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rich orange-yellow. The contrast between the two hybrids is remarkable. 

 L.-c. X Ascania (C. Trianae X L. xanthina) is a pretty little hybrid in 

 which the colour influence of the pollen parent decidedly preponderates. 

 We may also note an inflorescence of the true Dendrobium Farmeri, and a 

 flower of the charming Vanda teres Candida, a variety which was figured at 

 page 233 of our eighth volume. 



THE HYBRIDIST. 



Dendrobium X Acis.— A very pretty hybrid raised in the collection of 

 F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey, from D. nobile and D. X 

 Schneiderianum. It bears a general resemblance to D. X Ainsworthii, 

 .and the sepals and petals are light blush, with the lip well expanded, and 

 the disc light maroon, with a feathered margin and darker veins. 



Epil.elia X Sylvia.— A very interesting hybrid raised by Messrs. 

 Charlesworth & Co., from Laeliacinnabarina and Epidendrum Cooperianum. 

 It is now in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, and the inflorescence 

 has been sent by Mr. White. The habit and structure of the flower are 

 almost entirely those of the Epidendrum parent, but the sepals and petals 

 .are much more acute, attenuated to nearly l£ inches long, and have some 

 of the colour of the Laelia parent. The lip is broadly three-lobed and 

 .reddish purple in colour. 



Leptol.elia X Veitchii.— A very interesting little hybrid raised by 

 Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, from Leptotes bicolor ? and Laelia cinna- 

 barina $, and exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting on April 22nd. It most 

 resembles the Leptotes parent in habit, but the inflorescence is more 

 elongated, and the flowers of a rosy salmon tint. 



L.elia X Coronet. — A handsome hybrid from Laelia cinnabarina ? 

 and L. harpophylla $ , of which a fine inflorescence has been sent from 

 Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. It is fairly intermediate between its parents, 

 though surpassing them in some respects, having a splendid constitution 

 and flowering very freely in a small state. Flowers of it arc also sent 

 by the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., and E. F. Clark, Esq., of 

 Teignmouth. 



NOTES. 



Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during May, on the 6th and 20th, 

 when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o'clock noon. 



The Great Annual Flower Show will be held at Inner Temple Gardens, 

 Thames Embankment, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, May 28th, 



