35 6 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Good results have already been attained in crossing and raising Odonto- 

 glossums, some of the resultants having now nearly attained flowering size, 

 while in various stages, chiefly in plants two to four inches in height, are 

 some six hundred nice little plants of hybrid Odontoglossums, whose 

 records suggest that they should turn out well. Among the crosses are 

 O. Uro-Skinneri X O. Harryanum, O. crispum X O. Vuylstekeanum, 

 O.crispum X O. cordatum, and others, in which the fine O. X Wilckeanum 

 Stevensii has been used on various species. 



" The seedlings are raised in several ways, and seemingly with equal 

 facility. Some are coming up on the pots of the parent plants, others in 

 pans of prepared peat, and a yet greater number on calico, the surface of 

 which is rendered convex by a pad of sphagnum moss, the whole fitting 

 about an inch below the rim on the inside of the flower-pot. Spraying as 

 a means of keeping them moist is frequently done, and the sprayer is much 

 in use on all classes of Orchids." 



A further note refers to " a promising cross between a fine Miltonia 

 vexillaria and M. vexillaria Leopoldi, which should produce a new form of 

 M. X Bleuana," but it seems probable that " M. vexillaria " should read 

 " M. Roezlii," that species being one parent of the original M. X Bleuana. 

 It is extremely satisfactory to find that such substantial progress is being 

 made with this beautiful group of Orchids. 



ORCHIDS FROM WESTONBIRT. 



A remarkable series of flowers sent from the collection of Captain Hol- 

 ford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, by Mr. Alexander, shows the great value of the 

 genus Paphiopedilum for autumn and winter flowering. P. insigne is re- 

 presented by thirty-two different forms, including both the yellow and 

 spotted varieties. The former are P. i. Sanderse, Sanderianum, Luciani, 

 lucidum, Ethel, Dorothy, and citrinum, no two being alike. Of the spotted 

 forms may be mentioned Harefield Hall variety, the giant of the series, 

 Holfordianum, smaller and less spotted, but otherwise approaching it, 

 Dormanii, punctato-violaceum, marginatum, and magnificum. There are 

 several other named forms, and those without varietal names show much 

 variation in the shape of the dorsal sepal, and the size and number of the 

 spots. One large and striking form has the spots small and more or less 

 confluent, being almost reduced to a brown suffusion towards the base, 

 P. X Leeanum is represented by twelve very fine forms, the more distinct 

 being giganteum, Albertianum, superbum, and magnificum. Here also is 

 seen a large amount of variation in the amount of spotting on the dorsal sepaL 

 The remaining forms are P. Spicerianum, P. Charlesworthii magnificum, 

 P. X Buchanianum, P. X Arthurianum, P. X Niobe magnificum, P. X 



