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the two species, while in a shady dell near the ferns are several plants of 
the handsome Cypripedium Regine, which succeeds well here. Some of 
the Orchises are from self-sown seeds, the plants appearing here and there 
among dwarf things which prevent the surface from being disturbed. 
ODONTOGLOSSUMS FROM STREATHAM. 
Some beautiful seedling Odontoglossums and Odontiodas are sent from the 
collection of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Black). 
Odontioda Cecilia (C. Neetzliana x O. X Wiganianum) is a very richly- 
coloured hybrid, now flowering for the first time. The flower measures 
1} inches across, and the sepals and petals are rich orange-red, while the 
lip is yellow, with a reddish margin, a large red blotch in front of the yellow 
crest, and numerous red markings on each side. It is described as a tiny 
plant, flowering on the first bulb, and with a thread-like spike, so that it 
gives no idea of what the size may be when the plant becomes strong. O. 
chelseiensis (C. vulcanica < O. crispum blotched) is a richly-coloured form 
of this pretty hybrid, the bright rose-purple colour being suffused through 
the greater part of the sepals and petals, while the side lobes of the lip are 
margined with brownish red, and there is a large blotch of the same colour 
in front of the crest. Odontoglossum x Clytie (Edwardii x Pescatorei) is 
represented by three flowers from three different plants, all different in the 
details of the colour and markings, and all very charming. They are heavily 
blotched with dark violet-purple on a lilac-coloured ground. O. X tigrinum 
(Harryanum x Fascinator) is a very large and handsome flower, measuring 
3% inches from tip to tip of the petals, the colour of the sepals and petals 
being clear yellow heavily blotched with brown, and the lip yellowish white, 
closely spotted with brown on the lower half. O. x. Thwaitesii (Harryanum 
X ardentissimum) isa fine thing, with lilac ground colour, largely obliterated 
by large brown markings on the sepals, and purple markings on the petals, 
while the lip is white with a large violet-purple zone round the crest, and 
many elongated purple dots on the sides. The crest is deep yellow with 
many brown markings. O. x eximium (ardentissimum X crispum Boltoni) 
is a round flower with broad segments, very heavily blotched and suffused 
with rich red-purple, and the lip well blotched with red-brown. O. crispum 
chessingtonense, raised from a blotched crispum X c. Boltoni, has broad 
segments, with rosy ground colour, much red-purple blotching on the centre 
of the sepals and petals, and many red-brown blotches on the lip. All these 
were raised in the collection. The remaining flower is O. crispum plumosum 
in which the sepals are petal-like, all being broad, much crisped and white, 
with yellow crest-like markings on the inner halves of. the lateral sepals, 
while on the lip occur two or three small cinnamon spots in front of the 
crest. They form a very charming series. 
