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America, and has received a number of names ; the Cambridge 

 Lodge variety and C. L. Thompsoni are both good. C. Leeanum 

 [C. iiisigne x C. Spiceriajutm\ is one of the most popular cool 

 Orchids, and one of the best for a small collection ; owing to the 

 wide variation of C. insigne it has been possible to obtain consider- 

 able variety in this hybrid, but all are good, free flowering, and 

 bloom during the Winter, when the large white area of the dorsal 

 sepal is very attractive in conjunction with the green and brown of 

 the rest of the flower ; distinct varieties are : C. L, Albertianum, 

 C. L. Clinkaberryanum, C. L. giganteum, and C. L. superbum. 

 C. Maudi^ [C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum x C. callosum Sandem)^ 

 is rather expensive as compared with others in this selection, but it 

 is too good to be omitted, especially as in a warm house it grows 

 so freely and blooms regularly, giving large flowers that are white 

 and pale apple-green ; the coloured form of this hybrid, derived 

 from the species instead of from the albino varieties, did not appear 

 until several years after the original C. Maudi^. C. Milo, 

 [C. insigne y. C. cenanthum\ was raised in 1894, and is a dwarf 

 grower ; the Heaton variety and the Westonbirt variety of C. 

 Milo are both of fine form and colour. C. Morgani^ (C. Stonei 



X C. superbiens\ is a splendid free-growing and free-flowering 

 hybrid that carries several large flowers on each spike ; many years 

 ago it used to be grown particularly well in the Paradise Nurseries 

 at Holloway, and at almost every season of the year plants could be 

 found in bloom at that establishment. C. NiOBE [C. Fairrieantim 



X C. Spicerianum), is a delighful little hybrid with a good deal of 

 purple colouring, and it is one of the best of the C. Fairrieanum 

 crosses. C. nitens (C. insigne x C. viUosinn\ is an effectiv^e 

 combination of two fine old species ; it grows well, and flowers 

 freely in the winter, and its finer varieties are C. n. magnificum, 

 C. N. Sallieri, and C. n. superbum. C. cenanthum (C. 



