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logues of the Trade, and the very few occasions on which any of them 
appear to have been exhibited, point to this conclusion. I am afraid that 
many of the seedlings die at a very early stage, and that the survivors take 
long to develop into good established plants capable of division. Notwith- 
standing these drawbacks, it seems to me that here is a field open to the 
amateur, well worthy of his best efforts. It will be readily admitted that 
this section of the Cypripedie contains some of the most beautiful at present 
known, while the possibility of raising others equally good is by no means 
exhausted. A moderate success would be ample compensation for the time 
and trouble expended in this interesting pursuit. 
An addition must be made to the record of C. X calloso-niveum 
(ante, vi., p. 363). This cross has again been recorded under the name of 
C. X Mrs. Edgar Cohen (G.C., 1898, xxiv., p. 203; O.R., vi., p. 317). It 
was derived from C. callosum ¢ and C. niveum ¢, and thus is the reverse 
cross to the original form, but, of course, only a variety of it. An error 
seems to have crept into the note in O.R., vi., 317, where C. X Mrs. 
Edgar Cohen is spoken of as a variety of C. X Winifred Hollington 
(probably taken from Hansen, p. 183), for the parentage of this latter hybrid 
was correctly given in an earlier volume (iii., p. 157), as C. ciliolare @ X 
niveum 3. , 
It seemed necessary to use the old name Cypripedium in this paper, as 
most of the records are under it. I hope, however, to see Paphiopedium 
and Phragmipedium more generally adopted—for both are evidently good 
and distinct genera—and this will probably be the case as they become 
more familiar, and new hybrids come to be recorded under these names. 
Liverpool. REGINALD YOUNG. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
come was again a fine display of Orchids at the Drill Hall, James Street, 
W , on December 13th, when the last meeting of the year was 
held. The tllewing members of the Orchid Committee were present :— 
H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, and Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), E 
Ashworth, H. Ballantine, T. W. Bond, H. J. Chapman, S. Courtauld, 
De B. Crawshay, T. B. Haywood, E. Hill, G. W. Law-Schofield, H. 
Little, H. M. Pollett, W. H. White, and W. H. Young. 
The President, Sir Trevor-Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 
W. H. White), staged a splendid group, with a frontage of about 25 feet, 
to which a Silver Flora Medal was awarded. The most important 
feature was the hybrid Calanthes, which included such handsome forms as 
C. X amabilis, pink with white centre, C. x bella, rose with white eye, 
