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carried out the operations as carefully as if they expected a 50-guinea 
hybrid as the result. In the case ot Zygopetalum crossed with Odonto- 
glossum, I believe that the experiment has been repeated more than 
once without varying the result, and I wish that someone could give a 
satisfactory explanation of the matter. 
A very interesting little group of five Paphiopedilum Fairrieanum 
hybrids was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting at the 
Drill Hall, on October 23rd, from the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq., of 
Camberwell, the second parents being P. insigne, Spicerianum, X Leeanum, 
purpuratum, and tonsum, all but the last-named being autumn or winter 
flowering kinds. The hybrids were naturally very dissimilar, but all 
showed strong evidence of their Fairrieanum parentage, which gave them 
a sort of family resemblance to each other. There was, unfortunately, no 
example of the mysterious parent for comparison, which would have 
rendered the group all the more interesting. It would probably be difficult 
to get the whole series of Fairrieanum hybrids in flower together, as a few 
of them usually flower in the summer, but if it could be done the group 
would be worth going some distance to see. 
A correspondent has called attention to several recent records of exhibits 
at the meetings of the Manchester Orchid Society under such names as 
Cattleya Mossiz xX Lawrenceana, Cypripedium Lawrenceanum X Roths- 
childianum, and C. x Harrisianum superbum xX concolor, and wonders 
why such names are used instead of their proper specific names, Cattleya 
x Lawre-Mossiz, Cypripedium xX Mahlere, and C. x Watsonianum. I 
cannot suggest a reason unless it is that they were exhibited under such 
names. The same reason, of course, serves to explain why some old 
hybrids appear under new names, and some new hybrids under old names; 
both of which are pointed out. But hybrids are becoming so numerous that 
a reporter who wishes to avoid this sort of thing must go round with a 
sheaf of records in his pocket, and even then the list soon gets out of 
date unless every novelty is posted up as it appears, which latter is 
impossible for many people. Perhaps the exhibitors in question feared 
to add to the rapidly growing synonymy. 
The illustrations given in the last number seem to me specially 
interesting as examples of good culture. The Cycnoches pentadactylon, 
particularly, is a specimen which it would be difficult to match anywhere 
except in a wild state. Whether it was a strong native specimen flowering 
for the first time after importation does not appear, but if it was grown at 
home from a small piece it is certainly exceptional. 
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