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Paphiopedium X Chamber-Leeanum (O. R., vi, p. 168); Cypripedium xX 
Leeano-Chamberlainianum (Le Jard., Feb. 5, 1899, p. 39) ; and C. X Maria 
(.c., Feb. 20, p. 64). Surely some of this repetition might be avoided. 
A letter from Mr. F. J. Le Moyne, of Chicago, on the Cypripedium 
question is, unfortunately, too long for insertion in full, but the following 
extracts will show the substance of his remarks :—Probably nearly all 
growers welcome the division of this group Cypripediee into the four 
genera which we have begun to use, but is it advisable to change the 
name of three of them by the addition of an “1” in order to make it 
agree with the fourth which had the “1” in it from the first? Why not 
go along the line of least resistance, and drop the ‘‘1” in the latter case ? 
And must we, in future, speak about the Cypripedilee? If so, how about 
our text books? And is it intended to correct the spelling of all names 
of Orchids that may be philologically wrong ? 
I may begin my reply by an expression of satisfaction that we are in 
agreement on two points, namely, the convenience of the division of the 
group into four genera, and the desirability of the uniformity of spelling, for 
some do not admit the former, and rigid adherents of the law of priority 
object to the latter, and these will not allow the omission of the ‘‘1’’ from 
Paphiopedilum. As for Cypripedileze, Pfitzer has used it from the first, and 
as we all call these plants ‘‘ Slipper Orchids ” in popular parlance, I do not 
see why there should be anything irrational in using the correct equivalent. 
I do not think that there are many names which require amendment in 
spelling, but most adherents of the law of priority permit the correction of 
an obvious mistake. The text-book objection would apply to all changes 
whatever, and need not be noticed further. 
Things are certainly in a transition state at present, and my own 
impression on the matter is that the quickest way out of the difficulty will 
be to adopt the new nomenclature as quickly as possible. It can hardly 
remain long where it is now, and if those who are convinced that the new 
views are not so much irrational as temporarily inconvenient will set the 
example, we may again attain something like uniformity. 
ARGUS. 
VANDA x CHARLESWORTHII. 
ANOTHER very interesting form of Vanda X Charlesworthii has appeared ; 
this time in the establishment of Herr Carl Lackner, of Steglitz, near 
Berlin. It was imported some years ago with V. coerulea, from Upper 
Burma, which it much resembles except in the flowers, which are very 
