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Harrisoniana, and Mr. Mead states that he has had the same plant from 
several sources, both there and in England, under the same name, and they 
have all been alike, very light coloured, with a tinge of yellow on the lip. 
It is certainly C. Loddigesii, and it is very curious how the names of the 
two species should have been transposed in cultivation in the way they have 
been. Mr. Mead has other seedlings from the same pod which are not 
equally precocious, being of about average growth, and it will be interesting 
to know what the flowers are like when they appear. : 
R. A. ROLFE. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
EPIDENDRUM X_ BuRTONI. 
A VERY pretty hybrid Epidendrum was exhibited at the Drill Hall on 
February 14th, by F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, whose 
history is thus given by Mr. Burton. In March, 1895, plants of E. 
O’Brienianum and an orange-scarlet species, believed to be E. ibaguense, 
were in bloom in the collection, and were crossed together both ways. In 
the autumn the capsules ripened, the seeds were sown, and the young 
seedlings were observed to be coming up in the following June. The 
seedlings trom E. ibaguense are six in number, one of them being now in 
flower. Those from the reverse cross (E. X O’Brienianum as the mother) 
number about five dozen, and of these several are throwing up spikes. 
Of course all will be ranked as forms of the same hybrid. The scape, for 
which we are indebted to Mr. Burton, is about a foot long, and bears at its 
apex a short corymbose raceme of about twenty flowers, which are over an 
inch in diameter, and almost vermilion in colour, the lip being fringed much 
like that of E. x O’Brienianum. It will be interesting hereafter to note the 
range of colour in the different seedlings, for three species are represented 
in the cross. It would be interesting to see if Epiphronitis xX Veitchi 
would exercise a dwarfing influence on the Epidendrums of this group. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X OLGA BAGSHAWE. 
There isa richly coloured hybrid of good shape, raised in the collection 
of R. le Doux, Esq., Marlfield, West Derby, Liverpool, by Mr. Archer, 
from P. x cenanthum superbum @ X P. callosum ¢. The dorsal sepal 
is nearly orbicular, reddish purple in colour, with many much darker 
nerves and a narrow white margin. The petals are purple-brown, with a 
small light-green basal area, and several irregular somewhat confluent 
spots near it, a rather novel feature. The lip is neat in shape and dark 
purple brown in colour, and the staminode most like ¥. x cenanthum. 
Altogether it is a very promising seedling, and is sure to improve as it 
becomes stronger. 
