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names at page 214, and it may be remembered that some time ago I 
proposed that all hybrids between Paphiopedilum barbatum and bellatulum 
shall be known by the amended name of P. X Richmanii. There is really 
no other way out of the difficulty ; if we are to secure uniformity and con- 
sistency in nomenclature we must insist upon the right of amending names 
which do not conform to the rules. 
The notes on Orchid-growing in India and Australia given in your last 
issue are interesting, and show how the taste for these beautiful plants is 
spreading, and how difficulties attendant upon local climate and circum- 
stances are overcome. The photograph of Lelia crispa at page 201 shows 
that this plant can be grown as well in Australia as in England, and perhaps 
as well as in its native home, if its requirements can be complied with, and 
of course this is the secret of all successful cultivation. 
The question of “‘ False Hybrids” crops up again at pages 215 and 223, 
and it would be interesting to know the secret of some of these apparent 
failures. Cattleya citrina has been successfully crossed with C. intermedia 
and with Lelio-cattleya x elegans, so that there does not appear to be any 
particular reason why it should not also cross with Lelia cinnabarina, and 
it would be interesting to try the cross again. The case of Calanthe x 
Veitchii producing seedlings identical with the yellow- and red-eyed 
forms of C. vestita seems inexplicable, and suggests the question whether 
some mistake may not have been made, especially as subsequent results 
have proved different. There are two or three other analagous cases, 
however, where such a suggestion does not seem possible, and I should 
like to-see the subject carefully investigated. 
Long ago I suggested that the case of Zygopetalum crossed with 
Odontoglossum should be carried further, by recrossing the “‘ False Hybrid” 
result with Odontoglossum, and it would be interesting to know if the 
experiment has been attempted. 
Cases of the prepotency of one parent are now familiar, a noteworthy 
example being Epiphronitis x Veitchii, where the influence of the 
Epidendrum parent has almost obliterated the characteristic habit and 
structure of the Sophronitis, and yet the latter was the seed-bearer. If the 
case of Zygopetalum crossed with Odontoglossum is due to the prepotency 
of one parent it would be interesting to try the effect of making the 
Odontoglossum the seed-bearer. The question should be cleared up. 
ARGUS. 
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