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mentioned a good plant of Physosiphon Loddigesii, Scaphosepalum 

 ochthodes, and the tiny little PleurothaJlis unistriata. 



Oncidium is another genus which is very well represented at this season, 

 those in flower including the rare O. Wentworthianum, O. longipes, O. 

 exasperatum, a small-flowered species of the Microchila group, O. Papilio 

 and its handsome ally O. Kramerianum, O. carthaginense, the terete- 

 leaved O. Cebolleta, the graceful O. phymatochilum, and others. Among 

 Odontoglossums are O. Wallisii, O. Lindleyanum, O. Harryanum and 

 some of the showy species, together with Rodriguezia venusta, a 

 handsome example of Cochlioda Noetzliana, C. rosea, Gomeza planifolia, 

 and a few others of the tribe Oncidieae. 



Among the Sarcantheae are good examples of the old Vanda Roxburghii, 

 and a variety having a rosy tip, V. suavis, V. Bensoni, Phalaenopsis 

 amabilis, the rare Sarcanthus Roxburghii, Saccolabium gemmatum, the 

 very rare Aeranthus Curnowianus, good examples of Angraecum Eichleria- 

 num, A. Scottianum, and the pretty little Japanese A. falcatum. 



Grammangis Ellisii is carrying a fine raceme of about thirty flowers, 

 Polystachya is represented by P. laxiflora and P. zambesiaca, and Eulophia 

 by E. euglossa and E. pulchra. Promenaea xanthina is a neat little 

 specimen bearing numerous bright yellow flowers. Calanthe X Dominiana, 

 the first artificially raised hybrid to flower, is bearing five inflorescences, 

 and other interesting plants include C. veratrifolia, Maxillaria crassifolia, a 

 well-flowered Stanhopea oculata, Microstylis congesta, Liparis Prainii, and 

 Thunia Bensonae. 



The tribe Ophrydeae is represented by the brilliant Disa grandiflora, and 

 the rare Cynorchis grandiflora, and Neottieae by Sobralia xantholeuca and 

 S. Lowii. Lastly may be mentioned the Cypripedieae, of which various 

 species and hybrids are in flower, one plant of Paphiopedilum Parishii 

 bearing as many as five racemes. The collection is rich in botanical 

 rarities, and, as the showy species are also well represented, there is always 

 something of interest in flower. 



ORCHID HYBRIDISING IN AUSTRALIA. 



In his presidential address to the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 

 in March last, Mr. J. H. Maiden referred to " Hybridisation Work in 

 New South Wales," remarking :— " During the past year an interesting 

 Orchid hybrid raised by one of our Members (Mr. F. Godwin, gardener to 

 Dr. John Hay) was exhibited before this Society. It is Cymbidium 

 Lowianum X C. eburneum, and it is figured and commented upon in the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, 13th July, 1901, p. 25. The statements are made, 

 ' This is the first, so far as our knowledge goes, cross raised and flowered in 



