es THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
DENDROBIUMS AT CHELTENHAM. 
Last month (p. 53) we gave an account of the method of culture 
employed for Dendrobiums by Mr. J. Cypher, of Cheltenham, who is one 
of our most successful growers, and now we have received a box of flowers 
showing the results. Of course, there is nothing novel about the treatment, 
which is practically that followed by all good cultivators, but Mr. Cypher 
makes a speciality of the genus and understands those multitudinous little 
details, attention to which often makes all the difference between success 
and failure. And although many Dendrobiums are accommodating enough, 
there can be little doubt that their requirements can be better looked after 
in houses specially devoted to them than in a mixed collection of Orchids. 
Ten different kinds are sent. First we may note the very charming and 
fragrant D. aureum and its paler unscented variety philippinense, which 
should be in every collection, as well as the superb hybrids D. x Leechi- 
anum and D. x splendidissimum, which, strictly speaking, are varieties of 
D. x Ainsworthii, all having been derived from D. aureum and D. nobile. 
A raceme of D. x crassinodi-Wardianum sent is from a bulb two feet long, 
while its pretty white variety album is analogous with D. Wardianum 
candidum in colour, though the shape and small blotch on the disc are 
those of the hybrid. The history of this hybrid has been given in these 
pages, and it was figured at p. 177 of the last volume, together with its two 
parents. Two fine forms of D. crassinode are enclosed, one being the 
brilliantly coloured variety Barberianum, and the other a larger but rather 
paler form. D. crepidatum is a very pretty form, its orange-coloured lip 
contrasting effectively with the blush white sepals and petals. This species 
is sometimes disappointing, as some forms are self-fertilising, and the 
flowers do not open properly. Lastly may be mentioned a bunch of that 
chaste and fragrant little hybrid D. x euosmum, in which the good qualities 
of D. japonicum, aureum, and nobile are combined, all three being con- 
cerned in its parentage. Mr. Cypher’s houses must be a picture of loveli- 
ness at this season. 
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CYPRIPEDIUM x MONS. DE CURTE. 
Four hybrids between Cypripedium Boxallii and C. insigne have been 
raised, and a different name has been imposed in each case, though all are 
simply forms of one hybrid, but we are not sure which is the original 
one. C. x sibyrolense and C. x Madame de Curte have both the parentage 
just mentioned; C. x Schlesingerianum had C. i. Maulei for one parent, 
which in C. x Mons. de Curte was replaced by C. i. Chantinii. Which is 
the original one of these we are not quite sure. A fifth hybrid must now be 
added to the list, raised from C. i. punctato-violaceum and C. Boxallii 
