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section Cyperorchis being merged in true Cymbidium. 

 Cymbidium Lowio-eburneum is illustrated in Plate VI. 



Dendrobium hybrids are among the most numerous 

 and useful as decorative flowers. 



Epidendrum has produced some satisfactory results, 

 including E. O'Brienianum and Epiphronitis Veitchii (Soph- 

 ronitis grandiflora X Epidendrum radicans). 



Cypripedium has been so prolific that there are amateurs 

 who cultivate them either exclusively or give the greater 

 part of their accommodation to the genus and its hybrids, 

 which may be numbered by the hundred. 



Species of Masdevallia, Odontoglossum, Lycaste, Phaius, 

 and Zygopetalum have all been intercrossed, and the 

 number of possible combinations admits of incalculable 

 development, especially as the crossing is not confined 

 to the same genus. Plants of distinct genera have been 

 crossed with each other, and in many cases the results 

 have been unexpectedly good, as for example the pretty, 

 scarlet Cochlioda Noezliana, which has been crossed suc- 

 cessfully with several genera. Such facts as these seem to 

 indicate that there are but few combinations amongst the 

 genera of Orchideae cross-breeders may not attempt with 

 a reasonable hope of success. 



