THE ORCHID REVIEW, 71 
the petals, but numerous on the sepals; the other being light yellow and 
more regularly spotted. They appeared among imported O. crispum, and 
both are good. A fine flower of O. Rossii rubescens, which flowered out of 
a recent importation, is also sent. The petals and lip are prettily suffused 
with rosy lilac. 
A fine form of Odontoglossum gloriosum is sent from the collection of 
E. F. Clark, Esq., of Teignmouth, together with a good typical O. crispum, 
The former is richly marked and very fragrant. We have not yet heard of 
anyone crossing these two species together successfully, but it would be 
very interesting to see an Odontoglossum X Andersonianum raised 
artificially, and, if specially fine forms of the parents were selected, the 
experiment might be justified floriculturally. 
A good dark form of Odontoglossum sceptrum is sent from the 
collection of William Thompson, Esq., of Stone, together with the 
beautiful Odontoglossum X Adriane Lady Roberts, which gained an 
Award of Merit at the last meeting of the Manchester Orchid Society. 
The latter is a beautiful, light yellow form, of good size and shape, 
with brown blotches on the sepals and spots on the petals. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
DENDROBIUM X ETHEL. 
THIS is a very pretty little hybrid raised by the late Major-General 
Berkeley from D. moniliforme (japonicum) ? and D. x Rolfez roseum ¢, 
which received an Award of Merit from the Manchester Orchid Society on 
February rst last, the exhibitor being Mr. James Cypher, of Cheltenham, 
from whom we have received a raceme. The pollen parent is believed to 
be a natural hybrid between D. primulinum and D. nobile, and has been 
figured in these pages (vol. ii., p. 113, fig. 10), and if this view be correct 
it serves to explain the resemblance which the novelty bears to D. x 
Cassiope, the only difference being that instead of being half nobile blood, 
as in the latter, we have nobile } and primulinum }. The purple blotch is 
smaller and lighter in colour than in D. X Cassiope, being confined toa 
series of radiating lines near the base, while the sepals and petals are 
tipped with pink; the remainder being white. It is very floriferous, about 
six inches high at present, and the flowers are very fragrant. 
DENDROBIUM X VULCAN. 
This is a very promising hybrid raised in the collection of the Right 
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Birmingham, by crossing 
D. X Juno with D. Wardianum. Mr. Smith, in sending a flower, states 
that the seedling has five bulbs, the latest being sixteen inches long, so 
that it approaches the latter parent in the length of the bulbs. The 
