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condition of the bulbs is derived from C. 

 Bowringiana, wliile other evidence of this 

 species may be seen m the several sheaths 

 enveloping the bulbs. 



CATTLEYA FURLEYANA. 



DURING the last few years Mr. Chas. 

 J. Phillips, of The Glebe, Sevenoaks, 

 has had an interesting tniie m 

 watchmg the development of several 

 thousands of seedlings which it has been his 

 good fortune to raise from the best parents 

 procurable. This interest is now being 

 mcreased as the seedlmgs reach the flowering- 

 stage, and we are able to record the first one 

 m Cattleya Furleyana, obtained by crossing 

 C. Harrisoniana with C. Rhoda (Hardyana x 

 Ins). 



The flower shows much of the C. 

 Harrisoniana habit, but is considerably 

 larger than this species, and has compara- 

 tively broad petals. In colour bright 

 rose-pink, with the open labellum yellowish 

 tinged with rose on the front lobe. The 

 influence of C. Warscewiczii, derived through 

 the Hardyana parent, is seen m the way the 

 bright yellow area on the disc is extended 

 on to the side lobes of the lip, and also m 

 the size of the flower. In this example 

 there is no visible evidence of C. bicolor, 

 although it is a component of the parental 

 formula. 



This is another example of how rapidly 

 hybrids made from some of the long-bulbed 

 Cattleyas may be cultivated. The cross was 

 made Aug. i ith, 191 1; the seed sown 

 May 4th, igi2 ; and the first flower produced 

 Nov. 8th, 1915; thus covering the short 

 period of 3^ years from the time of seed 

 sowing. 



Mr. C. J. Philhps, who owns a most 

 valuable library of Kentish books, has decided 

 on the suitable innovation of naming his 

 hybrids m honour of celebrated Kent authors, 

 and this Cattle\-a will commemorate R. 

 Furley, who wrote the best history of the 

 Weald of Kent. 



NEW HYBRIDS. 



Cattleya Bouruasii. — Among the best 

 of the C. granulosa hybrids is C. Germania 

 (granulosa x Hardyana). Now we have an 

 addition to record in C. Bourdasii (Germania 

 X Hardyana), raised by Mr. Geo. Day in the 

 Fairlawn collection, Putney. Sepals and 

 petals buff-yellow, the handsome labellum 

 having the front lobe crimson-puri)le, with 

 two bright yellow discs on the upper part. 

 The whole flower is of thick substance, a 

 quality derived from the granulosa species. 



Odontioda Leopardina. — This is the 

 result of crossing Odontioda beechensis with 

 Odontoglossum Vuylstekei. When exhibited 

 by Mr. R. Ashworth, Manchester Orchid 

 Society, October 21st, 191 5, it received an 

 Award of Appreciation. 



L.5:lio - Cattleya Mrs. Geoffrey 

 Taite. — An Award of Merit was given to 

 this hybrid when exhibited by Mrs. R. le 

 Doux at the Manchester Orchid Society, 

 October 21st, 1915. The parents are L.-C. 

 Orion and L.-C. Golden Oriole. 



L.^lio-Cattleya Salonica. — A com- 

 panion to L.-C. Fascinator, from which it 

 was raised, the pollen parent being C. 

 Warscewiczii F. M. Beyrodt. Sepals and 

 petals pure white, labellum deep purple, disc 

 and throat bright yellow. Raised by Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co. 



SoPHRO - L.elio - Cattleya Ashtead- 

 ENSIS. — The result of crossing S.-L.-C. 

 pumeximia (L. pumila x S.-C. eximia) with C. 

 Bowringiana. Raised in the Ashtead Park 

 collection, Surrey. 



Cattleya Falco. — An excellent hybrid 

 between C. Dupreana (Warneri x Warsce- 

 wiczii) and C. aurea. Exhibited by Mr. J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Royal Horticultural Society, 

 October 26th, 191 5. 



L.ELIO-Cattleya Anzac. — An unusual 

 result obtained by crossing L.-C. Clive and 

 L.-C. bletchleyensis, the labellum being- 

 velvety in nature and of a peculiar maroon 

 colour. Raised in the collection of Elizabeth, 

 Lady Lawrence, Burford, Dorking. 



SoPHRO - Cattleya Salonica. — An 

 attractive hybrid with a flatly displayed flower 

 of rose-pink colour. Raised by Messrs. 



