Annals of Horticulture, 



i ' There are other good roses which might be named in this 

 list, but as they are not quite so new, and are consequently 

 better known, I refrain from taking up space with their de- 

 scription. I will, however, give their names : Mrs. John 

 Laing, Earl of Dufferin, Lady Arthur Hill, Madame Henri 

 Periere, Sir Roland Hill, Duchess of Leeds, Caroline d'Ar- 

 den, Maid of the Mist, Monsieur Trievoz, Silver Queen, 

 Ethel Brownlow, Luciole, Madame Pierre Guillot, Mrs. 

 James Wilson, and Grace Darling." 



Among orchids there has been the usual activity, but despite 

 the efforts of orchid-growers these plants have not attracted 

 the popular mind in this country, and it can hardly be ex- 

 pected that any of them can ever attain to any such degree of 

 )rchids popularity as attaches to the chrysanthemum and carnation. 

 Among orchid-fanciers themselves, however, there exists the 

 most exuberant enthusiasm, and every departure in form or 

 color of flower, no matter how slight, at once attracts gen- 

 eral attention. 



Perhaps the most important discussion of the year is that 

 relating to the reintroduction of Cattleya labiata. This valu- 

 ble Brazilian orchid first appeared in England nearly seventy- 

 five years ago. It appears to have been discovered nearly sim- 

 ultaneously by William Swainson and M. Linden. The plant 

 has always been much sought by orchid-fanciers, and prices 

 have been high. " Few orchids," writes Lewis Castle,* 

 "have so interesting a history as the original Cattleya labiata, 

 but it is extremely probable that we shall never hear the whole 

 of the facts connected with it, for many of the links in the 

 chain of evidence have been lost, and others can only be sup- 

 plied by those who are not likely to do so at present. It is 

 labiate* certain, however, that for many years every effort made to dis- 

 cover the native habitat of this cattleya has failed completely; 

 collectors were repeatedly despatched by the leading firms, and 

 thousands of miles have been explored without the slightest 

 success. It would be imposssible to calculate how much 

 has been expended upon these fruitless searches, and it 

 had gradually become a fixed idea that the original Cattleya 

 labiata was really extinct. ' ' 



A brief history of this interesting cattleya is contributed by 

 F. Sander to the Journal of Horticulture .-f " It was discov- 



*Jour. Hort. Sept. 24, 1891, 262. f Ibid. 



