76 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
and of the reciprocal cross (E. radicans ?); also from E. radicans 
pollen on a Cuban Epidendrum allied to E. nutans. 
Mr. Orpet, of South Lancaster, Mass., kindly sent me seeds of E. x 
O’Brienianum X elongatum, which yielded many plants, and from E. x 
O’Brienianum pollen sent by him I got good seeds on E. cinnabarinum, 
but lost the plants subsequently. Mr. Orpet also sent me seeds of 
Cattleya amethystoglossa x E. X O’Brienianum, from which I have a few 
plants, and I raised seeds of the same Cattleya crossed with E. radicans— 
of this cross two plants remain alive. 
Moreover, the Cuban Epidendrum mentioned above, has yielded several 
plants, as the result of crossing with Cattleya Skinneri; crossed with 
Schomburgkia undulata pollen, the seeds germinated, but died before 
making much progress. 
I have also this year several plants of Schomburgkia undulata x E. 
radicans ; of C. Bowringiana x E. cochleatum and of E. nocturnum x 
E. osmanthum and cucullatum (mixed pollen). 
Plantings of four or five other Epidendrum crosses, on C. Bowringiana 
2, &c., have yielded one or two plants each, but there is more or less 
doubt whether the growing seeds may not have been accidental intruders, 
and I will not list them till they show their character. 
Of three plants of C. Bowringiana X E. osmanthum (Godseffianum), 
now over two years old, two are broad-leaved like Cattleyas, and the third 
narrow-leaved and with a pear-shaped bulb, like the Epidendrum parent. 
A year ago, I had seed from the intercrossing of two interesting varieties 
of Dendrobium Phalzenopsis, both parents having a purple, bearded line on 
each petal, the bearding being like that within the lip of the flower. Two 
plants were obtained from the seed, one of which is still alive and vigorous, ; 
and among thé mixed seedlings of that year are several more exactly like 
this little D. Phalenopsis. If the parental peculiarity can be intensified, it 
will give a variety analogous to D. nobile Cooksonianum. 
; iy L. MEAD. 
Oviedo, Florida, U.S.A. seastgng 
February tst, 1899. 
HYBRIDISATION AND NATURAL HYBRIDS. 
[IN the issue of Le Jardin for February 2oth (Pp. 54) we notice some remarks 
- Speaking of certain hybrids 
terest, as affording valuable indications of 
tids. He then proceeds as follows :— 
