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2 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Cypripedium insigne giganteum, of which we have received a flower 
from the collection of E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, is an 
enormous form of this useful old species, presumably out of recent importa- 
tions. The dorsal sepal is over 2% inches in diameter, and the petals 
measure 5% inches from tip to tip, all the other parts being of corres- 
ponding development. In general character it somewhat approaches 
C. i. Chantini. 
An inflorescence of the beautiful Phalaenopsis amabilis has been sent 
from the collection of F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, 
showing how effective it is as a winter-blooming Orchid, in localities where 
fogs are not prevalent enough to destroy them. Good flowers of Cypri- 
pedium x Leeanum, C. X Mrs. Canham, and Lelia anceps are also sent. 
A flower of Odontoglossum apterum candidulum has been sent from 
the collection of J. Wilson Potter, Esq., of Croydon. It is a very beautiful 
albino, which was formerly known as O. nebulosum candidulum, the older 
specific name having been lost sight of. 
A very pretty form of Odontoglossum crispum, called O. c. ashlandense, 
has been sent from the collection of R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, New- 
church, near Manchester, in which the flowers are blotched all over 
with claret-coloured spots. They are of good form, but rather small at 
present, being from a weak plant. Curiously enough, in the flowers on one 
side of the spike the spots show a tendency to run, but not on the other, 
giving a different appearance to the two. 
An inflorescence of the remarkable Epidendrum x Wallisio-ciliare has 
been sent by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea. It was 
described at page 14 of our third volume. It seems a confirmed. winter 
flowerer, and thus will prove very useful. The inflorescence has now four 
flowers. , 
A nearly white form of Lycaste Skinneri has been sent from the 
collection of W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., of Hessle. The lower half of each 
petal, however, is stained with light pink, and a trace of the same appears 
on the base of the lip. | Thus it approaches the variety armeniaca. 
A box of seasonable flowers from Messrs. B. Hurst & Son, Burbage 
Nurseries, Hinckley, contains a very good form of Cypripedium xX 
Rossianum, in which the characters of C. barbatum and C. tonsum are very 
clearly blended. The others are forms of C. insigne and C. xX nitens, 
Lelia anceps, and the pretty little L. albida. 
