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the Royal Horticultural Society of London (Oct. 18, '92.) 

 states its "great resemblance to macrochilum." The 

 article dealing with the exhibits of the Royal Botanical 

 Show at Manchester, says right out "synonym with 

 Spd. macrochilum" (Gard. Chron., May 27, '93). And, 

 looking at a paragraph (Gard. Chron., Dec. 31, '92), we 

 learn " positively the same as that raised by Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Chelsea." And in the meeting of the R. H. S. 

 of Jan. 17, '93, we have before us Spd. Penelaus raised 

 from crossing caudatum Lindenii with (Ainsworthii) 

 calurum x. What is that but a variety of Hardyanum, 

 and this same Hardyanum is " positively the same as 

 macrochilum." 



Cases like the foregoing are matters to be decided by 

 an authority, as all the committees called together *' on 

 orchid nomenclature " have been flat failures. I am not 

 in a position to decide those questions, being too far re- 

 moved from the center of orchid cultivation to have a 

 clear insight for final opinion. Those of you who are 

 in such a quandary, apply to Mr. Rolfe, of the Orchid 

 Review, and submit your case. Remember that it is not 

 well possible for your orchid committee to combine all 

 the knowledge required for such specialties in your ranks 

 to guarantee correctness and uniformity for the subjects 

 under question. 



Taking secondary hybrids in general, do not allow any 

 of those which contain more than three quarters of the 

 blood of one species to figure as named hybrids. Cast 

 them into the lots where their seven-eighths blood be- 

 longs, knowing how immensely variable each and every 

 species is, if you only take the trouble to find it out. If 

 you cross Spd. longifolium with cardinale x you come 

 about as near to Sedenii as need be to shear them over 

 one comb. To name the cross of Calanthe (Sedenii x 



