18 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
have a special interest, for it is sometimes possible not only to include 
closely allied hybrids which flower at the same time, but also one or both 
parents, and as all are necessarily represented upon precisely the same 
scale, they can be much better compared than when taken under varying 
conditions. Miss Wrigley must be complimented both upon her artistic 
arrangement of the group, and on the clearness with which the details of 
each flower are brought out. The flowers are represented slightly under a 
third natural size, the dorsal sepal of P. xX Minos, here shown as 3-inch 
broad, being exactly 22 inches in the living flower. 
P. X LEEANUM GIGANTEUM (fig. 1) is represented by the four uppermost 
flowers, and is the finest form known of this beautiful hybrid. It was raised 
by Messrs. Heath and Son, of Cheltenham, from P. Spicerianum ¢ and a 
fine form of P. insigne, and first flowered in the autumn of 1890. It has 
fewer purple spots on the dorsal sepal than many other forms, and these 
are chiefly arranged along the median line. 
P. INSIGNE ERNEsTII (fig. 2) is seen in the next flower to the right. It 
differs slightly from P. i. Sanderz (beneath it) in shape, the dorsal sepal 
being rather rounder, and the yellow area bears some indistinct spots which 
are absent from the other. The petals also are more distinctly reticulated, 
though in other respects it comes very near to the variety Sander. It 
first appeared in the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq., of Camberwell, 
and was described at page 362 of our first volume. 
P. SPICERIANUM MAGNIFICUM (fig. 3) appears on the left of the lower 
row of flowers, and is a fine variety of the species, which Mr. Wrigley 
remarks is the finest which he has seen. This species has been a most 
popular one with hybridists, and it is interesting to note that it was the 
seed parent of three of the hybrids here figured: P. X Leeanum giganteum 
(fig. 1), P. x Tityus (fig. 4), and P. X Minos (fig. 6). 
P. X Tityus (fig. 4), which comes next, is a very beautiful secondary 
hybrid, which was raised by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons from 
P. Spicerianum ¢? and P. X cenanthum superbum 2, and first flowered in 
the autumn of 1892. Its parentage is therefore rather complex, and an 
analysis shows Spicerianum 4, insigne 4, and villosum and barbatum each 4. 
P. X ARTHURIANUM (fig. 5), which occupies the centre of the lower 
row, is one of Messrs. Veitch’s early hybrids, and owes its origin to the 
intercrossing of P. insigne ¢ and the rare P. Fairrieanum ¢, a single 
seedling only being obtained, which flowered in the autumn of 1874. It is 
unmistakably intermediate between its parents, and though not brilliant in 
colour, the shape and markings are very elegant. It is one of the parents 
of the succeeding hybrid. It was figured at page 305 of our first volume. 
P. X Minos (fig. 6) comes next, and was also raised by Messrs. Veitch, — 
the parents being P, Spicerianum ¢ and P. x Arthurianum 3. It 
