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near some of the white varieties of O. Alexandra, the depth of the 
tint was very noticeable. At the last meeting of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society this plant was shown by Mr. Warner, and greatly 
admired by the visitors, a first class certificate being justly awarded 
for it. Another very pretty but quite distinct variety is M. roseo- 
violacea, which has light rosy flowers very freely produced and 
affording a new shade in the Masdevallias. M. reflexa has 
flowers of a rich crimson colour, but they are chiefly remarkable 
for the character indicated by the name —i e., the margins of the 
sepals are much folded back or revolute, which is an almost pre¬ 
ferable term to reflexa. M. Whitbourniana of the same type has 
large deep crimson flowers, the tails of the sepals being strangely 
curved so as to cross each other, a constant character which readily 
distinguishes it from its near relatives. Numerous other forms of 
the Harryana or Lindeni type are represented, and one fine batch 
of imported plants now in excellent health gives promise of still 
further novelties, as none has at present flowered. The pretty 
diminutive purple-dotted M. Shuttleworthi is abundant and flower- 
Fig. 77 — Narcissuses.—1, Backhousei ; 2, albicaxs; 3, Xelsoxj; 4, Barri coKSPicrrs. (See page 382.) 
ing admirably in the small pots which seems to suit it so well, and, 
with many others too numerous to particularise, render the collection 
quite unique in its way. 
As might be supposed from the fact that Mr. Warner is the 
oldest amateur grower of Orchids, the houses are numerous, nine 
or more being devoted to them, but the Odontoglots and the 
Masdevallias form by far the largest portion of the collection. 
Next to these the Vandas are noteworthy both for the size of 
ihe specimens and the choiceness of the varieties. Cattleyas 
and Cypripediums also receive much attention, amongst the latter 
being a fine stock of the beautiful variety of C. barbatum War¬ 
ner), which in the form of the flower and warmth of tints is un¬ 
surpassed. These, with some Oncidiums and others, deserve 
notice at greater length, but in all alike the same system has 
been adopted—namely, gradually discarding the worthless forms 
and retaining only the best. With the exception of a few 
