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first-class novelties will gradually become less, having regard to the multi- 
tude of new crosses that have recently been made, for the further away we 
get from the primary hybrids the more uncertain do the results become. 
It may prove worth while to raise again some of the hybrids that are proved 
successes, utilising, if possible, finer varieties of the parents concerned, and 
rearing to the flowering stage a larger number of seedlings in order thereby 
to obtain increased opportunities for selection. 
INSIGNE HAREFIELD HALL. 
CYPRIPEDIUM BRITANNIA. Cc. TOKYO. c 
Cypripeptum Toxkyo.—This handsome new Cypripedium hybrid has: 
been raised in the collection of Viscount M. Ijuin, Tokyo, Japan. The 
photograph was taken Dec. 2oth, 1921, and the flower is described as being 
a fine acquisition and of noble appearance. The broad dorsal sepal has a 
greenish base and a wide white margin, while the bold spotting arranged in 
vertical lines is of brilliant purple colour. Our illustration shows this fine 
novelty with one of its parents on each side, and by comparison it is of 
richer coloration than either. The flower seen on the right is C. insigne 
Harefield Hall, and on the left C. Britannia, a hybrid of unknown parentage. 
The first record of C. Britannia was at the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
held Oct. 25th, 1910, when it was exhibited by Messrs. Sanders, 
It was described as having a green dorsal 
ls and lip 
meeting, 
and given an Award of Merit. 
sepal spotted with brown, and white at the apex, while the peta 
are yellowish green, veined and tinged with brown. Fine Cypripediums, 
such as these, are always objects of attraction in any collection. 
