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PAPHIOPEDILUM x MINOS VAR. YOUNGII. 

 The annexed figure represents a very fine variety of Paphiopedilum X 

 Minos, which was raised in the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., 

 Sefton Park, Liverpool (gr. Mr. Poyntz), from P. Spicerianum magnificum 

 ? and P. X Arthurianum $ . The seeds were sown in 1893, and the first 

 flower appeared in December, 1899, when it was exhibited at a meeting of 

 the R.H.S., and was noted as a particularly fine form of C. X Minos 



called Young's variety {Orch. Rev., viii., p. 29). Half the plant has now 

 been acquired by Captain Law-Schofield, New-Hall-Hey, Rawtenstall, 

 Manchester, from whom we have received the photograph here reproduced 

 and a living flower. The dorsal sepal of the latter measures exactly 

 2f inches across, so that the figure is a shade under natural size. The 

 ground colour of the dorsal sepal is white, with the basal third light green, 

 the latter being veined and spotted with purple brown, while between this 



