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are enumerated under the wrong heading, while Cattleya velutina and C, 
Batalinii should certainly not be included among natural hybrids. A final 
revision would have much increased its usefulness. 
A two-flowered raceme of Galeandra Devoniana, the finest of the genus, 
comes from the collection of John W. Arkle, Esq., Holly Mount, West 
Derby, Liverpool. It was sent from the Rio Negro district, Brazil, and 
has flowered both last year and this. Mr. Arkle’s experience with it, how- 
ever, is like that of most people, namely, that it does not seem to thrive 
very well, and we should be glad to hear if any correspondent has succeeded in 
overcoming this difficulty. It requires warm treatment, and should evidently 
be grown with Cattleya superba and C. Eldorado, with which it is some- 
times imported. Schomburgk speaks of the stems as sometimes from five 
to six feet high. | 
A rather pretty form of Cattleya intermedia comes from the collection 
of R. H. Measures, Esq., The Woodlands, Streatham, with blush-white 
flowers, and the front lobe of the lip stained with light rosy purple. It 
approaches the variety pallida, but we are not sure if it is one of the named 
varieties. | 
Three two-flowered racemes of the pretty little Cypripedium niveum, all 
borne by the same plant, have been sent by O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge 
Hall, Bury.. Whether this indicates more than strength on the part of the 
plant is uncertain, but Mr. Wrigley has been informed that Messrs. Hugh Low 
& Co. have had seven double-flowered racemes from the same importation, 
and one raceme bearing three blooms. A _ well-marked flower of C. 
Godefroyz leucochilum is also enclosed. 
A very pretty form of Odontoglossum crispum comes from R. le Doux, 
Esq., Marlfield, West Derby, Liverpool, in which the sepals and petals are 
white, but the lip strongly marked with cinnamon on the sides and front. of 
the yellow disc, giving it a very striking appearance. We have seen a 
similar form before, and it maybe one of the legion of named varieties. 
The remarkable Cycnoches Rossianum has again flowered in the 
collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, producing a very long pendulous 
raceme, over a yard long, with seventeen male flowers, which are not inaptly 
likened to a lot of monkeys running up a rope. A few years ago it may be 
remembered that this plant, which is believed to be the only one in cultiva- 
tion, also produced the very different female flower. 
Mr. Ross also alludes to the effect of the great earthquake of May 18th 
last on his collection of Orchids. The houses presented an extraordinary 
spectacle, hundreds of pots having been thrown down, the pathways being 
