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by M. Bergman, all of them belonging to the genus Cypripedium, but only 
one representing a new combination. our. 
The first of these was raised by M. Bauer, of Paris, between Cypr- 
pedium insigne Chantini and C. barbatum. It was called C. x Laforcadei, 
but strictly speaking must be ranked as a variety of C. x Ashburtonie, 
raised by Mr. Cross from the same two species. 
The second was raised by M. Alfred Bleu, of Paris, between C. superbiens 
and C. javanicum, the latter species not having been previously utilised by 
the hybridist. This hybrid, then unnamed, was afterwards called C. x 
javanico-superbiens. 
The third, C. x Sallieri, was raised by M. Godefroy Lebeuf, of Argens 
teuil, its parents being C. villosum and C. insigne. Thus it must be ranked 
as a variety of C. x nitens raised by Mr. Seden from the same two species. 
One other Cypripedium was also recorded in another work, namely, 
C. x Dauthieri. It was described as the first Continental hybrid, but the 
raiser is not stated, nor yet when it flowered for the first time. It is, how- 
ever, orily a variety of C. x Harrisianum. 
The English hybrids of 1885 all appear to have been raised in the estab- 
lishment of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea. 
The first one recorded was Dendrobium x euosmum, the earliest 
secondary hybrid in the genus. It was derived from D. x endocharis and 
D. nobile, the former, itself a hybrid, being the seed parent. It is avy 
charming hybrid, its flowers being white with a deep maroon-purple dist, 
and deliciously fragrant. i 
The next was a Selenipedium, derived from S. Roezlii and S. Schlim! 
albiflorum, the latter being the pollen parent. It was described as Cypt 
pedium x leucorrhodum. As the seed parent is scarcely more, than @ 
Seographical variety of S. longifolium, the present hybrid may be classed a 
a handsome variety of S. x Sedeni. 
Zygopetalum x pentachromum is said to have been obtained from L. 
Mackayi 2 and Z. maxillare g, and to have the inverted parentage of Z.% 
Sedeni, of which it may rank as a variety. The seed is said to have — 
sown in 1876, 
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Lelia x Canhamiana is said to have been derived from Laelia purpu’™ 
and Cattleya Mossiz, and to have flowered for the first time when thitt 
years old. It is a very handsome hybrid, and was dedicated 
Canham, one of the Orchid foremen at the Royal Exotic Nursery: 
Cypripedium x radiosum, the first C. Lawrenceanum ¢f0S* 
obtained by crossing this species with the pollen of C. Spicerianum 
Presents a distinct combination of the characters of the two parent § es 
Reichenbach’s remark that it was “a cross between the natural spe 
and the Sedenian-raised Orchid ” is inexplicable, as he records the parent3s° 
above given, 
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