370 THE. ORCHID REVIEW. [DECEMBER, 1922. 
raised from C. nitens var. Almos X C. villosum. This C. Almos is itself a 
cross between C. insigne and C. villosum aureum, and is a fairly large 
yellow flower with moderate-sized spots on the dorsal sepal. I have 
flowered about twenty plants, all labelled as from this cross, and all more or 
less distinct ; some have the villosum colouring with no spots, others are 
similar to Almos, but the great majority are heavily spotted, and some even 
blotched where the spots run into one another. The colour of the dorsal 
sepals varies from yellow and cream to white with green base, and the spots 
vary from reddish-brown to almost black, the size and number of the spots 
also differs with each flower. All have great substance and a very glossy 
surface. With me the flowers have lasted two to three months in good 
‘condition. I have chosen four distinct types from this cross as worthy of 
varietal names. The flowers are carried on long stout stems and the plants 
are very vigorous. One would think by their appearance that the richly 
spotted forms were hybrids of C. Boxalli, and it would be interesting to 
know if other raisers have got heavily spotted varieties from hybrids of 
insigne crossed with villosum. Another cross, C. Simoni punctatum X 
insigne Harefield Hall, has given me an extremely large and beautiful 
flower of the large spotted insigne type, but witha broader margin of white 
than I have seen before. I see no sign of any influence of the Spicerianum 
ancestor, except it is in the widening of this white border. 
A very attractive hybrid of which the parentage is doubtful has a bright 
apple-green dorsal sepal with a broad white edging; there are a few small 
dark spots towards the base, the wings and pouch are light brownish-yellow 
with glossy surface, and four inches across. It is a very attractive flower. 
Another distinct hybrid has a dorsal sepal of nut-brown colour on the lower 
half, changing to rich green with a white edging. A variety of Troilus 
(nitens X insigne Harefield Hall) has a very large flower in which the 
dorsal sepal is of old gold colour, and with a white edge and large spots. 
Other hybrids have the dorsal sepal of wine-purple splashed with green and 
edged with white. The flowers vary from three to four inches across and 
are all of the winter-flowering class. 
I showed twenty-four of these seedlings at the monthly meeting of the 
Horticultural Society of New South Wales in July last, and was awarded a 
Baptist Medal for the best Australian-raised varieties of flowers other than 
Daffodils, Dahlias, Sweet Peas, Carnations and Chrysanthemums, for which 
special medals were offered. This being the first medal to be awarded under a 
trust fund endowed by the late Mr. J. T. Baptist, an old Sydney nursery- 
man, for the encouragement of horticulture in Australia. These notes will 
show that while the fascinating occupation of raising seedling Orchids iS 
not altogether neglected in Australia, the quick results recorded by raisers 
in Europe and America have not been attained by me. 
