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As a natural consequence of the raising of numerous hybrids by 

 different operators from so limited a number of species as are available 

 in the Vestit.e section, progenies from crossing two of these species, or 

 one of them with one of the varieties of Calanthe vestita have been 

 obtained by more than one operator, each of whom has named his own 

 productions independently of the others, and hence the same, or nearly 

 the same form is cultivated under different names. Till all the forms 

 so named can be brought together and compared, and their differences 

 or identity can be shown, we adhere to the course mainly followed in 

 this work, of recognising one name only for seedlings raised from the 

 same cross, adopting the name first published in the horticultural press. 

 Slight differences in colour may always be expected, even among the 

 same progeny, and especially when one of the parents is itself a hybrid ; 

 in such cases distinctive vernacular names are often applied for garden 

 use at the pleasure of the raiser, but such names can, of course, have no 

 place in scientific nomenclature. 



Vestita Hybrids. 

 Calanthe Aurora. 



C. vestita Regnieri X C. rosea. 

 Flowers nearly as in C. vestita Regnieri, bright rose, the sepals and 

 petals paler towards their base, the tube of the lip dark carmine. 

 Calanthe Aurora, supra. 

 Raised by Mr. Charles Winn, of Selly Hill, Birmingham. 



C. Barberiana. 



G. vestita Turneri nivalis x G. vestita. 

 Pseudo-bulbs intermediate between those of the two parents, slightly 

 constricted at about one-third of their length from the apex. Flower 

 pure white with a small yellow stain on the lip. 



Calanthe Barberiana, Rchb. in 0x31x1. Chron. XV. (1881), p. 136. 

 Raised by Mr. J. T. Barber, of Spondon, Derby. Very near this is 

 Calanthe casta y,, oi the Burford Lodge collection. 



C. bella. 



G. vestita Turneri X C. Veitchii. 



Flowers as large as the best Veitchii forms ; sepals and petals delicate 

 light rose suffused with white, the rose colour more developed in some 

 places than in others ; lip similarly coloured and with a rose-carmine 

 spot at the base. 



Calanthe hella, Rchb. in Card. Chron. XV. (1881), p. 234. 



Raised by Seden at oui" nursery. 



