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and I believe it was from the same source that Mr. Bentham obtained 

 the statement he inserted in the " Genera Plantarum " to that effect, and 

 to which Mr. fl. J. Yeitch objected as contrary to their experience. He 

 has found that by crossing 0. vexillarium and Miltonia spectabilis seed 

 was produced, though it could not be secured from crosses with any other 

 Odontoglossum. It does not appear, however, that seedlings have been 

 raised in any case. 



As examples of bigeneric hybrids we have crosses between Anoecto- 

 chilus and Goody era and vice versd, Laslia and Cattleya, Phajus and 



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Calanthe, Calanthe and Limatodes and the reverse, though in the last 

 instance Limatodes is now referred to the genus Calanthe, and Cattl eyas 

 and Las lias are very closely allied. Many strange crosses have been 

 made in Messrs. Veitch's nursery. Thus plants have been raised, but not 

 flowered, from cros-es between Cattleya Trianse and S 'phronitis grandi- 

 flora, C. Trianae and Brassavola Digbyana, and C. intermedia and 

 Sophrjnitis grandiflora. Capsules of apparently good seed have been 



