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Hybrids used in crossing : 

 Chelsoni. Gairiana. 



(amabilis X Veitchiana.) (Veitchiana X Davisii.) 

 ignea ignea-Chelsoni. ignea Mary Ames. 



Reichenbachiana Asmo- 

 dia. 



Amesiana (Veitchiana $ X tovarensis). RHS., Aug. 

 12, '90. Sander. 



var. McVitse (tovarensis ? ). Stevens, for Thompson, 

 Stone. RHS., Dec. 13, '92. (0. R., Dec., '92, sug- 

 gests coccinea instead of Veitchiana). 12 years old 

 before flowering. Named after daughter of Thomp- 

 son. Stevens in litt., March, '93, gives parentage 

 as marked. 

 Asmodia (Chelsoni x $ X Reichenbachiana) RHS., 



June 12, '94. Veitch. 

 Cassiope J. O'B. (triangularis $ X coccinea Harryana). 



G. Ch., June 11, '92. Hincks, Brekenridge. 

 Chelsoni Rchb. f. (amabilis ? X Veitchiana). G. Ch., 

 '80, ii, p. 222. Veitch. 

 var. splendens (Veitchiana ? ). G. Ch., May 18, '89. 



Seden, for Veitch. 



Chimaera Vanneriana R.A.R. (Chimera Wallisii $ X 

 Ch. Roezlii). 0. R. , July, '93. Robbins, for Vanner, 

 Chislehurst. 



(Chimaera X tovarensis). Plants grew fast, seed sown 

 March, '87, and had ten leaves Aug., '88. Murray, 

 for Cookson, Oakwood. G. Ch., Sept. 8, '88. 

 Courtauldiana Rchb. f. (rosea ? X caudata Shuttle- 

 worthii). G. Ch., Feb. 16, '89. Cookson, Oakwood. 

 fg. Rchbch., ii, t. 76. Named after Sidney Courtauld. 

 (0. R., March '94, says caudata $ ). 



