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others they are absent. So vigorous and floriferous a plant is likely to be 
quickly taken in hand by the hybridist, when it may be expected to yield 
some distinct and beautiful forms. It is a decided acquisition to the 
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THE HYBRIDIST. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X LOUIS. 
THIS is a large and very pretty hybrid which has recently flowered in the 
collection of R. le Doux, Esq., Marlfield, West Derby, though, unfortunately, 
there is a little doubt about its parentage. It has a rounded dorsal sepal 
over two inches broad, with rows of purple-brown dots at the base and 
centre, the nerves at the side being light purple, and the margin white. 
The petals are two and a half inches long by three-quarters of an. inch 
broad, suffused with purple, the veins slightly darker, and a few small 
brown spots near the base. The lip is much like C. insigne, but rather 
more purple in front, and the staminode has the characteristic tubercle of 
that species. It is much larger than C. x Ashburtoniz, to which it bears 
a considerable resemblance. A similar form has also flowered in the 
collection of W. Vanner, Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst, possibly from 
the same parentage —a brightly coloured and equally attractive form. 
A cross between C. x Leeanum and C. x Ashburtoniz should yield 
such a hybrid, as the parentage would then be C. insigne }, C. barbatum }, 
and C, Spicerianum }. The two former are easily traced, and the influence 
of the latter would account for the white margin of the dorsal sepal, and 
also for the fact that the median purple band extends to the apex, though 
it is much narrower than in C. x Leeanum. It is not C. x Leone (insigne 
Chantini 2 x callosum %), and this increases the probability of the C. x 
Leeanum parentage, and accounts for the preponderance of C. insigne 
characters. The doubtful point will probably be solved before long by the 
flowering of a hybrid known to have originated from this particular cross. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X HENRY GRAVES. 
A fine hybrid derived from C. Lawrenceanum® and C. x Marshallianum/?, . 
and somewhat resembling a large C. bellatulum. The leaves are oval-oblong, 
light green with deep green hieroglyphic markings, and the scape eight 
to twelve inches high and 1- to 2-flowered. The flowers expand over four 
inches, and the dorsal sepal is concave, broadly ovate, pale greenish yellow, 
suffused with vinous purple near the margin, reticulated with pale green, and 
occasionally dotted with chocolate-purple. The petals are oblong, ciliate, 
suffused with vinous purple over the entire surface, spotted with chocolate- 
purple, and obscurely veined with light green. The lip is oval, slightly 
compressed, green-yellow, suffused with vinous brown in front, the small 
