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Eria globifera.—This new species was 
introduced from Annam by Messrs. Sander 
& Sons, St. Albans, and has flowered in the 
Glasnevin Botanic Garden. It is not a showy 
plant, and it is distinguished by its globose 
pseudo-bulbs which are borne at short 
distances apart on a stout creeping rhizome, 
and bear a single oblong leaf at the apex. 
The flowers are borne singly on erect slender 
scapes i \ to 2 in. high. They are light yellow 
L^ELIO-CATTLEYA x EPICASTA, 
Gatton Park variety. 
This fine hybrid was shown by Jeremiah 
Colman Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. 
Bounds), when a First Class Certificate was 
given the plant by the Orchid Committee. It 
is a vast improvement on the original type of 
L.-C. x Epicasta as shown by Messrs. 
Veitch on Sept. 12, 1893, when an Award of 
Merit was given. This may be due to the fact 
Lselio=Cattleya x Epicasta, Gatton Park var. 
in colour, striped with red-purple at the base of 
the segments, and covered with a dense white 
tomentum outside. (R. A. Rolfe, Gardeners' 
Chronicle , Dec. 30, 1905, p. 449). 
Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum Schro- 
derianum.—Shown by Baron Schroder. The 
Dell, Englefield Green (gr., Mr. Ballantine). 
A grand variety with primrose yellow flowers, 
very heavily blotched with chestnut-brown. 
Award of Merit , R.H.S., Dec. 19, 1905. 
that the parents of the type are recorded as 
Cattleya Warscewiczi $ x Lcclia pumila £ 
whereas the parents of Mr. Colman’s plant are 
C. Warscewiezi and L.prastans. The flowers are 
large and substantial. The sepals are pure 
white when fully developed, and the broad 
petals are white with a wash of soft magenta- 
purple down the centre. The lip is broad and 
spreading and of a deep velvety amethyst- 
purple, the white and yellow throat being 
traversed with broken veins of purple. 
