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partly in numerical sequence, and the numbers which were used for the 

 species are repeated again for the hybrids, making the arrangement rathe r 

 •complex. For convenience of reference we prefer an alphabetical arrange- 

 ment, and those who have adopted this system may possibly think it better 

 to retain it. 



A remarkable twin flower of Odontoglossum grande is sent from the 

 collection of Thos. D. Syers, Esq., Holmleigh, Huyton, near Liverpool. 

 The fusion is less complete than usual, the columns and lips being quite 

 distinct, though the latter are somewhat displaced. There are also four 

 normal petals and two dorsal sepals, but the lateral sepals are dis- 

 organized, there being three instead of four. It occurs at the apex of the 

 spike, and the two other flowers are normal. It is a good, brightly- 

 coloured form, and was purchased about a year ago. 



The hybrid described at page 317 as Lselio-cattleya X Ascania should 

 have been called Hon. Mrs. Astor (Gaskelliana X xanthina). L.-c. X 

 Ascania was derived from L. xanthina X C. Trianae. The mistake arose 

 through a slip of the memory. 



CYMBIDIUM x GAMMIEANUM. 



It is interesting to note that another plant of Cymbidium X Gammieanum 

 has appeared. A few Cymbidiums were obtained for the Kew collection 

 from Dr. Martin, of Ealing, who it is believed had obtained them from a 

 relative in Sikkim. Two on flowering proved to be C. longifolium, but a 

 third, supposed to be C. elegans, proves to be the above named natural 

 hybrid. It is most like C. elegans in habit, but the inflorescence is more 

 lax, and bears twenty-one flowers, which are rather larger, the segments 

 rather more spreading, and the lip prettily spotted with brown, C. 

 longifolium is the other parent. The history of this interesting natural 

 hybrid has already been given (vol. viii, p. 107). R. A. Rolfe. 



ORCHID PORTRAITS. 



Cattleya X Iris.— Gard. Mag., 1902, 639, 651, with fig. 

 C. Mendelii (in leaf-mould). — Garden, 1902, lxii, p. 289, with fig. 

 Cypripedium X Mrs. F. Hardy.— Journ. Hort., 1902, xlv, p. 305, 

 nth fig. 



Cyrtopodium punctatum, Lindl. — Gartenflora, 1902, pp. 505-507, 

 1503, fig. 107, 108. 

 Epidendrum X Cvco.—Amer. Gard., xxiii, p. 670, fig. 138. 



