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Orchids, Garden. By R. Schlechter [Orchis, vol. vi. pt. vii. 

 pp. 112-119 ; 2 plates). — Coelogyne formosa resembles C. speciosa, 

 but differs in the shape of the lip and the waved crest. It is found in 

 the forests of Sumatra, about 4000 ft. above sea level. 



Lueddemannia Vyvereana, from Peru, differs from L. Pescalorei in 

 the shape of the labellum. 



Bulbophyllum pleiopterum comes from Madagascar. It bears a 

 close resemblance to B. clavatum. 



Maxillaria Fuerstenbergiana is closely related to M. melina. It 

 bears beautiful snow-white flowers ; the sepals are orange yellow, 

 and the labellum is edged with red. 



M. Hennisiana is probably a native of Colombia, resembling 

 M. ochroleuca in habit. It bears numerous sweet-smelling, yellowish, 

 white flowers, and is well worth cultivation. 



Brassia cyrtopetala has yellowish flowers with brown spots on the 

 sepals, petals, and labellum. It is nearly related to B. Lanceana. 



S. E. W. 



Orchid Hybrids. By A. Hefka (Oestr. Gart. Zeit. vol. viii. pt. i. 

 pp. 2-6 ; pt. iii. pp. 66-68 ; 7 figs.). — Many new hybrids have been 

 obtained in the Imperial orchid-houses at Schonbrunn ; among the 

 most striking are the hybrids of Laeliocattleya elegans var. Turner i 

 X Cattleya aurea, e.g. L.-c. schoenbrunnensis var. 'Erzherzog Franz 

 Ferdinand' (white throat and petals and dark purple lip). In 

 the variety ' Kaiserin Elisabeth ' the white throat and petals are shot 

 with yellow and the lip is pale purple. Both varieties flower in 

 autumn and bear six flowers on a stem. 



Cattleya Bowringiana X maxima floribunda hybrid is very flori- 

 ferous, beginning to bloom in late summer, bearing violet flowers. 



' Herzogin von Hohenberg ' is a noble variety of Laeliocattleya 

 It bears white flowers with a purple lip, six on a stem, in autumn. 



' Peter Rosegger ' also flowers in autumn, bearing five pink blooms 

 on a stem. It is a cross between C. Harrisoniana and L. Perrinii. 



Cattleya x Hueliana (Bowringiana X Eldorado var. alba) is in 

 flower from August to November. It resembles Bowringiana in 

 growth. The flowers are violet-purple. — S. E. W. 



Orchid Hybrids. By O. N. Witt (Orchis, vol. vii. pt. ii. pp. 18- 

 21 ; 2 plates). — Sophrolaelia x Psyche, a hybrid of Laelia cinnabarina 

 and Sophronilis grandiflora, is smaller than L. cinnabarina, which it 

 resembles in many respects. The flowers are larger and more beautiful 

 than those of its parents. They are scarlet in colour. 



Cypripedium X selligerum, a hybrid of C. barbatum and C. philip- 

 pense, flowers at intervals of several years. A photograph of a specimen 

 with four flowering stems is shown in the text. — S. E. W. 



Osbeckia stellata (Bot. Mag. tab. 8500).— India and China. 

 Family Melastomaceae, tribe Osbeckieae. Shrub, 2-7 feet high. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in few-flowered cymes. Corolla 

 3 inches across, 4-petalled, lilac-red. — G. H. 



