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in which the lower flower is blotched along the centre to the apex, and 

 larger in size than the upper, in which the spots are confined to the basal 

 third. The peculiarity is said to extend to the other spikes on the plant, 

 though not to so great a degree. 



Two flowers of what we take to be forms of Paphiopedilum X 

 Charlesianum (P. X Leeanum X nitens Sallierii) are sent by Signor A. 

 Pucci, of Florence. One is a rather small form, having the dorsal sepal 

 much spotted with bright red-purple, except on the white margin, while 

 the other is larger, with the spots smaller, much less numerous, and 

 browner in colour. A third flower sent appears to be a form of P X 

 Canhami, a hybrid between P. villosum and superbiens, though its 

 parentage is not exactly known. 



A very beautiful series of Dendrobium flowers is sent from the collec- 

 tion of T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield. First, we may mention 

 the chaste and beautiful Dendrobium nobile virginale, which is said to 

 have received a First-class Certificate at Manchester the other day, under 

 the name of D. nobile album, Cypher's variety. The original D. n. 

 nobilius is sent in superb condition, also D. n. Sanderianum and D. n. 

 Cooksonianum. D. X Ainsworthii is finely developed, and its varieties 

 include Leeanum and giganteum, the latter reaching 4 inches in expanse 

 across the petals, and the lip i£ inches broad — a really remarkable form. 

 We have not used the generally current names of X splendidissimum 

 Leeanum and giganteum, for splendidissmum is itself a variety of 

 Ainsworthii. D. X Rubens, the secondary hybrid between D. X Ains- 

 worthii and D. nobile, is represented by the chaste form known as Apollo 

 album. Other charming things are D. X chlorostele var. Juno, D. X 

 melanodiscus var. Rainbow, very finely developed, D. X Owenianum, 

 D. X Pitcherianum var. Rolfeae, and D. X Snowflake, a very charming 

 white form with bright maroon-purple disc, which received a First-class 

 Certificate at Manchester last year.' It looks like a variety of D. X 

 euosmum. All these forms are splendidly developed, and afford evidence 

 of excellent culture. 



Another charming series of Dendrobiurns is sent from the collection of 

 Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, by Mr. Alexander— a series which 

 one cannot do justice to in cold print : colour photography, if perfected, as 

 as one of these days it is likely to be, might give some idea of the exquisite 

 shades of colour to be found in such a group. D. nobile is represented by 

 a series of nineteen forms, the named varieties being virginale, elegans, 

 Amesiae, Cooksonianum, nobilius, and murrhiniacum, and the others repre- 

 senting a considerable range of variation in colour and size, one of 

 them reaching over 4 £ inches across the petals. The others are 

 D- Falconeri giganteum, D. X Venus, D. X Cybele, D. X Dominianum 



