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Cymbidium Ahxanderi, Fowler's variety. 



Cymbidiui\[ Alexanderi. — The intro- 

 duction of Cymbidium insigne gave most 

 valuable material for the production of a new 

 section of this genus, for until that event the 

 principal change had been effected by C. 

 eburneum, examples of which are to be seen 

 in eburneo-Lowianum and Wiganianum 

 (eburneum x Lowianum). In C. Alexanderi, 

 of which we give an illustration of Fowler's 



variety, a beautiful hybrid has been produced 

 by the use of eburneo-Lowianum and insigne; 

 in the above variety the rose-tinted flower has 

 the sepals and petals lined with rose-purple, 

 the labellum marked with crimson-red. It 

 obtained a First-class Certificate, Royal Horti- 

 cultural .Society, February i8th, 1913, when 

 exhibited by Mr. J. Gurney Fowler. Our picture 

 is reproduced from the Society's Journal. 



