LINNEA>^ SOCIETY OF LONDON. IT 



The Pi'esideut announced vacancies for Foreign Members 

 caused by the deaths of Prof. Ehas Metchnikoff and Prof. Alfred 

 Cogniaux. 



The President explained that Mr. E. A. Eolfe, A.L.S., had 

 received some flowers of hybrid orchids a few hours previously, 

 and had brought them for exhibition, but, as the whole time of 

 the meeting had been previously engaged, this exhibition would 

 be held in the tea-room, after the meeting. 



The following is the abstract furnished by the exhibitor : — ■ 



(1) Hybrid Orchids (with their parents and grandparents) 

 showing segregation of character. 



Living flowers (13) from the same seed-pod, showing wide range 

 of variation. 

 Parentage: Odontioda Charlesworthii (CocJdioda Noetzlianay. 

 Odontoglossmn Harryanwn) x Odontoglossum crisjmm. 



Paintings of seven seedlings from the same seed-pod, showing 

 variation. 

 Parentage : Odontioda Charlesiuorthii X Odontoglossum Narry- 

 amim (one of the original parents). 



Paintings of five seedlings from the same seed-pod, showing 

 variation. 

 Parentage : Odontioda Charlesworthii x Odontoglossum Phcebe 

 (cirrhosum x crispum). 



Paintings of four seedlings of Lycaste Janeta' from the same 

 seed-pod (witli parents). 

 Parentage : Lycaste Rossiuna x L. Shinneri. The segregation 

 of character in a primary hybrid (incompatabihty) is to b« 

 noted. 



Paintings of sports of the primary hybrid Cypripedium Dauthieri 

 (with parents). 

 Parentage: Cypripedium villosumxC harhatum. Successive 

 sports noted : («) irregularly-striped ; (h) faded ; (o) harle- 

 quin-coloured; (d) green, approaching the C.villosum parent. 

 Also a seedling of C. Dauthieri, mucli like the original. 



(2) Species of Cycnoches showing sexual dimorphism. 



Painting of Cycnoches Warsceiuiozii, showing male and female 

 flowers on the same inflorescence (the five females at the 

 base, a dozen males abo\e). 



AVith the original specimen dried. 



Specimen of Cycnoches Rossianum, showing male and female 

 flowers on the different inflorescences of the same plant. 



The altogether disproportionate size of the females was 

 noted. 



