THE ORCHID WORLD. 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA CRANSTOUN/E WESTONBIRT VARIETY. 
C. HARRISONIANA x L. TENEBROSA WALTON GRANGE VARIETY. 
This interesting and \ery distinct h\-brid 
received a First-class Certificate on January 
/th, at the Royal Horticultural Society, when 
exhibited by Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. Hol- 
ford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury, Glos. 
(gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). The original 
L.-C. Cranstouna? flowered in i8gg, and was 
the result of crossing C. Harrisoniana with 
the typical form of L. tenebrosa, having red- 
dish-brown sepals and petals, which gave the 
hybrid a somewhat muddy appearance. 
In the plant figured above the Walton 
Grange variet\ of La?lia tenebrosa was used ; 
this variety has citron-yellow sepals and 
petals, and may be regarded in many ways 
as the albmo form of the species. Past 
experience has taught us that when albino 
forms have been crossed with normal purple 
varieties the resulting seedlings almost invari- 
ably have purple-tinted flowers ; or, in other 
words, the powe/ of the strong specific colour 
o\ercomes the abnormal or weaker yellow 
pigment. The Westonbirt variety of L.-C. 
Cranstoun;E is a ver}- remarkable and sur- 
prising result, for in this the sepals and petals 
are a pleasing primrose-yellow colour. The 
lip IS marked with a few splashes of pu/ple, 
while the throat is veined with three or four 
thin lines of rose. In size the flower is much 
larger than the Cattleya Harrisoniana parent. 
