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of deep yellow on the segments, and the other almost entirely suffused with 

 brown, O. X excellens, a good O. X Denisonse, a closely and densely 

 spotted O. X Andersonianum, and three forms of the charming little 

 O. X Adrianas. One called O. X A. Barbette has the blotches of the 

 sepals and petals very large and of the deepest chestnut brown, while another 

 having smaller and paler spots is of the most perfect shape and exquisitely 

 undulated all over. Lastly may be mentioned a remarkable form which 

 bears a certain amount of resemblance both to O. gloriosum and O. 

 Hunnewellianum. All the forms bear evidence of good culture. 



Six handsome Dendrobiums are sent from the collection of Fred. 

 Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey, by Mr. Stafford. D. nobile 

 Arnoldianum is a small dark form, with the inner halves of the lateral 

 sepals lip-like in character/Jiaving not only the dark maroon blotch, but 

 also the primrose-yellow area in front. It was purchased at the Pickering 

 sale, and had been in the collection many years. It is very distinct from 

 D. n. Cooksonianum. D. aureum Ellerianum is a curious small form 

 obtained from the same collection. A third is an interesting form of D. X 

 Ainsworthii, a seedling obtained by crossing D. nobile Cooksonianum with 

 the pollen of the variety last named. Mr. Stafford states that about thirty 

 seedlings of this cross have already bloomed, but none have shown any of 

 the abnormal Cooksonianum character. The flower sent is white, with the 

 disc light maroon purple. A fourth is either D. X Cybele erubescens, 

 noted at page 170 of our last volume, or a form closely resembling it. It 

 is a very fine form, measuring 3| inches across the petals, and the peculiar 

 rosy shade on the apex of all the segments is very pleasing. The remaining 

 forms are, what we take to be a small example of D. X Pitcherianum, and 

 a new hybrid between D. nobile and D. X Schneiderianum, which is noted 

 on another page. Mr. Stafford remarks that they have had a grand display 

 of flowers during the last few weeks. 



A fine three-flowered spike of Paphiopedilum X Carnusianum is sent by 

 Signor R. Scuola, of Florence. It is a seedling from P. Haynaldianum 2 

 and P. Spicerianum S , whose characters it combines very effectively. In 

 general character it approaches the former, but the influence of the latter 

 is seen in the ample white dorsal sepal, tinged with purple, and having a 

 deep purple median band. At the base is a bright green area, spotted with 

 brown, while the lower halves of the petals are similar in colour, the spots 

 becoming smaller where they merge into the purple tips. A handsome form 

 of P. x Hera is also sent, having a very broad dark purple median band 

 on the dorsal sepal, and the white area on either side is beautifully veined 

 and mottled with purple. A third handsome flower is said to have been 

 obtained from P. superbiens X Lawrenceanum, but is most like the latter 

 chiefly differing in having more spots on the petals. 



