown. It is a beautiful flower, and 
should develop into a fine thing. The suggested explanation of the 
phenomenon appears to us to be correct, and we should like to know the 
behaviour of any other seedlings out of the same batch, as that might throw 
some light on the apparent total suppression of the influence of Cattleya 
Warscewiczii from the yellow-flowered seedling. 
OBITUARY. 
MARQuIS DE Wavrin.—It is with the deepest regret that we have to 
record the death of the Marquis de Wavrin, Chateau de Ronsele, Ghent, 
which took place on February 24th last. The deceased was one of the 
most enthusiastic and successful of Belgian Orchidists, and the possessor of 
a very choice collection, and we well remember the fine display he made at 
the last Quinquennial Exhibition at Ghent. He was a frequent exhibitor at 
the horticultural meetings at Ghent, and an occasional exhibitor at those of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, in London. He was a very successful 
hybridist, and several interesting hybrids raised by him have already been 
recorded, among which we recall the beautiful Cattleya x Mdlle. Marie 
Henriette de Wavrin (C. Loddigesii x C. Rex), Lelia x De Geestiana 
(L. flava xX L. Jongheana), and L. x Adrienne (L. Jongheana xX L. 
prestans). We believe that a very large number of choice seedlings exist 
in his collection which have not yet reached the flowering stage. The 
Revue de l Horticulture Belge, in its issue of March Ist, gives an excellent 
portrait of the deceased gentleman, who, it remarks, had been unwell for 
some time, but he continued his journalistic occupations, and a fatal 
termination of the illness was not anticipated. His decease is a great loss 
to Belgian horticulture. His name is commemorated in Cattleya x 
Wavriniana, raised by M. Peeters, of Brussels, from ©. Warscewiczii and 
C. granulosa Schofieldiana, and by Lelio-cattleya x Wavrinii, a handsome 
natural hybrid from Cattleya Walkeriana and Lelia crispa, which was 
figured at page 249 of our last volume. 
Since the above was written we have learnt that the collection is to be 
dispersed, the sale by public auction having been arranged to take place at 
Ghent during the week of the forthcoming great Quinquennial Show. An 
important notice on the subject appears in our advertisement pages. 
