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CYPRIPEDIUM x AYLINGI caste STAND HALL var. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x EVENOR uorr. var. GRANDIFLORUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 8. 
Cypripedium  Aylingi. Hybridum inter C. niveum et C. ciliolare. 
Cypripedium X Aylingi L. CasTLE in Fourn. of Hortic., 1890, p. 480, cum ic. — Gard. Chron., 1890, p. 792, 
cum ic. — L. Linp. Les Orch, exot., p. 707. 
Cypripedium X Evenor, Hybridum inter C. Argus et C. concolor. 
“an © are indebted for the picture of these two charming plants, to the 
Ki kindness of the well-known English orchidist, TH. Starter Esq., who 
meas) S¢Nt us a Superb plate made in his collection by Mr. J. MAcraRLANE; 
this plate was reduced for our publication, but the flowers, of course, are repre- 
sented at their natural size. 
There are in the genus many larger flowers than C. x Aylingi and 
C. x Evenor; but we know scarcely any more elegantly shaped, or more 
beautifully coloured. 
C. x Aylingt was exhibited, for the first time, at a meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, on June 10th. 1890, by J. Hotiincton Esq., of Forty 
Hill, Enfield. It was awarded a First-class Certificate, and on the following day, 
a Botanical Certificate, at a meeting of the Royal Botanic Society. 
It is dedicated to Mr. Aytine, the grower, who raised it by crossing 
C. niveum with C. ciliolare. 
The flowers of the Stand Hall variety, figured on our plate, are more ana- 
logous in their shape to those of C. nivewm than was the case, with the typical 
hybrid, judging from the engraving published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in 1890, 
as the flower there represented has less deflexed, acute, instead of obtuse petals, 
and the dorsal sepal, oblong, slightly acuminate. 
Cypripedium X Evenor is more recent and was shown for the first time at 
Drill Hall, on May 17 th. 1892, by its raisers, Messrs Veircu and sons, of Chelsea. 
It was awarded an Award of Merit. It was then recorded as a product of C. Argus 
and C. bellatulum, while another origin is mentioned in the list of hybrid Cypri- 
pediums published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle at the beginning of present year, 
viz, C. Argus x concolor. We are quite confident that the last pedigree is more 
correct, as C. x Evenor is nearer to C. concolor both in the shape of flowers, 
