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NEW HYBRIDS. 



Brasso-Cattleya .Somme.— B.-C". Mad. 

 Chas. Maron and C. Schroderae are the 

 parents of this novelty, which has been raised 

 by Messrs. Sander and Sons. The large 

 flower of light rose tint, the open labellum 

 fringed at the margin and with the centre 

 greenish-yellow. 



CaTTLEYA Florina. — The result of cros- 

 sing Marstersoniae (labiata x Loddigesii) with 

 aurea, the flower of soft rose colour, the lip 

 golden-yellow with rose-coloured apex. 

 Raised by Mr. C. F. Waters. 



L/elio-Cattleya Lady Manningham 

 BuLLER. — An Award of Merit was given to 

 this hybrid when exhibited at the R.H.S., 

 September 26th, igi6, by the raisers, Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown. The parents are 

 L.-C. Thyone and L.-C. luminosa. 



Sophro-Cattleya Sir Mervyn Buller. 

 — A beautiful result, obtained by crossing 

 S.-C. Wellesleyas with C. Empress Frederick. 

 Raised by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, 

 who exhibited it at the R.H.S., September 

 26th, 1 91 6, when it received a First-class 

 Certificate. 



Cattleya Freda Sander. — A pleasing 

 albino result derived from Mrs. Myra Peeters 

 and Mossias Wageneri. Raised by Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons. 



SOPHRO-LyELIO-CATTLEYA LUTETIA. — 

 An Award of Merit was granted to this 

 novelty when exihibited by Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co., R.H.S., October loth, igi6. 

 The parents are S.-L.-C. Sandhage and C. 

 Fabia. 



Cattleya Sir Douglas Haig. — Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons have raised this handsome 

 hybrid, the parents of which are C. Warsce- 

 wiczii and C. Sylvia (Fernand Hye). 



Brasso-Cattleya I^e Sars.~B.-C. 

 Pluto and C. Warscewiczii are the parents of 

 this novelty, which has just flowered with 

 Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



L^lio-Cattleya Olive.— a fine hybrid, 

 obtained by crossing C. Adula and L.-C. 

 callistoglossa, Messrs. Stuart Low and Co. 

 being the raisers. 



L.ELIO-Cattleya Zena. — This novelty 



results from the crossing of L.-C. Ophir and 

 C. iridesccns, the flowers being of varying 

 golden tints. Raised by Messrs. Hassall and 

 Co. 



Cattleya Rexful. — A delicate flower of 

 cream colour with rose mottling on the 

 labellum. Raised in the Blenheim Palace 

 collection by Mr. Jas. Smith, the parents 

 being Rex and fulvescens. 



Cattleya Aumania. — A handsome 

 flower of rich coloration, the large labellum 

 deeply frilled and rose-purple. The parents 

 are aurea and Germania. Raised in the 

 Blenheim Palace collection by Mr. Jas. Smith. 



L.^lio-Cattleya Perciwells. — The 

 result of crossing C. Percivaliana and L.-C. 

 Wellsiana. Raised in the Blenheim Palace 

 collection. 



L.^:lio-Cattleya Supermax. — L. super- 

 biens and C. maxima are the parents of this 

 hybrid, which has been raised in the Blenheim 

 Palace collection. 



Epidendrum ciliare. — One of the 

 commonest of Epidendrums and one of the 

 first epiphytal Orchids cultivated in British 

 gardens. It was first introduced in 1790, from 

 the West Indies, by a Mr. Elcock ; four years 

 later it was among the few epiphytal Orchids 

 then cultivated in the Royal Gardens at Kew ; 

 and in 1799 it flowered in Mr. Whiteley's 

 nursery at Old Brompton. In the first decade 

 of the nineteenth century it was in cultivation 

 in the nurseries of Messrs. Loddiges, at 

 Hackney, and of Mr. ColviUe, at Chelsea ; 

 and from that time to the present it may be 

 assumed to have been rarely absent altogether 

 from the stoves of this country for any 

 lengthened period. Epidendrum ciliare is 

 spread over tropical America between the 

 5th and 20th parallels of north latitude, 

 including several of the West India Islands, 

 varying a little in the size of its stems, 

 inflorescence and flowers in different localities. 

 The plant has the habit of a Cattleya of the 

 labiata group, with which it has sometimes 

 been confused when out of flower ; it is 

 frequently imported mixed with Cattleya 

 Mossias. It flowers in December and January. 



