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replied: a form of C. x Vipani, derived from C. philippinense and C. 
niveum, and probably few of our readers who have seen that plant would 
object to the determination. But how to reconcile this with the above 
record is the question, for we fail to find the slightest trace of either C. 
insigne or Spicerianum in the hybrid, and the remark applies equally well | 
to barbatum, the reputed seed bearer. C. niveum, however, is largely 
represented, and we can only account for the resemblance to C. philippinense 
in the markings, the shape of the dorsal sepal, petals (including the twist), 
lip, and staminode by supposing that species to have been the other parent. 
It is too distinct from C. x Tautzianum for us to suggest that it may be a 
hybrid between C. barbatum and C. niveum. A comparison with a figure 
of the original C. x Vipani (Journ. of Hort., 1892, XXIV., pp. 420, "Ss 
fig. 73), however, shows the present one to be sufficiently distinct to merit 
a varietal name, as above suggested. A reproduction of a drawing of the 
entire plant is also enclosed, showing the leaves to be oblong, and slightly 
tesselated, and the scape rather more than twice as long as the petals, 
and solitary-flowered. Whatever the real explanation of the matter may 
be—and future experiments may throw some light on the question—our 
figure shows that a very pretty little plant has been produced. Those who 
wish to raise additional seedlings must judge for themselves which of the 
above crosses is most likely to produced the desired result. 
CURIOUS CYPRIPEDIUM SEEDLINGS. 
I SEE at Page 170 an account of Mr. Young’s curious experience with the cross 
Cypripedium callosum x C. x microchilum, and as you ask for the experience 
of others in this connection, I can tell you of Mr. George McWilliams, who 
is a neighbour of mine, crossing C. Spicerianum with the pollen of C. niveum, 
and getting all but one of the resulting plants true C. Spicerianum and the 
other a beautiful hybrid that was a true cross. I cannot at the moment of 
weak, not potent enough to impress itself upon all the resulting progeny, 
but sufficient to impregnate the flower and fill the ovules, the mother parent 
doing the rest. I trust this note may be of interest, as any data that bears 
upon this all-absorbing topic of hybridisation is of value, and may some day 
help us to elucidate some of the complex questions that puzzle us at the 
present time. 
South Lancaster, EY A. ORPET, 
Mass., U.S. A. 
