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The study of these natural hybrids is a matter of very great interest. For a 
long time many people refused to believe in them, until the stern philosophy 
of facts became too strong to be set aside. Yet it must be admitted there are 
some very difficult questions involved, and a correct opinion can only be formed 
after careful consideration of all the facts. Fortunately experiments at home are 
continually throwing more light on the question, and it is perhaps not too much 
to hope that some one will yet attempt to prove the origin of the present plant 
by direct experiment. There can be little doubt that any hybridist who takes 
the matter up, and crosses Laelia purpurata with Cattleya Leopoldu and C. iter- 
media, will in one time be rewarded with the flowers of Laelio-Catileya elegans 
and L.-C. X Schilleriana. 
R. A. Ro.re. 
FERNERY ARRANGED WITH ORCHIDS AT * L’HORTICULTURE INTERNA- 
TIONALE, ” Brussels. — Our supplementary illustration gives a view of the fern 
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rockery in the establishment of “ L’HorricuttureE INTERNATIONALE, Parc 
Leopold, Brussels, in which the Messrs LinDEN so cleverly combine beauty and 
utility. As will be seen by reference to our illustration (see Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
page 373, September 24, 1892), the permamently-planted rockery is still further 
beautificied by arranging orchids in flower among the elegant foliage of the 
ferns and the variously-tinted leaves of other plants. Similar groups may be 
formed in other parts of the establishment, and everywhere order, cleanliness, 
and artistic arrangements is to be found in the extensive premises of this, the 
most important of Continental nurseries, in which the culture of plants under 
glass is the chief object in view. 
(The Gardeners’ Chronicle, page 373, September 24, 1892.) 
