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Epidendrum radicans is a fine subject for the hybridist, and the large 
head of beautifully coloured blooms, flowering almost the whole year round, 
should prove of enormous value. The plant is a good seed-parent, and 
hardly ever fails in producing good seed. Epidendrum ciliare, despised by 
most Orchid growers and relegated to the rubbish heap, is worthy of a little 
more attention from the hands of the thoughtful operator; the flowers are 
greenish white with a fringed lip, deliciously scented, and can only be 
fertilised with success in the evening, when they begin to emit their 
fragrant perfume; a wrinkle given me by the late George Beddoes. A 
pretty and particularly interesting hybrid has been raised by Mr. Jolly, 
gardener to Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, between E. ciliare and Lelia 
anceps, and named Epilelia x Hardyana (Orch. Rev., II., p. 364). 
[E. X Wallisio-ciliare (J.c., III., p. 14), raised by Messrs. Veitch, is also a very 
promising hybrid.—Ep.] _Epidendrum aurantiacum, E. Cooperianum, and 
E. prismatocarpum are species which may prove successful combinations, 
and it is highly desirable that attention should be drawn to such beautiful 
coloured and free-flowering plants, not with a view of obtaining a great 
advantage at once, but for the stepping stone to something better, which is 
sure to follow ere long. 
The appearance of Cymbidium X eburneo-Lowianum and C. X 
Winnianum has stimulated the energy of the hybridist to improve the 
existing species, and no doubt there is any amount of scope. What a 
glorious cross will C. eburneum produce with C. Hookeri and C. 
Traceyanum, or Lowianum concolor with eburneum? Will the white and 
green flowers produce pure white progeny or revert? A very interesting 
question. Cymbidiums, as a rule, are good seed-bearers and germinate 
quickly, peat and loam seems to suit them admirably, though, as remarked 
previously, they are not very particular in the choice of their seed-beds, and 
require little attention. : 
Calanthes have produced some good useful progeny. The handsome 
Calanthe x Baron Schréder is, perhaps, the darkest and best known 
hybrid. Norman C. Cookson, Esq., has enriched our collections with several 
choice seedlings, such as Harold, Sybil, and Bryan, and Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co. exhibited recently C. xX albata (C. veratrifolia @? X C. X 
Cooksoni 3), the first successful cross between the evergreen and deciduous 
section of the genus. They appear to be very quick growing, reaching the 
flowering stage in comparatively short time; the seed should be sown on 
good fibrous loam mixed with a trifle of good peat and sand. 
Phaius seedlings grow under very similar conditions, and need only a 
little assistance when growing too thickly on the seed-beds. On several 
occasions I have seen Phaius seedlings as thick as the proverbial mustard 
and cress, and it appeared to me acase of the “survival of the fittest ” if aid 
