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but we saw a nice lot of fine capsules, of promising combinations, which 
promise much in the future. One of O. x Wilckeanum crossed with luteo- 
purpureum Vulystekeanum; for example, might yield a fortune if all the plants 
could be grown. And the plant was again throwing up three fine spikes. 
Lelia Jongheana x Sophronitis grandiflora also promises much. We 
believe that hybridising Odontoglossums has a great future before it, and 
wish Mr. Thompson and his able gardener equal success in this department. 
The difficulty is chiefly cultural, and what they have mastered so thoroughly 
in the case of the older ens a is likely to be repeated with the seedlings. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SOME fine flowers of the handsome Cattleya Warscewiczii are sent from 
the collection of John W. Arkle, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool. They are 
out of a dozen plants purchased in the spring of last year, eight of which 
are flowering this season. Mr. Arkle finds a good deal of variation in 
individual plants, some blooming freely each year, while others will some- 
times go years without flowering, and suggests that the most floriferous 
ones probably come from the Western Cordillera. A pretty marbled form 
of C. Mendelii and a good Epidendrum atropurpureum are also sent. 
Two beautiful forms of Odontoglossum crispum are sent from the 
collection of Richard Ashworth, Esq., of Newchurch, Manchester, one. 
having a large amount of rich red-brown blotching about the centre of 
each segment, and the other a large single blotch on each, light cinnamon 
in colour. 
Another very pretty form of O. crispum is sent from the collection of 
D. W. Grimsdale, Esq., Kent Lodge, Uxbridge, in which the light red- 
brown blotches are limited to the sepals and lip, the petals being pure 
white, and contrasting veryeffectively. 
Another fine dark form of L. purpurata is sent from the collection of 
R. le Doux, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool. The yellow in the throat is 
well defined, and lined with purple, hence it is referred to L. p- Lowiana. 
Two flowers which are believed to be forms of O. X Denisonz are sent 
from the collection of De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, who 
remarks that some would perhaps consider them starry forms of O. crispum, 
because they are white with very little trace of spotting. Besides the O. 
luteopurpureum shape, however, the side teeth of the crest. are well 
developed, and there can be little doubt that they belong to the same type 
as the original form above mentioned. 
A very fine form of Sobralia macrantha is sent from the collection of 
Dr. Cranstoun, Broad Street, Ludlow. It is one of the best forms of the 
species. 
