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About a year later M r A. H. Grimsditch, of Clayton square, Liverpool, sent a 
flower with pseudobulb and leaf, saying it was discovered by his principal, 
M r Travassos. And now it has appeared with Messrs Linden, L’Horticulture 
Internationale, Parc Léopold, Brussels. The same form (though not under this 
name) was also exhibited by Lord Rothschild, of Tring Park, and E. Gotto, 
Esq., of Hampstead, at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on June 
23 rd. last, the former of whom received a First-class Certificate for it. 
It is certainly a most distinct and beautiful. variety, agreeing well with 
the typical form in habit, but presenting a variety of différences in the flowers. 
The segments are flatter, less undulate, and of a decided copper-bronze tint, 
while the lip is wholly purple, somewhat lighter near the margin and darker in 
the throat; in some cases with a dark blotch on each side of the dise. 
I believe there is somewhere in print a note about this particular variety, 
but hâve failed to find it. 
It will doubtless succeed perfectly under similar treatment to L. purpurata , 
but, like the typical form of L. grandis , should be placed at the warmest end 
of the house, as it is said to prefer a little more heat, like Cattleya superba , 
C. Aclandiae , and C. Schilleriana. 
R. A. Rolfe. 
