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Odontoglossum Mirabeau car. Mastiff. 



Odontoglossum Miradeau. — The 

 ori;4"iual illustration and description of this 

 handsome Odontoglossum hybrid was pub- 

 hshed in the ORCHID WORLl), Vol. IV., 

 p. i()2, tlie i)arenta<^e being: — 

 i;i"is[juni lutcopurpureiim nobilc Uarryaimin 



Wilckeamim ciis]jiiin 



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L unbciuiaiiiiin 



Mirabc'au 



In llic \ ariet\' Mastiff, illustrated above, the 

 large size of the flower can be attributed to 

 lutco])urpureum and Harryanum, while the 

 breadth of the segments is produced by the 

 combined efforts of crispum and nobile 

 (Pescatorei). The attenuated li]) is very 

 indicative of luteopurpureum, to winch species 

 also, as well as Harryanum, we are indebted 

 for the heavy blotching and suffusion of 



colour m the background. 1 his strongl)' 

 built flower, appropriately iiaiiied Alastifl, was 

 exhibited by Messrs. J. and A. McBean, 

 Cooksbridge, at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, April 2ist, 1914, when a h'irst-class 

 Certificate was awarded. 



" The Orchid Remew."- -Tiie December 

 issue of this journal contains an excellent 

 portrait of Sir Jeremiah Colnian, Bart., 

 V.M.H., Gatton Park, Surrey ; and a repro- 

 duced photograph of Oncidium Leiboldii, a 

 ilistinct and pretty little Cuban species which 

 has flowered in the collection of Mr. F. J. Le 

 Moyne, Station L., Baltimore, Maryland, 

 U.S.A. 



Royal Horticultural Society.— Meet- 

 ings of the Society will be held on January 5tli 

 and Uj[h, and February 2iid, 1915. 



