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i s. d. 
Nos, 
20GS LaBlidi pufpurata SUNRAY. Portion of above. Grand plant, 
B very line bulbs, all leaved, 1 exceptional strong 
new growth, sure to flower 26 5 0 
,, TENEBROSA. See La-lia grandis tenebrosa. 
2069 Laelio-Cattleya ADIVIIRAL DEWTEY. Painting can be 
seen on application. The following description of this fine 
hybrid is given in the “Gardeners’ Magazine” Aug. 6th, 1898: — 
“This is a particularly robust hybrid orchid, and one that 
combines freedom of flowering and great beauty with its vigor- 
ous habit. The parents of L.c. Admiral Dewey are a very fine 
form of the bold Cattleya Warner! and Laelio-cattleya elegans 
Masters!. A glance at the accompanying illustration will 
prove, however, that La;lia purpurata has exercised consider- 
able influence on this, one of its grandchildren. The lip has 
been glorified and the petals broadened by the influence of 
Cattleya W’arneri, and the flowers have an erect poise that is 
doubtless due to it. The plant was a great attraction at the 
Temple Show of May last, and made a splendid centrepiece to 
the group of beautiful orchids staged by Messrs. Charlesworth 
and Co., Heaton, Bradford, a firm that has raised and introduced 
a number of charming hybrid orchids. The sepals and petals 
are of a beautiful shade of light purplish rose, the sepals being 
narrower and lighter in colour than the wavy petals. The tube 
of the lip is very broad, bright rose-purple, with darker veins ; 
inside there are two light creamy patches on either side of a 
central band of royal purple. The mouth of the lip is fully 
two and a-cjuarter inches across, rounded, with waved and 
crisped margin, and of a grand rich red-purple colour, though 
with a lighter wire edge. Four flowers were borne upon the 
spike shown, and each bloom was over six inches across 
without stretching out the segments. The hybrid thoroughly 
merited the first-class certificate awarded it by the Orchid 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. Magnificent 
plant, 5 extra fine bulbs, all leaved 1 exceptional strong new 
growth ... ... ... ... ... ... Prices on application 
2070 ,, ALBANENSE. A fine natural hybrid, probably between 
Catt. W'arnerii and Ladia grandis. I'lowers are 5 inches 
in diameter ; sepals and petals light rosy-mauve ; the front 
lobe of lip rosy-crimson and the disc purple-crimson, with 
similar coloured veins extending toward the rosy-lilac margin. 
Healthy plant, 1 old bulb, 2 new bulbs, with leav'es, making 
strong new growth, bulb and leaf measuring 10 inches ... 7 7 0 
2071 ,, ARNOLDIANA (L. purpuvata .r C. labiata). Fine variety. 
.\ superb hybrid, sepals and petals pale rose, suffused with 
purple-rose and very broad, and having a medium line of rosy- 
purple ; lip large, front lobe deep rosy-purple, veined with 
deep purple ; throat yellow, with radiating maroon veins. 
Grand plant, 4 fine bulbs, 3 leaved, strong new growth ... 81 10 0 
2072 ,, ANDREANA {Catt. bicoloy x L. elegans). A pretty hybrid; 
flowers are larger than Catt. bicolor, with creamy-rose 
sepals and petals ; the middle lobe of the lip rather long, 
of a pretty magenta-colour. Magnificent plant, 6 gigantic 
bulbs, 4 leaves, 1 lead ... ... ... ... ... 3 3 0 
