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small but healthy plants. A flower opened towards the end of August and 
lasted until the middle of November, it would no doubt have remained 
longer had it not been fertilised. It is remarkable that the flower should 
remain fresh for so long a time on so small a plant. This species has 
proved very useful for hybridisation purposes, as several beautiful hybrids 
have been obtained from it, viz.,C. x Arthurianum, C. x Niobe,andC. x H. 
Ballantine, raised by Mr. Seden for Messrs. Veitch, also the pretty C. x 
Juno raised by Mr. D. O. Drewitt. 
That new and beautiful species, C. Rothschildianum, has proved itself, 
when once established, a strong, free grower, and very floriferous. It will 
doubtless prove of great use to hybridists, in supplying them with a remark- 
ably distinct species upon which to work. There are here several strong 
plants bearing good plump capsules. All seedlings obtained from this 
source will be watched with the greatest interest. A few have already 
appeared here, and will be put into small pots as soon as possible. C. 
Lawrenceanum is the pollen parent. 
Another remarkable species is C. prestans, not often seen in flower. It 
is a very slow grower, taking from eighteen months to two years to complete 
a flowering growth. 
Cypripedium bellatulum, C. Godefroyz, C. niveum, and C. concolor are 
generally considered ‘“ miffy’’ growers. Here the plants succeed well, 
placed near the glass in the south-west corner of the East Indian house. 
They have been tried in several houses and in different positions, and they 
now grow well, bloom freely, and seem quite at home. Several pretty and 
distinct hybrids have been raised from these species. The beautiful C. x 
Lawrebel was obtained by crossing C. Lawrenceanum with the pollen of C. 
bellatulum. It was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society during the past year and awarded a First-class Certificate. The 
first flower of this variety resembled the pollen rather than the seed parent, 
but since then another plant has bloomed with opposed characteristics. 
Several other plants are now showing flower, and the result is awaited with 
some curiosity. 
Yet another, which may reasonably be expected to be a fine hybrid, is C. 
concolor, crossed with the pollen of C. Lawrenceanum. Its flowers are 
nearly open. In habit it resembles C. concolor, but the foliage is longer, 
broader, and more mottled. It should prove equal or superior to the beauti- 
ful C. x tesselatum porphyreum, which was derived from C. concolor and C. 
barbatum 7. 
Two other special crosses are C. niveum crossed with C. x vexillarium, 
and C. concolor with C. Stonei platytenium. Unfortunately, only one plant 
has been obtained of this latter, but it is strong and in the best of health, 
though of rather slow growth. 
At the time of writing there is a fine show of C. x Leeanum and its 
