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are twice as large as the ordinary strains, while the tall pyramidal 

 habit, when well grown 2 or 2h feet high, with the central spike 

 equal to three parts of the height, adapt them for forming bold masses 

 and back lines. They are also well adapted for exhibition, particularly 

 in pots, and altogether deserve to be better known than they appear 

 to be. W. S. 



iraiW AND RAKE ORCHIDS. 



Gypripedlum Sedenl. — At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society at South Kensington, on the 6th inst., Messrs Veitch & Sons 

 exhibited a fine new hybrid Cypripede raised in their establishment 

 at Chelsea. It is the result of a cross between C. longifolium and 

 C. Schlimii, and is as nearly as possible intermediate between the 

 two species. It is one of the most interesting hybrids we have had 

 the pleasure of seeing for some time, and will become deservedly 

 popular when distributed. Its foliage is gracefully recurved, of a very 

 bright shining green colour, marked with fine longitudinal lines, and 

 transverse markings of a darker tint. The margins of the leaves are 

 wavy, their entire length being from 12 to 18 inches. The flowers 

 are borne 2 or 3 together, on slender, purple, hairy scapes, about the 

 same length as the foliage, and furnished with bright green bracts at 

 the nodes. The flow^ers are about 3 inches across from tip to tip of the 

 petals. The sepals are greenish white in colour, veined, and slightly 

 tinged with rose. Petals white, with deep rosy margins, intermediate 

 in shape between the short rounded petals of C. Schlimii, and the 

 longer attenuated segments of C. (Reichenbachii) longifolium. They 

 are peculiar, being once twisted near the apex. The swollen lip 

 approaches that of C. longifolium in form, and is of a deep rosy purple 

 colour without, the interior lobes being of ivory whiteness, and spotted 

 with clear rose. The staminade is greenish white, tinted with rose, and 

 slightly fringed like that of C. longifolium along its upper margin. 

 The habit of this grand addition to an already rich and beautiful 

 group is of the most graceful character ; the glossy foliage alone would 

 at once recommend it to the notice of the Orchid-fancier, even when 

 not in bloom. Like its parents, it seldom produces more than one 

 fully expanded flower at a time on each scape. The plant exhibited 

 was in robust health, and bore 3 fine spikes. It grows well, treated 

 like its congeners in a moderately warm and genial temperature. 



Lcelia Jonghiana. — This is a very beautiful and remarkable plant, 

 introduced by M. de Jongh of Brussels, through a young and energetic 

 collector, M. Libon, who died while collecting in the Brazils. It has 

 been flowered by Messrs Yeitch & Sons, and from their plant the 



