. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. e centre of which was of good forms of Cat-tleya Mendeli and C. Mossife, and the sides principallyof Odontoglossum crispum, among which were severalgood spotted forms. Also good O. x Adrianse, twofine Cypripedium Rothschildianum, C. callosum San-der:e, the very large C. x gigas Corndean variety,brightly-coloured Slasdevallias, Cattleya Skinneri, &c. Messrs. Wh. Bull k Sons, Chelsea, had a very finegroup, in which the forms of Cattleya Mossife, , and L:elia purpurata were good. L. purpurataSc
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. e centre of which was of good forms of Cat-tleya Mendeli and C. Mossife, and the sides principallyof Odontoglossum crispum, among which were severalgood spotted forms. Also good O. x Adrianse, twofine Cypripedium Rothschildianum, C. callosum San-der:e, the very large C. x gigas Corndean variety,brightly-coloured Slasdevallias, Cattleya Skinneri, &c. Messrs. Wh. Bull k Sons, Chelsea, had a very finegroup, in which the forms of Cattleya Mossife, , and L:elia purpurata were good. L. purpurataSchroderiana delicatissima was a charming white form,with pale rose marking on the lip ; and L. p. EdwardVII., an intensely dark variety ; Odontoglossumcrispum The Pearl was clear white; O. c. Lady Clarice,and O. c. ftlikado, spotted forms. O. x ardentissimum,a very fine form of O. triumphans, Cattleya Mossia?Princess of AVales, and other showy varieties were alsonoted. M. Chas. VutLSTKKE, Loochristy, Ghent, staged asmall lot of hybrid Odontoglossums, for the two bestof which see ^r^s*^ c^.cms^ iFrom a, sketch by Mr. [Vorthingtoii G. Umitfi, Fig. U3.—odontoglossum x amabile vab. ixion: from m. a First-Class Certificate at the Temple Show. things noted were a selection of the large whitePhalwnoph-is Rimestadtiana, and a plant of P. violaceasuperba, Scuticaria Steelii, Zygopetalum Protheroe-anum, Anguloa Clowesii, a fine specimen of the fragrantMaxillaria luteo-alba, and some specially fine , including the very beautiful and large C. , C. M. bellissima, C. M. Wageneri, andvarieties of C. M. Reineckiana. Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. staged an effective group,the central plant in which was Cattleya IMossne Ajax,with thirty six fine flowers. With it were C. ^very large, and with a finely-coloured lip), andother fine forms. C. Mendeli also were good, thevariety Cicero a superb flower, good at all points. Inthe group also were
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