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petals are broader and shorter than in O. triumphans, and almost entirely 

 very deep red-brown, the light yellow markings being chiefly at the apex 

 and margin, with a narrow irregular transverse line about the middle, and 

 one or two small blotches near the base. The lip is whitish, with about 

 five irregular dark brown blotches. The crest consists of two largish teeth r 

 with scarcely a trace of lateral ones, and the large column wings are some- 

 what toothed. We shall hope to see other seedlings as they flower, that the 

 doubtful points may be cleared up. 



Dendrobium X Ophir. — A charming hybrid raised by Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, from D. aureum $ and D. signatum $ , and quite 

 intermediate in character. The flowers sent are good in shape, the sepals 

 and petals bright yellow in colour, and the lip similar, with a deep yellow 

 somewhat pubescent disc, and some traces of the aureum markings. 



DENROBIUM X Cypheri. — A pretty hybrid raised from D. Findlayanum 

 $ and D. crassinode $ , by Mr. James Cypher, of Cheltenham, and most 

 like the former in general character. The flowers are white, tipped with 

 light purple on all the segments, and the disc deep orange yellow, with a 

 zone of radiating brown lines at the base, forming a sort of ring round the 

 column. 



Cymbidium X Lowio-grandiflorum.- — A fine hybrid raised by Messrs 

 James Veitch & Sons, from Cymbidium Lowianum 2 and C. grandiflorum 

 3 , to which an Award of Merit was given by the R.H.S. on February nth 

 last, under the above name. The plant is comparable with an improved 

 form of C. Lowianum, which it resembles in general character, with the 

 addition of some red-brown spots on the lip, and these are situated at the 

 • base of the front lobe and apex of the side lobes, near the margin. It is in 

 .this character that the influence of C. grandiflorum is best seen. It differs, 

 from the natural hybrid C. X I'Ansoni, among other characters, in the 

 absence of brown lines from the sepals and petals. Flowers have been, 

 kindly sent by Messrs. Veitch. 



Paphiopedilum X Hunteri. — A large and handsome hybrid sent 

 from the collection of W. S. Steel, Esq., Philiphaugh, Selkirk, by Mr. 

 Thompson. Its parents are P. tonsum ? and P. X bellatulum $ , and 

 it most resembles the latter in shape. The dorsal sepal measures two- 

 inches long and the same broad, and the petals 2f inches long, by over 

 \\ inches broad. The ground colour of the flower is very light purple 

 almost throughout, and the petals bear numerous small darker purple dots. 

 Paphiopedilum x Nemesis. — A hybrid raised in the collection of 

 Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool (gr. Mr. Poyntz), from 

 P. X Williamsianum ? and P. Boxallii atratum <? , and fairly intermediate 

 between the parents, of which blooms are also sent for comparison. It is 

 most like the pollen parent in shape, but lighter in colour. 



