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appears in a catalogue of Messrs. Sander & Co., and C. x Wendland- 
ianum from C. X vernixium ¢ and C. xX Harrisianum 3, in one issued 
by Messrs. Charlesworth. 
REGINALD YOUNG, 
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CYPRIPEDIUM x SIAMENSE. 
WE note with pleasure that the experiment suggested at page 18 of our last 
issue, of proving the origin of this plant by crossing Cypripedium callosum 
and C. Appletonianum together, has been made in the collection of Reginald 
Young, Esq., of Sefton Park, Liverpool, and we shall await the result with 
great interest. Mr. Young, fortunately, had both species in flower, and at 
once made the experiment. 
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THE HYBRIDIST. 
L&LIO-CATTLEYA X GHISLAINLE. 
A photograph and coloured sketch of a very pretty and most interesting 
hybrid has been sent by M. A. Van Imschoot, of Mont-St.-Amand, Gand. 
It was obtained by crossing Lelia harpophylla with the pollen of Cattleya 
amethystoglossa, the seed being sown in 1889, producing a single plant 
only, which has now flowered. It distinctly combines the characters of the 
two parents, though the influence of the Lelia preponderates, especially in 
the vegetative organs. The pseudobulbs are much stouter than in the 
mother plant, and bear a single oblong leaf. The inflorescence at present 
is two-flowered. The sepals and petals are linear-lanceolate in shape, and 
cream-yellow in colour, with a few traces of minute rosy dots derived from 
C. amethystoglossa. The side lobes of the lip are closely wrapped round 
the column, and the front lobe spathulate-obovate, and veined with reddish- 
crimson from near the apex down into the throat, the ground colour being 
cream-yellow. The influence of the pollen parent is chiefly seen in the 
modification of the various organs and in the colour of the flower. It is a 
very promising thing, and will probably improve as the plant becomes 
stronger. 
CyYPRIPEDIUM X ORPHEUS VAR. YOUNGIANUM. 
A fine flower of a hybrid Cypripedium derived from C. callosum ¢ 
and C. venustum g has been received from the collection of Reginald 
Young, Esq., of Sefton Park, Liverpool. It is the reverse cross of the one 
called C. X Orpheus, which was raised by Messrs. Sander, but is 
sufficiently distinct to deserve a varietal name. The dorsal sepal is broadly 
ovate-orbicular, nearly two inches long, and with about 19 to 2r light green 
nerves on a white ground. The petals are 2} inches long, nearly straight, 
