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Catlleya Skinneri, a grand specimen with 214 flowers. Growing in the garden of H.R.H. Prince 

 Paribatra of Siam, Bang-khun-Prom Palace, Bangkok, Siam. 



their hiding pkices the forest treasures of 

 Guatemala and transfer them to the hot- 

 houses of his native land. In pursuit of this 

 object there is scarcely a sacrifice which he 

 has not braved. In sickness or in health, 

 amid the calls of business or the perils of 

 war, whether detained in quarantine on the 

 shores of the Atlantic or shipwrecked on the 

 rocks of the Pacific, he has never suffered 

 an opportunity to escape him of adding to the 

 long array of his botanical discoveries. And, 

 assuredly, he has not laboured m vain, for he 

 may truly be said to have been the means of 

 introducing a greater number of new and 

 beautiful Orchids into Europe than any one 

 individual of his own or any other nation. 



" Unfortunately, there is already a Peruvian 

 genus called (but not after our friend) 

 Skinneria ; we can, therefore, do no more 

 than select some species which may not do 

 discredit to his name, and we confess we are 

 unable to conceive one better fitted for our 

 purpose than the magnificent Cattleya repre- 

 sented in the accompanying plate. Mr. 

 Skinner found this plant almost exclusively 



in the warmer parts of Guatemala, and along 

 the shores of the Pacific. Its familiar appella- 

 tion is ' Flor de San Sebastian,' and like Mr. 

 Skinner's other namesake the beauteous 

 Epidendrum Skinneri, it is eagerly sought for, 

 when in season, by the people of the country 

 as an ornament for the temples and shrines of 

 their favourite saints." 



Odontioda Zenobia. — A well-grown 

 spike of O. Zenobia var. Leeana comes from 

 Mr. W. R. Lee's noted collection at Plump- 

 ton Hall, Heywood, Lanes. In colour rich 

 wine-red, the broad labellum white at the 

 apex and rose-purple at the base. It obtained 

 an Award of Merit, R.H.S., April 13th, 191 5, 

 since when it has greatly improved, both in 

 size and colour. The parentage is Oda. 

 Charlesworthii x Odm. percultum. From the 

 same collection is sent by Mr. C. Branch, the 

 able cultivator, a spike of Odontioda Leeana, 

 in which the large flowers are of intense 

 scarlet-red colour, the central crest area 

 golden. It is a fine result and well worthy of 

 special mention. 



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