126 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1918, 
name of Orchis Hepburnii, Mr. G. Clarence Druce describes a hybrid whose 
history is thus given (Rep. Bot. Exch. Club, 1915, p. 211): “ This fine plant 
appeared spontaneously in the beautiful grounds of Sir Archibald Buchan 
Hepburn, where it grew with the Madeiran O. foliosa and the showy hybrid 
O. latifolia x maculata. He kindly forwarded me fresh specimens in July 
and August, 1915.” 
The parents in these cases grow far apart in a wild state, and the above 
facts illustrate a remark that we have previously made, that Hybridisation 
is largely a question of opportunity. 
ees apes FROM KEW ve Fea 
HE hardy Orchids on the rockwork have fulfilled their early promise. 
A clump of the North American Cypripedium Regin, usually known 
under its later name of C. spectabile, has established itself on a fairly dry 
slope, and seems quite at home, having bloomed for several years in 
succession. Not far away is a plant of C. Calceolus. On a southern slope 
half-a-dozen plants of the very distinct Serapias lingua are in bloom, as on 
several previous occasions, so that the conditions are evidently suitable. 
Among British species may be seen the Tway-blade, Listera ovata, with 
wholly green flowers, and a clump of the swamp Epipactis, E. palusttis, 
which succeeds well in a moderately dry spot. The North American E. 
gigantea also increases and multiplies in a similar situation. 
The genus Orchis is now making a fine show. At the end of the rock- 
work is a large group of the Madeiran O. foliosa, bearing over fifty of its 
brilliant purple spikes, its broad, recurved shining green leaves being also 
very effective. O. maculata is in bloom in a variety of situations, often 
self-sown, for the seedlings spring up here and there among various le 
towing plants, and are always attractive when in bloom. O. latifolia ® 
represented by the typical form with bright purple flowers and unspott 
leaves, and the far larger Glasnevin variety, the latter an imposing plant, 
being over 24 feet high and bearing four long spikes of brilliant rose-purple 
flowers. The natural hybrid O. Braunii (latifolio-maculata) is also making 
a fine show, being represented by two large clumps and_ several smaller 
plants, the leaves being handsomely blotched with blackish purple. we 
clump with a dozen spikes is of a bright rose-purple shade, while a secon 
'S larger and of lighter colour. This is the plant which was long known 3 
the Kilmarnock Orchis, O. maculata superba, but the intermediate 
characters are much too obvious to be overlooked. It is also interesting ee 
compare it with O. folioso-maculata, of which a good plant is establi 2 
Close by. The latter hybrid appeared spontaneously in the garden of the 
