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of M. racemosa var. Crossii, and is intermediate in shape, with the brilliant 
scarlet colour of the two parents. The scape is two-flowered. The perianth 
tube is 7 lines long, and the lateral sepals an inch long by 6} lines broad, 
with very short tails. The dorsal sepal is triangular, 4 lines long, and the 
slender tail 7 lines long. The colour is brilliant scarlet with darker nerves. 
The petals are white with a little yellow on the lower margin, and the lip 
white, faintly suffused with violet at the base and yellow at the tip. This 
brilliant hybrid is dedicated to Mr. Rushton, Captain Hincks’ able gardener. 
MASDEVALLIA X VEITCHIANO-ESTRAD&. 
This is another brilliant hybrid, like the preceding, raised by Captain 
Hincks. Its parentage is indicated by its name, M. Estrade being the seed 
parent. It is almost identical with M. caudata (Shuttleworthii) in shape 
and size, but the colour is a brilliant orange-buff, with minute iridescent 
violet hairs on the dorsal sepal. The perianth tube is 3} lines long, the 
lateral sepals ovate, and the dorsal one elliptical-obovate, concave ; each g 
lines long by 6 broad, with the tails 1} inches long. The petals are white, 
and the lip densely and minutely spotted with violet-purple on a white 
ground, and tipped with blackish-purple. Thus it will be seen to have the 
general shape of M. Estradz, but considerably enlarged and very strongly 
suffused with the brilliant colour of M. Veitchiana, the pollen parent, whose 
iridescent hairs are also present, though much reduced in size. It is a 
very charming little plant, 
DENDROBIUM X ROEBLINGIANUM. 
This is a distinct and beautiful hybrid which has been raised by Messrs. 
Pitcher and Manda, of the United States Nurseries, Short Hills, New 
Jersey, U.S.A., from D. Ruckeri crossed with the pollen of D. nobile, and 
dedicated to C. G. Roebling, Esq., of Trenton, in the same state, an ardent 
amateur of Orchids. The stems are long and thin, the leaves lanceolate, 
and the flowers produced in pairs on the ripened bulb. The flowers are 
medium-sized and well proportioned. The sepals and petals are slightly 
incurved and undulated; the colour French white slightly shaded with purple. 
The lip is large, rounded, reflexed, and undulated; the colour French white 
with the interior beautifully striped with bright purple on a white ground, 
while similar lines extend through a yellow blotch on the disc, which 
lightens up the surrounding colours. It is a very interesting hybrid. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X MADAME GIBEZ. 
This is a hybrid between C. venustum and C. villosum, and thus would 
appear to be a variety of C. x Measuresianum, but it is said to be superior 
to anything else derived from the same cross. The flower is said to be large, 
