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intermedia. The shrewdness of Dr. Lindley’s suggestion will readily be 
admitted when it is borne in mind that no artificial hybrids were then in 
existence. 
The work was now being rapidly extended over a wider field, for in 
1887 hybrids raised by at least seven new operators flowered for the first 
time. In fact Reichenbach remarked that ‘‘ All Orchidic England is now 
engaged in the procreation of mules.” We may first consider the hybrids 
raised by these new operators, taking them in the order in which they were 
described. 
First came Dendrobium x Vannerianum, which was raised by W. 
Vanner, Esq., of Camden Wood, Chislehurst, from D. moniliforme (D. 
japonicum) and D. Falconeri, the former believed to have been the seed 
parent. It flowered when between four and five years old, and was 
described as a lovely novelty. 
Cattleya x Harrisii was raised by Dr. Harris, of The Grange, Lamber- 
hurst, Kent, from Cattleya Leopoldi and C. Mendeli, the latter probably the 
pollen parent. It is a very handsome and distinct Cattleya, with amethyst- 
coloured segments, and the front lobe of the lip rich purple. Dr. Harris, it 
will be remembered, first gave Mr. Dominy the idea of hybridising Orchids, 
and now we find him making experiments on his own account. Others 
raised by him will have to be mentioned hereafter. 
Dendrobium x Schneiderianum is said to have been raised from a cross 
effected in the collection of Mr. Oscar Schneider, of Fallowfield, near Man- 
chester, from D. Findlayanum ? and D. aureum 2. The plants, however, 
were raised by Mr. Holmes, gardener to Mr. C. Moseley, at Grange Thorpe, 
Rusholme, Manchester, where they flowered for the first time in 1887. 
Masdevallia x Hincksiana was the first hybrid raised by Captain Hincks, 
of Breckenbrough, Thirsk, Yorkshire. Its parents were M. tovarensis $ 
and M. igneaZ. It is a lovely thing, with light ochre-yellow or buff sae 
which become cream-coloured with age. Strong plants produce oleae ies 
Scapes, and as one flower opens in advance of the other the effect 1s very 
curious. 
Cypripedium x Hornianum was raised by Mr. F. Horn, gardener “a 
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Hohe Warte, neat Vienna, from C. supet- 
biens and C, Spicerianum. It is not recorded which was the — parent. 
Cypripedium x Charles Canham was raised by “an amateur, whose gai 
for some reason has not been divulged. C. villosum and C. superbiens she 
the parents, the pollen being derived from the latter. It 1s an or ce 
atge and handsome hybrid, most resembling the pollen parent nf y cae 
The stock was acquired and distributed by Messrs. James Veitee ae ic 
It was dedicated to Charles Canham, Orchid foreman in the Roya 
utsery, 
; . Messrs. F. 
Masdevallia x Geleniana was raised in the establishment of 
