LAELIAS—Continued Each 
L. elegans. A magnificent Orchid nearly ex¬ 
tinct in its native habitat; very variable in the 
shades of the flowers from white to pink and 
rosy purple. This Orchid is one of the easiest 
of all to grow, and propagates readily. It gen¬ 
erally flowers twice during the year; its mag¬ 
nificent trusses of flowers appearing as soon 
as the bulb is made up. We have the largest 
stock of this choice Orchid in this country; 
most of our plants are of the dark, so-called 
Turneri type. Spring and Fall. Brazil. 
$5.00, $7.50, $10.00, $15.00 and$25.00 
L. flava. Flowers of a clear yellow, 8 to 10 in 
number, on erect scapes and last a long time 
in perfection. February-March. Brazil. . . . 
$2.50 to 5.00 
L. Gouldiana. Very rare and handsome; a sup¬ 
posed natural hybrid between L. autumnalis, 
which it resembles in habit, and L. anceps; 
flowers rose purple; lip with yellow keels. 
Winter. Mexico.$7.50 to 10.00 
L. grandis tenebrosa. Flowers 4 to 5 inches 
across, nankeen-yellow, with white lip veined 
with rose purple. May-June. Brazil $2.50 to 5.00 
L. Jongheana. February-March. Brazil. 2.50 
L. majalis. Flowers large, of delicate lilac, 
rose lip with white and magenta-purple stripes. 
Flowers in Summer and lasts in perfection 
several weeks. Mexico.$1.50 to 2.50 
L. majalis alba. A white form of the preceding, 
of rare beauty.$10.00 to 15.00 
L. Patinii. 1.50 to 2.50 
L. Perrinii. Sepals and petals rosy purple, 
tipped with purplish magenta; lip deep crim¬ 
son. September-October. Brazil.$3.00 to 5.00 
L. praestans. September-October. Brazil. (See 
illustration, page 35.).$1.50 to 2.50 
L. purpurata. Flowers very large, sepals and 
petals white; lip very large, rich deep purplish 
crimson; one of the grandest Orchids in culti¬ 
vation and a noble one for exhibition purposes. 
May-June. Brazil.$2.50 to 5.00 
Laella Perrinii 
Laelia Dayana. See page 33 
Each 
L. pumila X L. purpurata.$15.00 
L. superbiens. A very large-growing species; 
flowers of deep rose, large, 15 to 20 borne on 
spikes 3 to 7 ft. high. Central America. Jan- 
uary-February.$2.50, $5.00 to 10.00 
L. tenebrosa X L. C. Canhamiana. 15.00 
L/ELIO-CAT FLEYA. This is a wonderful 
class of plants, consisting of bigeneric hybrids 
between Cattleyas and Lselias. The number 
of varieties is almost endless; most are beauti¬ 
ful and interesting. We cata¬ 
logue below a few of the best 
Lselio-Cattleyas, strong-flowering 
sizes. 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA Aphrodite. 
(C. Mendelii X purpurata ). 
$15.00 to 25.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLE YA X Arnoldi- 
ana. ( Syn. Calistoglossa.) (L. 
purpurata X C. gigas) . .$10.00 to 15.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA X Bella (C. 
labiata X L. purpurata). .$15.00 to 25.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA X Bletch- 
leyensis ( L. tenebrosa X C. gigas 
Sanderiana). On opening, the flow¬ 
ers are of a fine shade of bronze, 
suffused with rose, but with ma¬ 
turity the latter color deepens, and 
the bronze is but faintly ap¬ 
parent.$10.00, $15.00 to 25.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA X Canhami¬ 
ana (L. purpurata X C. Mossiai) 
$5.00 to 10.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA X C. G. 
Roebling (C. Gaskelliana X L. 
purpurata aurora ). This is a 
strong grower; handsome flowers 
intermediate between both par¬ 
ents. We can offer strong plants. 
$10.00 to 15.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA X Calistog¬ 
lossa ( L. purpurata X C. gigas). 
Flowers large, pale rose with deep¬ 
er suffusion, with deep rose-purple 
lip with veins.$10.00 to 15.00 
L/ELIO-CATTLEYA X Decia ( L. 
Perrinii X C. Dowiana) .$ 10.00 to 15.00 
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