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A fine example of the beautiful Phaio-calanthe X grandis is sent from 
the collection of N. C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne. It has 
rose-pink sepals and petals, and a light yellow lip with three red-purple 
stripes at the base. Its parents are Phaius grandifolius @ and Calanthe x 
Bryan ¢, and it seems to vary considerably in colour. A noble example of 
the Oakwood variety of Paphiopedilum Xx Calypso is also sent. 
A flower of the very beautiful Odontoglossum crispum Queen Empress, 
to which a First-class Certificate was given by the R. H. S. on March 12th, 
is sent from the collection of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, 
by Mr. Stevens. The sepals. are over an inch, and the petals 1g inches 
broad, and of a beautiful rose-pink, with the lip nearly white, and 
unspotted. It is a very charming form. 
A very handsome Lzlio-cattleya is sent from the collection of the Right 
Hon. J. Chamberlain, o.p., Highbury, Birmingham, by Mr. Mackay, 
which, we think, may be a form of L.-c. x Cappei. It was purchased as a 
hybrid between L. cinnabarina and C. Aclandiz, but the second parent was 
evidently a member of the labiata group, apparently C. Warscewiczii. A 
very brightly coloured form of D. nobile is also sent, which was purchased 
as a hybrid with an impossible parentage. 
A flower of the superb Paphiopedilum = nitens magnificum is sent from 
the collection of W. G. Groves, Esq., of Windermere. It is the finest form 
of this hybrid which we have seen. 
A flower of Lycaste lasioglossa is also sent from the same collection. 
It flowered out a little batch of half a dozen imported Lycaste Skinneri 
purchased three years ago. Plants in the collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., of 
Florence, and H. G. Aggs, Esq., of Dorking, appeared under similar 
circumstances, and we believe that most of the plants in cultivation have 
been introduced accidentally. 
The remarkable whip-like Dendrobium teretifolium is also flowering 
well in Mr. Groves’ collection, and is very well compared with Scuticaria 
Steelii in its habit of growth. 
Flowers of Lelia Cowani, L. cinnabarina and L. flava are sent from 
the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, by Mr. 
White, who points out how exactly intermediate the first-named is between 
the other two, both in colour and other details. The history of the plant 
was given in our last volume (pp. 78, 122). Mr. White should cross the 
two latter together, and note the result. “ 
