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CYMBIDIUM x MANTINII. 



On October 17th last the Manchester Orchid Society gave an Award of 

 Merit to a pretty hybrid Cymbidium, called C. X Holmesii, which had 

 been raised by Mr. W. Holmes, of Timperley, from C. Mastersii ? and C. 

 giganteum $ , but which, as pointed out at page 343, must rank as a 

 variety of C. X Mantinii. The original C. X Mantinii was raised by 

 M. G. Mantin, Olivet, France, from the reverse cross, and was exhibited at 

 Paris on February 24th, 1898. In the following year a plant from the same 



Fig. 37. Cymbidium X Mantinii. 

 parentage was exhibited at the International Exhibition at St. Petersburg, 

 also by M. Mantin, as C. X Caesaris Nicolai II, which, of course, becomes 

 a synonym of the earlier name. The annexed figure is reproduced from a 

 photograph kindly sent by Mr. Holmes, who remarks that the seed was 

 sown eight years ago. As will be seen from the figure, the plant has 

 retained much of the general character of C. Mastersii, but the influence of 

 C. giganteum is very apparent in the details and markings of the lip. 



