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crimson ; the drooping petals are broad, 

 lieavily marked with dark crimson hnes and 

 suffusion of the same colour ; the whitish lip 

 IS speckled with rose-crimson. 



SorHRO-CATTLEVA LODDIGESII. — This 

 hybrid is included in the sale catalogue of 

 IMr. J. Chamberlain's collection, with the 

 remarls ; " This cross has flowered here, but 

 shows no trace of Sophronitis in the flower." 

 The parentage given is C. labiata x S.-C. 

 Chamberlainiana. 



L.elio-Cattleya Chamberlainiana. — 

 This hybrid between L.-C. Amelia (cinna- 

 barina x intermedia) and L.-C. elegans 

 ! urneri is included in the sale catalogue of 

 Mr. J. Chamberlain's collection. 



C attleva HER>.riONE. — Harrisoniana and 



F. ldorado Wallisii are the parents of this 

 hybrid, which forms an item in the sale 

 catalogue of Mr. J. Chamberlain's collection. 



Odontoglossum Laurence Bresson.— 

 This hybrid, of which the parentage is given 

 as Meteor and illustrissimum, received an 

 Award of Merit, Manchester Orchid Society, 

 when exhibited by Mr. J. Butterworth, 

 April 1st, 1915. 



Odontioda LUMINOSA. — A very inter- 

 esting hybrid between Odm. Rossii rubescens 

 and Oda. Charlesworthii, and in which the 

 spotting of the former parent has quite 

 disappeared. Received a First-class Certifi- 

 cate, Manchester Orchid Society, April ist, 

 when exhibited by Mr. R. Ashworth. 



Odontoglossu.m Phillipsianum. — The 

 result of crossing luteopurpureum Vuylstek- 

 eanum and eximium, the flower being of 

 orange-brown tints, the labellum elongated. 

 Flowered by Mr. C. J. Phillips, The Glebe, 

 Sevenoaks. 



OdontoglossuMS. — The following have 

 been raised and named by Mr. Richd. 



G. Thwaites, Streatham Flill : — Ardennes 

 (Thwaitesii x ardentissimum) and Clovis 

 (Wilckeanum x Lambeauianum). 



DendrOBIUM Zeno. — The parents of this 

 bronze-yellow hybrid are chessingtonense and 

 Thwaitesiae. Raised in the Gatton Park 

 collection by Mr. Collier. 



Odontoglossum- Rayonatum. — This 

 hybrid between venustulum and Lambeau- 



[May, 1915. 



lanum received a First-class Certificate, 

 Manchester Orchid Society, April i Tth, 1915, 

 when exhibited by Mr. \Vm. Thompson, of 

 Walton Grange, Stone. The flower is almost 

 covered with minute reddish-purple spots, 

 producing a pretty effect. 



Cattleya Queen Bess. — On page 163 of 

 our last issue we described a new hybrid 

 under the name Cattleya Queen Elizabeth, 

 which is already in use for another cross ; on 

 that account the hybrid between C. Schroderae 

 and C. Empress Frederick is re-named Queen 

 Bess. 



JOHN DAY'S ORCHID 

 DRAWINGS. 



WE have already mentioned a fine 

 collection of coloured drawings of 

 Orchids at one time belonging 

 to John Da)', the celebrated amateur of 

 Tottenham, which on being sold by auction 

 became the property of Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart., of Gatton Park, Surrey. There is, 

 however, a second collection now preserved 

 at Kew, and of which the Kcw Bulletin, 

 1906, p. 177, gives the following interesting 

 account : — 



In .September, 1902, Mrs. Wolstenholme, 

 of High Cross, Tottenham, sister of Mr. John 

 Day, well known during his period as an 

 amateur grower of Orchids, presented to Kew 

 the very valuable collection of drawings of 

 cultivated Orchids made by that gentleman. 

 Mrs. Wolstenholme had previously bequeathed 

 the collection to Kew, but felt that she was 

 delaying its usefulness by keeping it in her 

 possession. As delivered at Kew, it consisted 

 of 53 oblong books of about 90 pages each, 

 with a complete index. The books have since 

 been bound in 17 volumes, and they contain, 

 approximately, 3,000 coloured drawings, with 

 about 500 in sepia, besides original notes and 

 a large number of cuttings from the 

 Gardeners Chronicle and other papers 

 relating to Orchids. We have not succeeded 

 in finding any published biography of the 

 author, and only a few scattered facts 

 concerning his life and his collections. But 



