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posted up as they appear, in a thoroughly systematic way. The importance 
of such records can hardly be over-estimated, and we had great pleasure in 
looking through them. Mr. Young, as our readers are already aware, has 
adopted what has been termed the “new nomenclature,” in his collection, 
and our notes are made in accordance. 
Many species and hybrids were in flower at the time of our visit. In the 
Intermediate house we noted some fine forms of Paphiopedilum bellat- 
ulum, including the beautiful variety album, two fine flowers of P. xX 
Drurio-Hookerz, a really striking thing, P. Argus, barbatum, Boxallii, 
hirsutissimum, X Clotho, a light form of Appletonianum, and others, also 
good plants of Phragmipedilum x Sedeni candidulum and x leucorrhodum. 
As might be expected in such a collection, many fine seed-pods were 
developing, some of which will probably be heard of in the future. On 
many of the pots seeds had been sown, and it was interesting to see the 
tiny plants in various stages of germination. 
In the Warm house many good things were in flower, including P. 
Chamberlainianum, barbatum,; Lawrenceanum, X superciliare, X selligerum 
majus, Hookerz, Curtisii, x microchilum, ciliolare, niveum, X almum, and 
some others, together with Phragmipedilum x Dominianum, X grande, X 
Schroeder, and X nitidissimum, making a very nice show. Here also was 
plenty of evidence of the hybridisation experiments carried on, both in the 
shape of capsules, and the number of young seedlings appearing, a circum- 
stance which doubtless entails some embarrassment when repotting becomes 
necessary. : 
‘It would be impossible to indicate a tithe of the interesting crosses which 
have been made here, but a few of them may be mentioned. P. Lawrence- 
anum X Rothschildianum is represented by several good plants, quite 
intermediate in the foliage, and nearly of flowering size. Of P. Law- 
renceanum X Sanderianum there are a few good plants. P. x Lawrebel 
and X Richmanii are represented by promising seedlings. P. bellatulum 
x Volonteanum is a good plant, and very promising. Other good crosses 
are P. Chamberlainianum x Lathamianum, P. callosum Xx micranthum, 
P. X cenanthum x Youngianum—which should be interesting because 
containing five species in its ancestry—P. Charlesworthii xX cenanthum 
superbum, and the reverse cross, P. ciliolare X Rothschildianum, P. X 
cenanthum superbum x Crossianum, &c. We were interested to examine 
the curious seedlings obtained from P. barbatum X niveum which have 
several times been mentioned. One of them certainly shows the influence 
of P. niveum, but is a very “‘miffy” grower, but the rest look like P. 
barbatum almost unmodified, and one of them was in flower. Lastly may 
be mentioned the interesting seedlings from P. Appletonianum X callosum, 
which it is believed will prove the parentage of P. x siamense. 
