THE ORCHID WORLD. 



agreed to award Cups and Medals, and it was 

 further suggested that an Orchid Conference 

 be held on the second day of the Show. This 

 latter suggestion, however, the Council will 

 consider more fully in due course. 



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Mexican Orchids. — The large amount of 

 bright sunshine which we have received 

 during the past summer has been specially 

 favourable to Mexican Orchids. In Messrs. 

 CharlesAvorth's establishment a batch of Laelia 

 anceps has a total number of 280 strong 

 flower spikes, and a smaller lot of Laelia 

 autumnalis is carrying 75 stout spikes, one 

 plant having as man)' as eight. Very little 

 shading has been used in the culture of these 

 plants. 



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TRy\r)E Notice. — Mr. H. Cheal's engage- 

 ment with Mr. Edward Low has terminated. 



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Cypripedium Charlesworthii, 

 VAR. Rex. — The very broad dorsal 

 sepal which this grand variety possesses 

 IS beautifully veined and suffused with 

 rose. The petals and pouch are yel- 

 lowish-brown, a distinctive feature being 

 the pure-white stammode. The illus- 

 tration is from a photograph kindly sent 

 by Gust. H. Miiller-Abeken, Esq., The 

 Hague, Holland, m whose collection 

 this unique variety is represented by a 

 robust specimen carrying eight large 

 flowers. 



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Oncidiuim tigrinum. — ^Some excel- 

 lent varieties of this elegant species 

 have been sent from the collection of C. 

 Alwyn Harrison, Esq., Lyndhurst, Wat- 

 ford. The large bright-yellow labellum 

 is very attractive, and the dark tiger-like 

 markings on the sepals and petals give 

 the flower additional charm. This 

 species may be well recommended to 

 those requiring an Orchid having a 

 delicious scent. A hybrid between 



Cattleya Harrisoniana and Laelia xanthina is 

 also sent from the same collection. This 

 cross, which was recorded on page 33 of our 

 first volume as L.-C. Mars, produces creamy- 

 yellow flowers, sometimes as many as ten 

 flowers on a spike. 



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Cattleya Labia alba. — Albino forms of 

 Cattleya species are very rarely found, often 

 not one is discovered in a large importation. 

 Hybridists have attempted their production 

 with partial success, but by no means are they 

 absolutely certain of the results until the 

 seedlings flower. A somewhat remarkable 

 result has occurred in the collection of W. H. 

 St Quintm, Esq., Rillmgton, York. A 

 Cattleya aurea was crossed with a normally 

 purple-coloured Cattleya labiata, and of the 

 seedlings which have flowered one has almost 

 pure-white sepals and petals, and a purple 

 coloured labellum ; the remainder are typical 

 forms of Cattleya Fabia. 



C ypripedium Charlesworthii, car Rex. 



