Plate 337. 



CATTLEYA MITCHELL 



We are indebted to Mr. B. S. Williams for the subject of this Illustration. Cattleya 

 Mitchell is a hybrid obtained by Mr. Mitchell, gardener to E. F. Ainsworth, Esq., M.D., 

 of Manchester, from a cross between C. quadricolor, introduced from Colombia, and the 

 Brazilian C. guttata Leopoldl. It is of compact growth, the bulbs being about twelve inches 

 long, bearing two leaves each, of a dark-green colour. The sepals and petals purplish violet, 

 the lip has the middle or front lobe dark, brilliant purple ; the lateral lobes light purple ; 

 the disk orange, edged with white at the sides. 



This garden hybrid is of a distinct and valuable character, and will form a fine companion 

 to some of the best types found among those pseudo-bulbous Epiphytes. It requires to be 

 better known, and when this comes about in course of time — for slowly-propagated plants 

 circulate with tardiness — it will be appreciated as fully as it deserves to be. 



Plate 33S. 

 BEGONIA ' NELLIE MAY.' 



This fine variety of the tuberous-rooted section of Begonias is one of a batch of seedlings 

 raised at the Chiswick Gardens of the Boyal Horticultural Society by Mr. A. F. Barron ; 

 and in order to show the perfection to which this popular flower has been brought of late, it 

 may be remarked, that out of some four hundred seedlings, many of them of fine quality, 

 this was almost the only one that stood out from all the rest for its high-class value, 

 and it was deservedly awarded a First-class Certificate "of merit at a meeting of the 

 Floral Committee of the Boyal Horticultural Society on the 17th of September last. The 

 plant is of a good habit of growth, free-blooming, the flowers of great size, form, and 

 substance, and the colour soft rosy-pink. It is, we think, a fine addition to the pale-flowered 

 varieties. 



Now that so many new varieties of Begonias are being introduced, it is of much 

 importance to have as great a variety of tints as possible in the flowers. We are glad to 

 find that Messrs. Yeitch's new variety, Queen of the Whites, is well worthy of cultivation ; 

 and we are pleased to learn from Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, who has made this new race of 

 Begonias his special study, that among the novelties to be sent out next year from the 

 Continent, there is the first Double Yellow Begonia yet introduced to cultivation. 



