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Cypripedium x patens was next described by Reichenbach. It was not 
a new cross, however, its parents being C. Hookere ¢ and C. barbatum 3, 
and thus identical with those of C. x marmorophyllum, of which it is clearly 
a variety, if not a mere synonym. It is not improbable that both came from 
the same seed-pod, as they flowered within about a year of each other in the — 
Royal Exotic Nursery. 
- The last hybrid of the year was Cypripedium x lucidum, obtained by Mr 
Seden by crossing C, Lowii with the pollen of C. villosum. It combines 
well the characters of the two parent species. | 
During 1878 only four novelties appeared, from which it would appear 
that experiments in hybridisation had for some reason received a temporary 
check. : | 
Calanthe x Sedeni appeared very early in the year, having been obtained 
some time previously by Mr. Seden, by crossing C. x Veitchii with the pollen 
of C. vestita rubro-oculata. This furnished the second example of a hybnd 
being successfully used as the seed-parent. Mr. Seden, as may readily be 
inferred, was the raiser. Considering how popular C. x Veitchii had become, 
and the high estimation in which it was held as a winter-flowering Orchid, 
it is not a little curious that a period of eighteen years should have elapsed 
before a second member was added to the group. This plant established 
another record, as the first hybrid which had been crossed with one of its 
original parents. | 
The next hybrid was a Selenipedium, though described as Cypripedium 
x porphyreum. It was obtained by Mr. Seden from Selenipedium Roezlii 
crossed with the pollen of S. Schlimii. As the seed-parent is scarcely mom 
than a geographical variety of S. longifolium, we may rank the present 
hybrid as a variety of the well-known S. x Sedeni, chiefly differing i its | 
somewhat darker colour. | 
Cypripedium Xx nitens next appeared, having been raised by Mr. Sedet, | 
by crossing C. villosum with the pollen of C. insigne Maulei. The chaté® | 
teristics of the seed-parent preponderate considerably in this hybrid. | 
Another Cattleya was now added to the list. Cattleya x Marstersoni® | 
was obtained by crossing C. Loddigesii with the pollen of the old autum 
flowering C. labiata. Reichenbach originally stated that one parent be | 
“another seedling in the way of C. Loddigesii,” but the statement has since | 
been corrected. It was named.Mrs. Seden, née Marsterson. : 
Seven hybrids were described during 1879, all of them belonging eo 
genera already mentioned, and with one exception the results of Mr. is 
energy. One, however, was not a new cross. : 
The first was described as Cattleya x Mardelli. Its parentage was 
originally stated, but it has since been given as Cattleya Lueddemanmian@*” 
and Lelia elegans g. It is a handsome hybrid. It was named after ® 
uncle of Mr. Seden. o 
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