green patch at the base of the dorsal is promptly swallowed up by a
crimson cloud, which again fades into a delicious mottling of crimson on a
white ground. The petals are vivid green above, paler below, both changing
to crimson at the tips. Slipper yellowish at the edge and the toe, crimson
between.

_Lawrebel_ (Woodlands variety) shows the difference of colour so often
found among seedlings of the same parentage and the same 'batch.' Here the
crimson is by no means so bright, in fact purplish, but it covers nearly
the whole surface of the dorsal, and what remains is not white but green.
On the petals also, which are broader, green occupies nearly all the
space, though less vivid, and the crimson of the tips almost disappears.
They are heavily spotted with maroon. Slipper dusky purple, netted over
with maroon.

_La France_ (nitens x niveum).--White and very graceful. The only trace
of colour appears in broad pink spots at the base of the dorsal, and
smaller spots, more profuse, at the base of the petals. On the slipper
they are smaller still, set along the edge.

_Lawrenceanum-Hyeanum_ has a broad white dorsal, clouded with green at the
base, and marked with handsome green lines. The narrow petals stand out
firmly, vivid green, with lines of a deeper shade. The slipper also is
green but pale. Another example is very much larger.

_Lawrenceanum Sir Trevor._--This is no hybrid, but a wonderful variety of
the species. The dorsal strangely broad and depressed--squat in fact.
White in colour, with superb green lines mounting from the green cloud
below, it sits tight over the rectangular petals of dark but vivid green,
marked with deeper lines. The slipper is yellowish-green.

_Leucochilum giganteum_ (assumed to be a hybrid of Godefroyae x
bellatulum).--A compact flower, of which the three parts seem equal in
size. White, with a faint ochreous tinge; covered throughout, saving the
margin, with crimson spots, which form almost a blotch in the midst of the
dorsal. Slipper small and white.

_Leysenianum_ (barbatum Crossii x bellatulum).--The dorsal is very
handsome and striking, bright crimson at top, fading to a dusky base,
lined with crimson. The clinging petals, tawny green in the upper length,
are washed with crimson in the lower; all profusely spotted with maroon.
Slipper dull crimson.

_Mrs. Fred Hardy_ (superbiens x bellatulum).--A very dainty hybrid. The
dorsal, white with a greenish centre, is covered with int