14 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
Pap UM X Eos. 
Tus is a very charming little hybrid, raised in the collection of W. M. 
Appleton, Esq., Tyn-y-Coed, Weston-super-Mare, between Paphiopedilum 
niveum ? aud P. Charlesworthii ¢. Mr. Appleton states that the seed 
was sown in August, 1896, and that the plant, which has just flowered, is 
quite small, and intermediate in character between the parents. The 
flower sent is most like the seed parent in shape, having broad and short 
elliptical-oblong petals, and the characteristic lip and staminode, but in 
colour the influence of P. Charlesworthii altogether preponderates. The 
dorsal sepal is of a very pleasing shade of rose-purple, somewhat 
marbled with white between the nerves, and the petals have much of 
the same colour, which also comes out onthe front of the lip. The 
dorsal sepal at present measures 14 inches across, and the extension of the 
petals is three inches. It is a dainty little gem, and Mr. Appleton must be 
complimented on raising such a promising little plant, which seems to com- 
bine the best qualities of both parents. It is interesting to find that P. 
Charlesworthii imparts so much of its beautiful colour to its hybrids. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X CARDOSOANUM is a handsome hybrid raised by M. 
Peeters, of Brussels, from P. barbatum Warneri ? and P. xX Leeanum 
Albertianum g. Four quite dissimilar forms raised by Mr. C. C. Hurst, 
F.L.S., of Hinckley, from P. X Leeanum superbum ¢ and P. barbatum 
Warneri 3 show well the great amount of variation in secondary hybrids. 
The darkest has the dorsal sepal richly coloured almost to the apex; a 
second has more white, with purple nerves extending almost to the apex; a 
third is altogether paler in colour, with much more white ; while the fourth 
has the dorsal sepal green at the base, and the remainder white except a 
few short purple nerves where the two colours join, and a broad, dark, 
medium band approaching that seen in P. Spicerianum. It is an inter- 
esting case of variation, and an example of the opportunity which such 
plants afford for the selection of desired characters. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X ApRasTus.—Mr. Hurst also sends four forms of P. 
x Adrastus, raised by him from the same capsule, the parents being P. x 
Leeanum superbum ? and P. Boxallii ¢. These also furnish a remark- 
able example of dissociation of character. One is a really fine form, good 
both in shape and colour, approaching the one known as P. X A. Hurstii. 
The dorsal sepal is marbled with brown, except for a clear green apex and 
a narrow white margin; while another form has sharply defined blotches 
throughout, and the green is absent from the upper third of the same organ. 
The third has only a trace of green near the base, and the fourth is more 
