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to note that the plant from which these 

 spikes were cut was collected in South Trini- 

 dad by E. G. Meade Waldo, Esq., whilst 

 nn a cruise in the yacht Valkalla, under Lord 

 Crawford, in the autumn and spring of 1905 

 and 1906. The plant was found growing on a 

 tree fern very near the highest point in the 

 island. 



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Curious Cypripediums. — Two Cypn- 

 pedium hybrids m the establishment of Messrs. 

 J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, have produced 

 flowers in which the labellum is entirely want- 

 mg. A total suppression of this organ is 

 rarely met with, but in this case it is apparenth' 

 permanent, for an exactly similar coincidence 

 occurred in the previous year on the same 

 plants. 



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L.etjo-Cattleya Kathleen Jones. — 

 This new and elegant hybrid, which has been 

 raised by C. Ahvyn Harrison, Esq., Lyndhurst, 

 Watford, IS the result of crossing Cattleya 

 Maggie Raphael with Laslia praestans. In 

 form and shape the flower much resembles 

 the La^lia parent, but the labellum is of a much 

 flarker colour. The sepals and petals are 

 Vjright rosy-mauve, and the yellow under- 

 lying colour, derived from Cattleya aurea, is 

 very discernible. 



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Catasetum Garnettianum. — A good 

 flower spike of this interesting Orchid comes 

 from the collection of J. .S. Bergheim, Esq., 

 Belsize Court, Hampstead, N.W. The 

 species, which belongs to the section 

 Myanthus, in which the lip of the flower is 

 underneath, is fully described in the Botanical 

 Magazine t. 7069, the illustration having been 

 prepared from a plant presented to the Royal 

 Gardens by P. F. Garnett, Esq., of South Bank, 

 Grassendale, Liverpool, who received it from 

 the Amazon river in North Brazil, 1 888. 



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Zygopetaluai Mackayi Charles- 

 WORTHII. — This Brazilian species was origin- 

 ally described in 1S27 by Dr. William Hooker, 

 and although many plants have been in 



Zygopelalum Mackayi Charlesworlhii. 



cultivation since this date, the credit of 

 flowering the first albino form is due to Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co. This rare variety has 

 greenish-yellow sepals and petals and a pure 

 white labellum. 



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