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weeks’ time. C. L. concolor is just as promising as the rest in the house. 
The Cool houses were gay with about three dozen well-floweied plants 
of Odontoglossum Rossii, some good O. crispum, nine different forms of O. 
x Andersonianum, the rare O. Schillerianum, O. gloriosum, O. constrictum 
Sanderianum, O. Edwardii, examples of the charming little O. CErstedii, 
some good Ada aurantiaca, Lelia harpophylla, Cattleya citrina, Sophronitis 
grandiflora, Leptotes bicolor, Dendrobium Kingianum, Bletia hyacinthina, 
some showy Masdevallias, the rare M. elephanticeps, and a number of the 
more botanical species. 
Mr. Young has a rich and varied collection under his charge, and his 
continued success indicates how well he understands the requirements of 
the various plants. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
DENDRODIUM X ELWESII. 
FLowers of a very pretty hybrid have been sent from the collection of H. 
J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne, Gloucestershire, with the record that it has 
been raised there “between D. aureum and D. Hildebrandii.” It most 
resembles the former in shape, having broad, flat petals, without any trace of 
_ twisting, as in D. Hildebrandii. They are primrose-coloured, while the lip 
is deep yellow, with a number of crimson radiating lines on either side near 
the base. The disc of the lip is velvety, but without the crimson markings 
found in D. aureum. Thus the flowers distinctly combine the characters of 
the two parents, and how far this extends to the rest of the plant will per- 
haps be known hereafter, when it has attained its full development. It is 
further interesting as the first recorded hybrid from D. Hildebrandii. 
_ CATTLEYA X THAYERIANA. 
A figure of a new seedling Cattleya with the above name is given in the 
American Florist for March 24th (vol. xv., p. 1003). It was derived from C. 
intermedia x C. Schrcedere alba. Mr. E. O. Orpet remarks :—‘‘ The 
cross was made March 26, 1896, the seed sown April 14, 1897, and the first 
of the plants is now in bloom. It is a desirable plant, being a great — 
improvement over the seed-parent, C. intermedia. The colour is a delicate — 
pink throughout, the tube of the lip being primrose-yellow with a purple 
irregular shaped blotch in the centre.” It appears to be a very attractive 
thing, and from its parentage, and the short period which has elaped before 
~ it reached the flowering stage, should prove a decided acquisition. 
DENDROBIUM X STAFFORDI. : 
This is a pretty little hybrid raised in the collection of F. Hardy, Esq., 
Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey, by Mr. T. Stafford, from D. x Cassiope, 
crossed with the pollen of D. Bensonz. 1t is much like the former in shape, 
