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followed by L. x Sedenii, a brilliant and distinct form from Gattleya 

 superha x Lojlia elegans, of whicli a single plant only was saved. 

 Then succeeded Gattleya x Mastersonkfi from 0. Loddu/esii x C. lahiata, 

 and G. x Chainherlainiana from G. guttata Leopoldii x G. lahiata 

 Doifiana, both of which are among the most beautiful Cattleyas yet 

 raised from the crossing of lahiata forms with other species. Lcelia 

 X triopthalma, L. x hella and L. x cah'sfoglossa are still among the 

 most admired of those hybrids with a Ltelio-Cattleya parentage^ but 

 the first place in this category must be given to Lceliocatileija x 

 Dighij ana- Moss ice, the parentage of which is expressed by the name; 

 it is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and distinct not only 

 of all hybrids but of all orchids; it is also a most interesting cross 

 from a scientific standpoint, as proving the propriety of removing 

 the first named or pollen parent from Brassavola to Ltelia. Among 

 later acquisitions with a Lselio-Cattleya parentage, L. x Ascania, L. 

 X Pallas, L. x Victoria, L. x eximia and L. x Proserpine will long 

 retain a place in orchid collections. 



The remarkable generic hybrids raised in our nursery have been 

 already mentioned.* More interesting hybrids than those obtained 

 from the genera grouped around Epidendrum, and in which 

 Sophronitis grandiflora has participated in the parentage, or more 

 far-reaching in their probable relation to hybrids that may be 

 obtained in the near future have never been raised. The first of 

 these was Sophrocattleya Batemaniana, of which Gattleya intermedia 

 is the pollen parent; it is named after the veteran orchidist to 

 signalise his renunciation of his former abhorrence of hybrids.! This 

 was followed by an equally beautiful form of which Gattleya Loddigesii 

 is the second parent and is called SopJirocattleya Galypso, and still 

 more recently by Sophrocattleya Veitchii, of which Lcelia elegans is 

 the seed parent, J and Epiphronitis Veitchii, of which Epidendrum 

 radicans is the pollen parent. 



Seden's first acquisition in Dendrobium was the sweet-scented 

 D. X Endocharis which flowered for the first time in 1875; this was 

 followed by D. x Bho do stoma, the most distinct and one of the 

 handsomest of hybrid Dendrobes. He subsequently raised B. x 



* See p. 91. t Journ. of Royal Hort. Soe. Orch. Conf. p. 49. 



t Lcelia elegans is a Lielio-Cattleya, half Gattleya and lialf Lrelia ; it is therefore inexpedient 

 to burden the noinenclature with a new compound to express so slight a technical difference. 



