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strongly three-lobed lip has the front lobe and tips of the side 
lobes rose-purple, the remainder being nearly white. It is a variety 
of C. X Harrisii, and has probably not yet reached its full development. 
Cypripedium xX Ashburtoniz roseum is a very fine and richly-coloured 
variety, raised in the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury. 
The lip and petals are unusually dark, having taken the colour of C. 
barbatum very largely. 
A seedling from C. X superciliare ? and C. Hookere ¢ is also sent 
from the same collection, most resembling the latter, but lighter in colour, 
in which and other respects the influence of the seed parent is seen. It has 
probably not yet reached its full development. 
Two seedlings of C. X nitens are also enclosed. The cross was made 
in January, 1889, and five seedlings germinated, one of which flowered in 
December, 1895, and now two others have followed, so that they have taken 
six to seven years to reach the flowering stage, though very strong and healthy. 
A photograph of a very handsome form of C. insigne called Upland’s 
variety is also sent, the flower being perfect in shape, and the dorsal sepal 
2% inches across, with very dark spots. It was purchased when the Selly 
Hill collection was disposed of, and Mr. Winn is said to have considered it 
one of his best Cypripedes. 
A curious flower of Odontoglossum odoratum comes from the collection 
of Mrs. Holland, Wonham, Bampton, Devon, with seven sepals and petals, 
two lips, and two columns fused together side by side. The ovary is also 
somewhat flattened, and the example apparently consists of two flowers 
fused into one. 
An inflorescence of a richly-coloured form of Odontoglossum X Rucker- 
ianum has been sent from the collection of W. J. Thompson, Esq., Walton 
Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. The sepals are suffused with light rose, 
and bear two or three large irregular deep red-brown blotches, while the 
petals are nearly white, with several small spots. The lip also bears one 
large blotch in front and a small spot on either side of the crest. It is a 
very pretty form. 
A photograph and flower of Cypripedium insigne Youngiz is sent from 
the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, in which 
the dorsal sepal is not only very heavily blotched, but the petals bear 
numerous medium-sized spots along the nerves right to the summit, and the 
lower sepal is also spotted at the base. It was purchased with some twenty 
others at Messrs. Protheroe and Morris’ in 1890, and has not flowered until 
this year. It is very distinct and striking. 
