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In shape and size it is much like C. guttata, but in colour and ‘in the 
ample rounded side of the lip, and the shape of the front lobe, it is much 
nearer to C. Loddigesii. It would be interesting to know if any plants 
of the original C. x hybrida are still in existence. Some time ago it was 
reported as lost, but I have since heard of one example. It is evident, 
from the foregoing, that the plants varied in colour, some being more 
like the wild plant than the one figured. Considering that the two 
parent species grow together, it is surprising that it has not been recorded 
before. I have brought together the above records in the hope of clearing 
up the history of the plant. It would be interesting if someone would 
repeat the cross, and thus perhaps remove the last element of uncertainty 
‘in the matter. 
oA, 
ORCHIDS AT UXBRIDGE. 
A STRIKING feature about the numerous Orchid collections dotted here 
and there all over the country is that no two of them are ever precisely 
alike. Even where similar accommodation exists there is a diversity in 
their composition which is unequalled in any other class of plants. On 
looking round, one almost invariably finds certain features of special 
interest. It may be some rarity seldom seen before, ‘‘ picked up on the 
roots of some Cattleya,” or ‘‘ sent home by a friend in India,” a thriving 
example of some Orchid reputed to be a bad doer; some novel method of 
culture, or some curious experiment in. hybridising ; but the interest is the 
same. Then, perhaps, it occurs to you that so-and-so ought to be out 
just now, and you enquire about it, eliciting the reply ‘‘ we have a plant 
but we can’t do it,” or it may be ‘‘ we used to have it, but the fact is it 
won’t grow here.”” Your own plant, it may be, grows like a weed, and you 
impart a few “‘ wrinkles ” to your guide, taking it out in return by getting 
full particulars about something else which you have long been trying to 
coax into something like health. All of which shows that Orchid culture 
does not run in anything like a stereotyped groove. _ 
But we commenced with the intention of saying something about the 
collection of Orchids at Kent Lodge, Uxbridge, the residence of D. M. 
Grimsdale, Esq., a gentleman who takes great interest in their culture. 
Cool Orchids are first favourites, and the Odontoglossum house contains a 
representative collection, including a fine lot of the popular O. crispum. 
Several were in flower and others throwing up, the most striking among the 
former being a fine rosy form with very broad segments, and the lip nearly 
as broad as long, and handsomely marked; and a clear white variety with 
a cinnamon blotch and numerous small marginal dots on the lip. One 
