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spike has O. Uroskinneri on a much smaller scale, opening one or two 
blooms at a time, but the bracts and buds are different. Finally, the plant 
—its leaves and bulbs are smaller and more delicate than those of O. 
Uroskinneri, hence the evidence is here for Rossii parentage, the leaf joins 
the bulb rather peculiarly, and the bulbs are more elongated and less spotted 
than O. Uroskinneri. Which was the father ? ” 
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CYPRIPEDIUM x BURFORDIENSE. 
At the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting on October 27th a fine hybrid 
Cypripedium was exhibited from the collection of Walter C. Clarke, Esq., 
Orleans House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, whose parentage was somewhat 
doubtful. A coloured drawing of the same had previously been sent to us by 
Mr. Clarke, who wrote that it was purchased by him three or four years ago 
as a seedling with parentage “C. Argus Moensii x vexillarium,”’ but now 
that it had flowered he was doubtful about the second parent. After 
examining the plant as well as the drawing it is quite evident that one 
parent belonged to the racemose group, and on comparing them individually 
we are satisfied that it must have been C. philippinense, whose influence 
can be traced in numerous particulars. As to the seed parent, we have no 
hesitation in accepting the record as correct. This would make it a form 
of C. x burfordiense, a plant raised in the collection of Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, which we have not seen, but which is recorded as a supposed 
hybrid between C. Argus and C. philippinense (Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 
1888, iv., p. 724). If this is correct, C. X Bryani must be considered as a 
form of the same hybrid. This was raised in the collection of Norman C. 
Cookson, Esq., from C. philippinense ? and C. Argus g, and received an 
Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society on July 26th, 1892 
(Gard. Chron., 1892, xii., p- 138). It isa very handsome hybrid, and the 
plant exhibited by Mr. Clarke well combines the characters of the two 
parents. The leaves are longer and greener than in C. Argus, but with 
the characteristic markings, while the scape is tall, and has the 
marked racemose character of the other parent. The same influence is 
seen in the shape of the staminode and petals, which latter bear numerous 
large blotches, asin C. Argus. In other respects the flower is quite 
intermediate between the two parents, both in shape and colour, so that it 
is unnecessary to make a longer description. We would again impress 
upon our readers the importance of making careful records of all their 
crosses, as so many hybrids of mixed parentage are now appearing that it 
becomes increasingly difficult to make them out by comparison only, and 
these records will be important in the future, 
