Plate 840. 

 L^LIA PILCHERI. 



AVe noticed in ii contemporary lately a reference to the 

 troubles of Orchid nomenclature, and some amusinj? remarks 

 were made by Professor Reichenbach on the subject. The 

 cause that suggested it was the fact of recently introduced and 

 unknown plants being sold only with numbers attached to them 

 or witli the names of the species they were suppdsed to belong 

 to ; and it was suggested to attach to them fancy names, which 

 miglit be hereafter altered when they were scientifically inves- 

 tigated, or had fiow( red, and could be referred to the species to 

 which they really did belong. But is there not another point 

 in the same direction which requires consideration, the attach- 

 ing of scientific or, at any rate, Latin names to hybrid Orchids? 

 In the course of a few years, if the hybridization of Orchids 

 progresses as it has done, how is any one commencing to 

 to grow a collection to know, when he looks down the list, 

 whether Cattleya Exoniensis or Calanthe Veitchii are species or 

 whether they are garden varieties ? The same holds good in 

 other genera as well as Orchids, and we think it would be well 

 if some method of avoiding the endless confusion that promises 

 to be entailed on us could be devised; and will Weigmann's 

 method of nomenclature be generally accepted "? 



Lcelia Pilchcn is another of the successful results of Mr. 

 Dominy's hybridization of Orchids. It is the progeny of 

 Lcelia Perrini crossed with Cattleya crispa. The seeds were 

 sown by Mr. Dominy about ten years ago, and some of the 

 plants bloomed last year for the first time. The plant is a 

 strong grower and does well under the same treatment as its 

 parents. It was exhibited this spring before the Floral Com- 

 mittee of the lloyal Horticultural Society and obtained a first- 



