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CATTLEYA LUDDEMANNIANA. 



THIS iittractive species first came uikIit 

 l)ublic notice when flowering" m M. 

 L'cscatore's celebrated collection at 

 St. ( '1(111(1, Paris, where it was successfully 

 cultivated by M. Liiddemann. Subsequentl)' 

 Mr. Dawson, at Meadow Bank, near Glasgow, 

 achieved fame by flowering it in this country, 

 his plant in 18O2 being the subject of an 

 illustration in Warner's " Select Orchidaceous 

 I-'lants " under the name Cattleya Dawsonii. 

 Although at later dates it was flowered by 

 Mr. Rucker, at Wandsworth, and Mr. Bassett, 

 at Clapham, nothing appeared to be known 

 of its origin until it was imported m quantity 

 by Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton, from 

 Venezuela, where it is found on the Cordillera 

 near Caracas, and at a lower elevation than 

 C. Mossias. 



1 he first account of a pure white variety is 

 given m Godefroy's Orchidophilc, 1886, p. 

 365, where under the varietal name alba is 

 described a flower with pure white segments 

 and an orange stain on the lip. This plant 

 was in the collection of M. F. Fmet, of 

 Argenteuil, France, and had been imported 

 some three years previously. On Sept. Gth, 

 1892, Mr. W. R. Lee, of Manchester, 

 exhibited a pure white variety at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, when it obtained a 

 First-class Certificate under the name C. 

 Liiddemanmana ■ Sanderiana. A beautiful 

 pure white form is also known under the 

 varietal name Empress. 



There is another section, equally attractive, 

 which produces elegant flowers with pure 

 white segments, except the labellum, which 

 has bright mauve-purple streaks of colour on 

 the front lobe. The first of this kind was 

 shown by Messrs. Sander and Sons at 

 the Royal Horticultural Society's Orchid 

 Conference, May 12th, 1885, under the name 

 C. Liiddemanmana Schroderiana, when it 

 oljtained a First-class Certificate and passed 

 into Baron Schroder's celebrated collection. 

 On Sept. 24th, I go I, Messrs. Stanley, Ash ton 

 and Co., of Southgate, exhibited a similar 

 variety under the name C. Liiddemanmana 

 Stanleyi, and received a First-class Certificate. 



Our illustration is of an excellent flcnver oi 

 llus hitter section in the collection (T Mr. 

 Clement Moore, Hackensack, N.J., I '.S.A. 

 Sci)als and ])etals pure white, labellum white, 

 streaked willi mauve-purple, throat orange- 

 yellow. Mr. Mossman, who has charge of the 

 collection, is to be congratulated 011 the hue 

 cultural result. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM MESSALINA. 



(Lambeauianum X Vuylstekei.) 



The first tmy plant of this hybrid to bl(jom 

 gives promise of some very handsome things. 

 In form it is excellent, the petals lapping on 

 the sepals. The sepals are white grounded, 

 but heavily stained purple-brown and heavily 

 barred with similar colour ; the petals less 

 stained, but carrying" deep blotches at their 

 tips, and large half-moon shaped blotches on 

 their median areas. Lip of good form and 

 nicely marked on the central and basilar area. 

 Column spotted with same colour, the wings 

 heavily so. The depth of colour is remarkable, 

 and IS invariable when produced from a good 

 deep rose coloured bloom coupled with the 

 massive weight of the Vuylstekei colour. 



It is a joint production of Mr. Armstrong 

 and myself ; I raised the seed from his pollen, 

 he w^inning the race in blooming" the first 

 plant, as I fully expected. — de. B. C rawshay, 

 Rose field, Sevenoaks, January i6t/i, ujiS- 



Obituary. — We much regret to record the 

 death, which took place on December nth, 

 1914, of Mr. James Clay Flarvey, of Sanborn, 

 Mexico, at the age of O4. Within a week of 

 his death Mr. Harvey wrote us to the effect 

 that his country had been in such turmoil, 

 owing to the civil war, that he had been 

 obliged to leave his estate and take refuge 

 first in Vera Cruz and then in Orizaba, where 

 he was cut off from all mail and telegraphic 

 connection with Mexico City. Mr. Harvey 

 was well-kno\\n as a Planter and consulting 

 Tropical Agriculturist, and was keenly inter- 

 ested m Orchids. An illustrated article on his 

 collection appeared in the ORCHID WORLD, 

 Vol. I., p. 1 74-5. 



