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Crown lands where these plants are to be found. These remarks apply not 
only to Oncidium Lanceanum, but also to O. Papilio and Diacriun bicor- 
nutum, for the same custom of clearing land obtains all over the island. 
aed, FATTER, 
Trinidad, B.W.1. 
[We fear that the extension of cultivation’ generally is responsible for 
much mischief of this kind, and recall Gardner’s remarks on the destruction 
of Cattleya labiata in the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, as given at page 
330 of our first volume. With the exception, perhaps, of a few popular 
species, for which there is a constant demand, it is doubtful if the ‘‘ raids 
of the collector” effect so much permanent mischief as is sometimes 
supposed.—Ep.] 
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THE HYBRIDIST. 
SOBRALIA X AMESIANA. 
We have now another magnificent hybrid Sobralia to record, of 
which a flower has been sent by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. 
It was derived from S. xantholeuca ? and S. Wilsoni ¢, the latter being a 
rare species which was described a few years ago (Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 
1890, ii. p. 378), of which very little is yet known. Messrs. Sander’s 
novelty has the size and much of the shape of the seed parent; but the 
colour is a beautiful light rosy-lilac, being rather darker on the front lobe of 
the lip, which measures two and three-quarter inches broad. The throat is 
bright yellow. It received a First-class Certificate at the recent Man- 
_ chester Show, as will be seen by our report. It is undoubtedly a great 
acquisition, and possesses all the good qualities of S. xantholeuca, with a 
very different colouring. 
MASDEVALLIA X_ LEDA. 
This is a very pretty hybrid raised by Captain Hincks, Terrace House, 
Richmond, Yorks., from M. Estrade @ and M. Arminii 3, of which we 
have received a photograph, together with the two flowers now produced. 
The seed was sown in October, 1890. The flower has much of the shape 
of the mother plant, while the colour is much nearer that of the pollen 
parent, both being somewhat modified, and especially the shape. The 
flowers are open, the dorsal sepal being concave, and like the broad lateral 
sepals almost uniformily suffused with light purple. The tails are 14 inches 
long and greenish yellow. The lip is somewhat pandurate in shape, Hlac 
with many minute dots and with a blackish callus at the apex. It is an 
interesting addition to the series already raised by Captain Hincks, all of 
which have been noted in our pages. 
