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cultivation. It will tlierefore be of con- 

 siderable service to all amateurs fond of cool 

 house Oncidiunis. 



The inflorescence is many feet in len<4tli, 

 and has the usual twinin*.;' hal)it of macran- 

 thum. On fully grown plants at least thirty 

 flowers are produced, each a little less than 

 3 inches across, the sepals olive-brown, the 

 petals yellow with olive-brown spotting on 

 their basal portion, while the labellum, with 

 its strongly developed crest, and the column 

 are of varying purple tints. The petals are 

 arranged in the same plane as the sepals, and 

 are not bent forward as in superbiens, yet 

 they perpetuate the hitter's spotting in an 

 attractive manner. 



O. superbiens is a native of Colombia, 

 where it is found at an elevation of about 

 8,000 feet. It was first discovered by Purdie, 

 about the year 1843, and was introduced to 

 England in 187 1, the first plant flowering in 

 Messrs. Veitch's nursery at Chelsea in the 

 spring of 1872. 



NEW HYBRIDS. 



Odontoglossum Beatrice.— a charming 

 addition to the cirrhosum hybrids, raised by 

 IVIessrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, the 

 parentage being cirrhosum x Lambeauianum. 

 The rich yellow on the labellum, the unusually 

 dark chocolate-purple markings and the 

 attenuated segments are the chief distinctive 

 points. 



L^ELIO-Cattleya IvANHOE. — An excel- 

 lent flower of this hybrid between L.-C. 

 eximia and C. Dowiana was shown l)y Baron 

 Schroder at the R.H.S. meeting, April 27th, 

 19 1 5. It was raised by Mr. Shill in The Dell 

 collection, and gives every promise of making 

 a handsome result. 



Brassocattl.^lia Constance. — The 

 result of crossing B.-C.-L. Veitchii (L. 

 purjuirata x B.-C. Digbyano-Mossias) with C. 

 intertexta (Mossiae x Warneri). Raised by 

 Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough. 



