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enormous development of the subject of which we are now witnesses. He 
narrowly missed being the pioneer of Orchid hybridisation, for his experi- 
ments were only limited by his failure to get the seeds to germinate. And 
he remarked: ‘‘ Cross-breeding among Orchidaceous plants would perhaps 
lead to very startling results, but, unfortunately, they are not easily raised 
by seed.” Nine years later Calanthe Dominyi flowered for the first time, 
and we have travelled far since then. But what would our collections be 
like to-day without hybrid Orchids ? 
|teicess | CYMBIDIUM GLEBELANDENSE. AY | 
STRIKING Cymbidium from the collection of G. Hamilton-Smith, 
Esq., Finchley, was exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on 
February 24th last, under the name of Cymbidium Cooperi, and was 
described at page 94. It is the natural hybrid between C. insigne and C. 
Schroederi which was mentioned at page 308 of our last volume, and Mr. 
Coningsby remarks that it was recognised by Mr. Sander at the meeting in 
question. The plant had previously been divided and half of it purchased 
from Messrs. Sander, and grown on. It did not occur to us at the time to 
look at the list of artificial hybrids, but we have since found that the cross 
has been raised in the collection of J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., and was 
exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S. held on January 3rd, 1911 (O.R., xix. 
Pp. 51), so that the latter name must be superseded. Another plant was 
exhibited at the meeting held on April 15th, and is recorded on page 149 as 
C. glebelandense var. roseum, and Mr. Coningsby, who has forwarded 
flowers of it, states that both it'and C. Cooperi came out of the same batch 
of imported C. insigne. The two are, however, distinct, the latter having 
a much shorter, more slender scape, and smaller flowers, the segments well 
veined with rose, and the lip more like C. Schroederi in shape and markings, 
though not in colour. Again, Cymbidium J. Davis, which received an 
Award of Merit from the R.H.S. on February 4th, 1913 (O.R., xxi. p- 93), 
tesembles C. Cooperi in its tall scape and in colour, in fact Mr. Coningsby 
has seen both, and regards them as identical. We thus appear to have 
both natural and artificial hybrids between C. insigne and Schreederi, and 
some differences the significance of which is not yet clear, unless recrossing 
With the original parents has taken place. " It is said that C. insigne, 
Schroederi, giganteum, Ballianum, and C. Parishii var. Sandere all grow in 
the same district, and although we have only direct evidence at present 
that the two former grow intermixed no surprise need be felt if other 
natural hybrids should make their appearance. We should like to see 
flowers of the original C. glebelandense, which appears to ee been 
undeveloped when first shown. 
