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CYSEPEDIUM. 



(Cypripedium X Selenipedium.) 



If I propose to order under this combination-name all 

 those attempts at cross-fertilization of species of the 

 genera Cypripedium and Selenipedium, I do not see why 

 the fact that not one of all those attempts has ever pro- 

 duced a flowering plant should interfere with my pro- 

 posal. Have we not in cultivation at many establishments 

 already plants now raised in this way? Are we not all 

 interested and debating about this class of orchid hybrids? 

 More than that, do we not firmly believe that we are on 

 the eve of the red-letter day on which the first of these 

 unica bursts into flower? And if we should be disap- 

 pointed, it is convenience that names objects, and if 

 my name hits the head of the nail, and drives it home, 

 too, let it remain and take root. 



(Cpd. callosum ? x Spd. caudatum). " Sdlgs. making 

 sturdy growth." Lutwyche, Beckenham. 0. R., Jan., 

 '94. 



(Spd. caudatum x Cpd. barbatum). Raised by Veitch, 

 and exhibited at RHS. Orchid Conference, May 12, 

 '85. 0. R., June, '94, states that these plants " do 

 not yet show any sign of flowering." 

 (Cpd. Curtisii? X Spd. longifolium Roezlii). "No. 5 

 seedling." " Not flowered yet." Homer, for Mar- 

 wood, Whitby. G. Ch., July 8, '93. 

 (Cpd. Lawrenceanum ? X Spd. Sedenii x). "Over half 

 a dozen plants, which he hopes to flower soon." Swin- 

 burne, Cheltenham. 0. R., March, '94. 

 (Cpd. Parishii ? x Spd. caricinum). Swan, while work- 

 ing for Thompson, Clovenfords, " raised young plants, 

 grew them for several years, and at the end of that 

 time they were only in thumb pots " " if living now 

 they are 14 years old." 0. R., June, '94. 



