NOTES. 



Odontoglossum Black Prince var. 

 Marietta. — This pretty hybrid is the result 

 of crossing Rolfese with Lambeauianum, and 

 the variety Marietta is in the collection of 

 J. S. Moss, Esq., Bishops Waltham, who 

 kindly sends a photograph of a 15-flowered 

 spike. The broad sepals and petals are rose 

 colour evenly marked with light-brown spots, 

 the lip white at its apex, purple spotted at 

 its base. 



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MiLTONIA VEXILLARIA ALBA. — Mr. E. 

 Hill, of Lynford Gardens, Mundford, Norfolk, 

 has recently flowered an albino form of this 

 Colombian species. The plant was only 

 imported last season, consequently the blooms 

 are not developed to their full extent. The 

 flowers and pedicels are pure white, the base 

 of the labellum and its crest being light yellow, 

 with radiating lines of almost a greenish- 

 yellow tinge. 



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Vanda ccerulescens Lowiana. — Sir 

 Fred. W. Moore, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Glasnevin, kindly sends an inflorescence of 

 this rare and very pretty species. It was 

 originally described by H. G. Reichenbach in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1877. Give a 

 Vanda coerulescens Boxallii an amethyst- 

 coloured middle segment of the lip, and a 

 little amethyst dot at each end of the sepals, 

 and you have this nicety dedicated to Mr. 

 Low, who was so lucky to introduce it. 



The Autumn Orchid Show. — The Royal 

 Horticultural Society has arranged to hold 

 an Autumn Show of Orchids on November 

 5th and 6th, 191 2, at Vincent Square, West- 

 minster. Mr. E. H. Davidson, Borlases, 

 Twyford, Berks., has kindly promised a Silver 

 Cup for competition at the above, and the 

 Committee vv'ill be pleased to hear from others 

 who desire to offer prizes for this event. A 

 copy of the .Schedule will be found in the 

 advertisement pages of this issue. 



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Cattleya Warscewiczii Mandaiana.— 

 We grow and flower freely many thousands 

 of this species in the United States. From 

 my personal observation I am positive that 

 this is a pure species, and that there is no 

 trace of Cattleya aurea either in the bulb, 

 the growth, or the flower. The only vital 

 distinction is the colour of the flower, which 

 is unique, and to my mind as rare and valuable 

 as the white form. It will be especially 

 valuable to the hybridiser, for the enormous 

 large flower, devoid of any purple pigment, 

 will, if used with either a red or yellow flower, 

 produce the first large red-flowering Cattleya, 

 which has always been the aim of the 

 hybridiser. There is not the least trace of 

 anything but pure rose-red in the whole 

 flower, the lilac and purple colour of tliie 

 large flowering Cattleya being entirely 

 eliminated. — W . A. Manda, South Orange, 

 V.S.A. 



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