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have been kindly sent by Messrs. Veitch, from which the above account has 
been prepared. It is not only a very interesting generic cross, but a 
charming little plant. The generic name is compounded from that of the 
two parent genera. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X LEDOUXL®. 
This is a pretty hybrid of rather doubtful parentage, which has just 
flowered in the collection of G. R. le Doux, Esq., of Langton House, 
East Molesey, and is dedicated to this gentleman’s wife. It came up in 
a pot on which was a record of seed sown derived from C. callosum 
and C. insigne Chantini ¢. But of the latter there is not the slightest 
trace. There is a marked resemblance to C. x Harrisianum, however, 
and a strongly villose ovary, which must be traced back to C. villosum. 
C. x Harrisianum was evidently one parent. The other may have been 
C. callosum, but there is no trace of the warts on the petals, and there 
is a strong resemblance to C. x cenanthum which suggests the necessity of 
a comparison with C. x Creon. The dorsal sepal is almost wholly suffused 
with rosy-purple, except a broad white margin, a small green area at the 
base, and some purple-brown nerves. The other parts show some slight 
modifications from the C. x Harrisianum characters. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X MRs. WaARREN-HOOK. 
A very charming hybrid with some resemblance to the best forms ore. 
x Harrisianum, but the flower delicately coloured and not unlike shot 
silk. The parentage is doubtful, but probably C. x Dauthieri x C. x 
cenanthum superbum. Leaves almost like C. x Harrisianum, but less 
Spreading and rather broader. Dorsal sepal clear rosy-purple shading 
into rose at the margin, which is ciliate with white hairs; on either side 
of the apex is a small but conspicuous area of yellowish-green, while the 
disc has a prominent network of rich chestnut brown. Petals three 
inches long by one inch broad, superior half like the dorsal sepal, 
inferior whitish-green shaded with rosy-crimson, the base spotted with 
Violet-purple, marginal ciliz black. Lip reddish-brown shaded with 
purple. Staminode greenish-purple with a conspicuous tubercle and 
emerald-green reticulations. The plant, only one of which was raises, is 
now in the collection of the Hon. Charles G. Roebling, of Trenton, New 
Jersey, U.S.A., whose collection is rapidly increasing by the addition of 
fare and valuable species and hybrids, and who procured the subject ot 
this note from Messrs. Pitcher and Manda. This charming flower. 1s 
dedicated to a very refined and cultured lady, Mrs. E. — 
Who takes especial interest in Orchids and is an ardent admirer “ 
Cypripedia in particular. Mrs. Hook is connected to Mr. Roebling by 
