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CALANTHE x VICTORIA-REGINA, 



C. x BELLA, and C. x BURFORDIENSE. 



(Fig. i.) Sepals and petals delicate blush-pink ; lip wl 



vhich respect it approaches C. rosea rather than C. v< 



; lip more distinctly four-lobed, lilac- 



Calanthe x Victoria-Regina, H 

 pale yellow throat. The lip is obscurely four-lobed ! 

 P C. X BELLA, Rchb. f. (Fig. 2.) Sepals and petals lilac-r 



surrounded by a large, pure white area. 



C X BELLA, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1881, pt. I., p. 234. 



C. X BURFORDIENSE, Hort. (Fig. 3.) Sepals and petals 



COlOUre ^tciduo: S b Ca e ianthe S , now a rather numerous group, owe their descent to th 

 Turned and C Regnieri, which are generally considered to be geographical varieties of C. vestita 

 Turnen an K , ^ Q ^ ^.^ deriyed from c rosea crossed with the pollen 



.-crossed with different forms of the parent species unt.l we have q 



lightly suffused with blush, and with i 



p four-lobed, rather paler than the sepals and petals 



blotch at the base, 



rith a large deeper- 



tercrossing of Calanthe vestita and its varieties (including C. 



tita), with the two allied species C. rosea and C. labrosa. The 



of C vestita which flowered for the first time in December, 



spring, must be considered as nonsts' flowers "X^S"— S»fB»i Dor Jn B . It Js at first eafled C. > 



1 order to avoid coi 

 parentage. Figu 



ion with the speci 

 represents C X bell; 

 cTntheTes'uTurneri^rorse^khThe^^onen of C. X Veitchii. It flowered 

 TrevorVawrence, Bart., it is said, from C. rosea fertilised with the poll 

 These deciduous Calanthes are of the highest value 

 three to four years, it is highly probable that the ne 



winter-flowering decorative plants, and as they 

 few years will see some further developments ii 



of Limatodes 



beautiful form raised by Mr. Seden for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, from 



[881 Fi-ure 3 represents C. X burfordiense, raised in the collection of Sir 



vestita rubro-oculata. It flowered some few years ago for the first time. 



, and attain the flowering period in from 



and popular group. #• 



E«„ «*. «o «. high,, deceive ghoup b - «o hind a we, = e ^ in a» c*c ,„„s ; „d*n -J*-! 

 donal „„sn„s as ,h« g,od P represent . . - ';*«»",»",* \£ZX 0,chi da n,e » chafing or 

 As , deceive p,a„«, «h. Calttn.he as „ '^ mf ■ '- S ^ „ ^ ,„,„ g „ t tolv 



produce a more gorgeous display ; and when the plants are g 



and stateliness command admiration. flowering- was named C. X rosea; 



The figure No. , represents Calanthe x ^ctona-Regina vvhid, upon ^ ^ Le ehanged the name to 

 but as this is the name commonly adopted for the old and wel -k « Lnnato e ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



prevent possible confusion. Doubt appears to exist as to its parentage, 

 C. rosea are factors in its origin. even's hvbrid of 1881, which obtained a First- 



No. , represents C. x bella, a seedling with the same ongin as S led en hyb ^ ^ 



class Certificate in December of that year, and consequently bears Us original name. p 



Turner! crossed with C. Veitchii. as QUtcome of crossing C . rosea with C 



Figure 3 represents C. x burford.ense. This has been rete dhurstiana . For ur part we are sceptical 



vestita rubro-oculata; that is to say, it is of the same parentage as d , sir Trevor Lawrence's orchid 



«, ,„. P o,»,, and ™*^ c ^zzsz?x?£E-«* — - — - 



Th, cultivation of Calanthe is ex„.n« ly simple. They wan po ., y T^ ^ ^ ^ 



sol, shonld be te.ained. Loan, and pea. . „* p en y of b,e and o ^ ^^ ^ ^ ,„, 



good drainage. Water with moderation in the eaihy stages o g 

 Llhs mos, have res,, and ,e„»i,e no wa.e, on, IHhey ^u. -« J^UeOi.n of Si, Tteeo, Lawtence, Ba„. 



The three hybrids depicted in our plate were iaisea 



