1^6 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



Best Hybrids 



C. ATRORUBENS [C. Darblayanii var. Wm. Murray x C. Oak- 

 ivood Ruby) is a rich crimson-flowered hybrid ; C. BELLA [C. 

 Turneri x C. Ve'itchii) is a beautiful hybrid, and the pure white, 

 large-flowered C. B. Harrisii is one of the finest Calanthes grown ; 

 C. Darblayana [C. Reg flier I x C. vestita) is best known by its 

 fine varietal forms raised by Mr Cookson, and named C. D, Bryan 

 and C. D. Wm. Murray ; C. gigns [C. grandifiora x C. Regnieri) 

 is a vigorous and handsome hybrid, more generally known as C. 

 Baron Schroder ; C. Ruby (or C. Oakivood Ruby) is the result of 

 selection from a series of seedlings from a cross between C. Sedenii 

 Oakwood var. and C. vestita rubro-oculata ; C. Sibyl is a selec- 

 tion from the same cross ; C. Sedenii [C. Veitchii x C. vestita) has 

 been raised many times since Seden raised it about 1878; C. S. 

 CoOKSONi is a good form ; C. splendens (C. Darblayana var. 

 Bryan x C. rosea) ; C. Veitchii (6". rosea x C. vestita) is a most 

 popular Orchid for late Autumn and Winter flowering, although 

 it first flowered as long ago as 1859; there is also a pure white 

 variety of this rosy-flowered hybrid ; C. Victoria-Regina 

 (C. rosea x C. Veitchii) ; and C. Chapmanii [C. Ruby x C. Veitchii), 

 a new deeply-coloured hybrid. 



Other Species and Hybrids 



Other interesting species are C. rosea, a small rosy-flowered 

 plant ; and C. versicolor. C. Dominii, the first hybrid Orchid 

 to be raised artificially, is the result of crossing C. furcata with 

 C. Masuca \ and C. Winnii [C. Regnieri x C. Veitchii) is an 

 extremely variable hybrid raised in 1889. 



