360 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
it ought to prove a fine thing. Both parents are popular autumn-flowering 
species of easy culture, the Lelia bearing normally several, and the other 
many flowers, from which it is evident that the hybrid has not yet nearly 
reached its full development. 
.LYCASTE X JANETA. 
This is an interesting and pretty hybrid raised in the collection of 
H. J. Ross, Esq., Florence, Italy, from Lycaste Skinneri @ and L. 
Rossiana ¢. The seen was sown four years ago, and one of the plants, 
though still small, has produced a first flower, which is kindly sent. It is 
quite intermediate in size and shape between the parents, though the 
colour is rather different from what might have been anticipated. The 
sepals and petals are greenish yellow, densely and minutely spotted with 
‘brown, the spots being more or less suffused except near the margin; 
petals yellow, dotted with red-brown on the lower half; lip with the 
reflexed front lobe yellow; the rest, including the small crest, densely 
spotted with red-brown, and the base of the column deep red purple. The 
character of L. Skinneri is so little in evidence that it is doubtful if its 
origin would have been guessed, but this may be more apparent as the 
plant becomes strong. It is dedicated to Mrs. Janet Ross, who shares her 
husband’s love for Orchids, and of whose skill as an artist we have had 
evidence on several occasions. 
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WILD ORCHISES IN THE GARDEN. 
In a lecture entitled ‘Wild Flowers in the Garden,” delivered by 
Mr. George Bunyard, V.M.H., at a recent meeting at the Horticultural 
Club, reference was made to the suitability of certain wild plants for 
planting in woodland drives, and similar places where the grass is not kept 
short by close mowing, and the following allusion to the wild Orchises was 
made :—“ In summer the wild Orchises give us both striking flowers and 
interesting species for massing in special positions. O. mascula and its 
numerous varieties are good, and I have seen O. maculata in Scotland 
called O. magnifica, which was specially grand. The Butterfly Orchis 
(Habenaria) with its elegant spikes of pale scented primrose flowers, 
delights ina shady nook. The Tway-blade, the Man Orchis, and the less 
common O,. fusca, O. pyramidalis, while Orphys apifera, O. muscifera, and 
Orchis latifolia are worth close inspection, and for shady places the 
Epipactis are well worth prepared stations in the garden, affording them 
leaf-soil, chalk, or sandy loam, as required. 
—_—He 
