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identified by examination of the flower alone, a point which emphasizes the 
need for careful records. It is a very interesting addition to the group, and 
when strong should prove very effective. 
CATTLEYA X VeNus.—The recrossing of the beautiful Cattleya x Iris 
with C. Dowiana aurea has produced a very fine hybrid, a plant of which 
hhas just flowered with its raisers, Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. The segments 
‘are broader than in the primary hybrid with C. bicolor, though in other 
espects it more resembles C. X Iris. The colour is a beautiful combina- 
tion of yellow and orange, with some deep yellow veining on the crimson 
lip. It was exhibited at the last R.H.S. meeting, by H. S. Goodson, Esq., 
and received a First-class Certificate. 
ORCHIDS AT KEW. 
A FINE plant of Lissochilus giganteus is producing a spike in the Kew 
-collection, and as the flowers are just beginning to expand at the moment 
of writing it will be an interesting object during October. It has been 
grown in a Warm house under ordinary treatment, for it was found that 
the roots did not thrive so well when treated as an aquatic. The Cycnoches 
and Catasetums have been very interesting, the former including C. 
Loddigesii, peruvianum, and Egertonianum, and the latter is producing 
another male spike. Of Catasetums may be mentioned C. fimbriatum, 
Darwinianum, Lemosii, macrocarpum, maculatum, Russellianum, and 
uncatum, as now in bloom, but all are male flowers. Several others are 
just over. There is a fine show of bloom generally, including over two 
dozen flowers of Paphiopedilum Fairrieanum, a beautiful Vanda coerulea 
alba, a fine plant of Neobenthamia gracilis, Cyuorchis purpurascens and X 
-kewensis, with many other beautiful and interesting things. 
ORCHIDS FROM STANLEY PARK. 
Several very beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of W. J- P- 
Marling, Esq., Stanley Park, Stroud, by Mr. Walton. There are two very 
handsome forms of Cattleya x Iris, one having bronzy-brown sepals and 
‘petals, and a bright violet-purple lip, the other lighter in colour, and the 
petals yellow at the margin, while the lip is deep rich crimson. _Lzelio- 
-cattleya elegans var. Sadie Lloyd is a pretty light purple form, with the 
front half of the lip rich dark purple, and the side lobes much overlapping: 
Two forms of L.-c. Phryne are very beautiful, and of different shades of 
yellow, with the throat of the lip deeper yellow, and the front lobe and 
apex of the side lobes purple. Lelia x Pacavia is a very large flower, hav- 
ing flesh-coloured sepals and petals, and a clear light purple lip, somewhat 
-darker at the base of the front lobe. The other two are hybrids of Cattleya 
-Harrisoniana and both very pretty. The pollen parent of the first was 
