Aug^ust, 



1912.] 



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produces a flower with its lip minutely spotted 

 and having a vertical line of purple-brown in 

 the centre. Od. illustrissiinum, with broad 

 petals handsomely blotched with purple, and 

 the apex of its lip pure white, is also a 

 beautiful variety. 



Mr. Phillips is always searching for rosy 

 varieties of Od. Rossii for the production of 



Odontonia Lairesseae (M. Warscewiczii x O. 

 crispum), and a very dark form of Odon- 

 tonia Louise, a new hybrid between M. 

 Warscewiczii and O. Ossulstonii. 



The Odontiodas include many of the best 

 of these scarlet and red-flowering hybrids ; 

 O. Thwaitesii, with its deep rose flowers 

 being a notable exception of colour. Phaius 



OJontoglossum Jlglaon {eximium X V uylstel^ea). 



good hybrids, but they are very scarce and 

 difficult to procure. Od. Aurora, a hybrid 

 between Rossii rubescens and Lambeauianum, 

 is particularly attractive and will be made use 

 of for hybridising purposes. The Rosslyn 

 variety of Odontoglossum citrosmum is 

 superior to all others, its pendulous spike 

 being always interesting and pretty. This 

 house also contains a distinct variety of 



Norman grows with evident pleasure, and a 

 large plant of Cymbidium insigne Sanderi has 

 no less than 1 5 leads. Maxillaria Sanderiana 

 is represented by a large specimen ; it is 

 strange that this elegant species is not more 

 often seen, for its cultivation is by no means 

 difficult. Oncidium incurvum album, with its 

 tall spikes, must also be mentioned. 



Many smaU pieces of the noted varieties of 



