38 . THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
deservedly awarded a First-class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural 
Society, in February, 1874, on the occasion of its flowering for the first 
time. The seed was sown about seven years previously. It has since been 
recorded that plants of the same cross were raised by Mr. West, at the Fait 
field Nursery, near Manchester, at about the same time. : 
Immediately afterwards another genus was added to the list, when 
Chysis x Chelsoni flowered for the first time. It was raised by Mr. Seden, 
and its parentage is recorded as C. Limminghei ? x C. bracteseens @, though 
Reichenbach suggested C. levis as the pollen parent. It was awarded 
First-class Certificate. 
Lelia x flammea is a very interesting secondary hybrid, which also 
flowered in 1874. It was obtained by Mr. Seden, by crossing L. cinnaba 
rina with the pollen of L.x Pilcheri. Its flowers are much larger than those 
of the mother plant, and of a peculiar flame-colour, then quite unique 
though two or three other seedlings from L..cinnabarina have since beet 
raised which present the same peculiarity. a 
Zygopetalum x Sedeni, the first hybrid in the genus, also flowered for the 
first time during 1874. Its parents are stated to have been Z. Mackayi and 
Z. maxillare. It was dedicated to Mr. Seden, to whose assiduous efforts its 
existence was due. if 
Cypripedium x Arthurianum, which flowered in the autumn of this yeat 
was also raised in the Royal Exotic Nursery, from C. insigne crossed with | 
the pollen of C. Fairieanum. A single seedling only was obtained. The, 
plant was dedicated to the late Mr. Arthur Veitch. ‘The influence of 
pollen parent is much less marked than usual, being chiefly apparent in the 
undulate petals; it is nevertheless one of the most distinct hybrids yt 
raised, the shape and markings being exceedingly graceful. 
The three hybrids of 1875 were all Cypripediums, each of them decidel 
acquisitions as decorative garden plants. They were all raised by Mt 
Seden in the Royal Exotic Nursery. < 
Cypripedium x tessellatum was the result of crossing C. concolor - 
the pollen of C. barbatum. Its flowers are of a pale: buff-yellow heavily 
suffused with rose-purple and with some darker markings. ‘The coloratio? 
of this beautiful hybrid is quite unique in the genus, but its constitution ® 
much less vigorous than could be wished, a character evidently derived fro" 
the mother plant. : 
Cypripedium x euryandrum owes its descent to the crossing of : 
barbatum with the pollen of C. Stonei, and thus was the first member of the , 
group with racemose flowers. It is very distinct and handsome, and pre 
sents a combination of the characters of the parent species, though e 
influence of the pollen parent decidedly preponderates. It is notewortll 
that ‘of the seven hybrid Cypripediums hitherto raised, C. barbatum hat 
been one of the parents in no less than five. instances. J 
