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Apples,” and I find it is early, and the most taking of all the culinary 
Apples of its season. It is a real pleasure to have the satisfaction of 
knowing that out of the many varieties enumerated your correspondent 
only excludes two, for which he is able to find substitutes.— UTILI¬ 
TARIAN. 
CATTLEYA TRIANiE var. BACKHOUSIANA. 
Cattleya Trian^e is one of the most useful and popular species of 
the grand genus Cattleya, and it is also one of the most variable. Some 
scores of varieties have been honoured with names, and nearly every 
importation brings some forms differing from those we already have in 
depth of colouring, markings, or size of flower. So trifling are the differ¬ 
ences between them that the task of naming them has become an 
extremely difficult one ; in fact, in most large collections now names are 
ciety’s Catalogue. As one of the Committee entrusted with the prepara¬ 
tion of the Catalogue, I hope no one who has the least interest in seeing a 
satisfactory catalogue issued at some future date, will hesitate for a 
moment in pointing out anything in the present edition that does not 
meet with their approval. The Society gave ample notice that a new 
edition of the Catalogue would be issued, and would only have been too 
pleased to have received suggestions that would in any way improve the 
former edition, but strange to say very few took sufficient interest in the 
work to send suggestions, and the Committee had to revise the old edition 
from their own experience. The Catalogue is not intended to strictly 
bind judges or exhibitors, but is simply issued as a guide, so that I cannot 
see that anyone runs any risk of disqualification unless they ignore the 
synonyms. If any exhibitor stages blooms otherwise than guided by the 
Catalogue, it is for the judges to use their discretion ; but if the judges are 
of opinion that any bloom is shown in a wrong class, and they find the 
exhibitor has followed the catalogue, I should sav in such an instance 
they would waive their opinion. 
Fig. 51.—Cattleya Trian.® var. Backhousiana. 
One of the principal objects of the Catalogue is to discourage showing 
one variety under two or more names, and to try and stop the disgraceful 
practice of renaming varieties. This renaming is getting alarming, and 
ft is time something was done to counteract it. Already this season many 
varieties from the Continent, which have been professedly raised by the 
distributors, have turned out old varieties with new names. Especially is this 
the case with the early-flowering varieties, the sudden demand for which 
has conjured up many new names, but few distinct sorts. Of the later 
sections, though it is early to have many of them in bloom, we find 
Mons. J. Laing, that has been so well showm during the past two seasons, 
comes to us again under the name of J. J. Hillier; 1 Aube Matinale, a 
new variety of last season, comes over again as Salmonea Plena ; our old 
favourite Fair Maid of Guernsey comes with the new name of Mdlle. 
Jammes ; Queen of England and Lady Hardinge have new French names. 
Again, last season we had Etoile du Midi for Jupiter, Yal d’Andorre for 
Guilladia, La Puritd for Mdlle. Lacroix, Souvenir d’Haarlem for Rosea 
Superba, and several others. It is time, I say, someone took the matter up. 
cnly bestowed upon the select and most distinct varieties. There is, how¬ 
ever, no lack of these beautiful forms, and one introduced a few years 
ago by Messrs. Backhouse of York is shown in fig. 51, a slightly reduced 
representation of a very handsome variety. The sepals and petals are of 
a bright rosy pink, very clear and fresh ; the lip is well formed, slightly 
undulated on the margin, and of an intensely rich crimson shade, con¬ 
trasting finely with the clear yellow throat. The flower is well propor¬ 
tioned and attains the size of fully developed C. Trianae of the best 
type. _ 
CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 
National Chrysanthemum Society’s Catalogue. —I was pleased 
to read the remarks of “ Chrysanthemum ” in last issue of the Journal on the 
classification of some varieties of Chrysanthemums in the National So- 
