A.Vn THEIR JfANAGEMENT. 



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Cypripedium. 



Selenipediums have not the varied characteristics of 

 Cypripediums ; but it is remarkable to note the improve- 

 ment that has been wrought where the pouchless 

 5. caudatiim Liiidoii (Syn. Uropcdiuin Liudcui) has been 



of h\'brids and secondar}' hybrids 



used. A grand race 

 has resuked from the 

 intercrossing of i"t"- 

 lenipcdiuiii longifoliuiit 

 and 5. Scldiiiiii. The 

 whole of the 5. ^6'- 

 deni race take their 

 origin from this cross. 

 There is, hoiK.'evei\ one 

 tiling that baf/fes ail 

 hybridists, namel\-, to 

 flower a h}'brid de- 

 rived from the inter- 

 crossing of Cypri- 

 pedium and Seleni- 

 pediitni. There are 

 several who assert 

 that the}' ha\'e made 

 crosses, and have 

 succeeded in raising 

 seedlings ; but when 

 such plants flower 

 the}' generall}' prove 

 to be stray Cypripe- 

 dium seedlings. Or 

 again it has been 

 asserted that such 

 crosses could not be 

 induced to flower. 

 We have crossed and 

 intercrossed the two 

 sections many times. 

 True, we have never procured .seed from a Cypripedium 

 fertilised with a Selenipedium ; but on the other hand have 

 had what to all appearance has been good seed when the 

 Selenipedium has been made the seed-bearing parent. 

 So far we have never been able to induce such seed to 

 germinate. We are also inclined to the belief that the 



Fig. 44. 



CvPRIPEFJirM C;\I.LO.SUM SANDERS 

 (much reduced). 



