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_ THE HISTORY OF ORCHID HYBRIDISATION. 
Part VII, 
(Continued from page 197.) 
In 1888 the genus Epidendrum was added to: the list of those in which 
hybrids had been artificially obtained. Epidendrum x O’Brienianum was 
raised by Mr. Seden in Messrs, Veitch’s establishment, by crossing E, 
evectum with the pollen of E. radicans. In colour it is quite intermediate, 
though in the shape of the flower the influence of the seed parent somewhat 
preponderates. It is very handsome and floriferous. 
The ranks of the hybridists were now being rapidly swelled, and during 
1888 the work of several new operators was placed on record for the first 
time, which we may first consider. 
Lelia x Tresederiana was raised by Mr. J. S. Treseder, in the estab- 
lishment of Messrs. Heath and Sons, of Cheltenham, from Lelia crispa and 
Cattleya Loddigesii. It is not stated which was the seed parent. It was 
described as a lovely novelty. The seed was sown in January, 1881. 
Cypripedium x Peetersianum was raised by Mr. A. A. Peeters, of St. 
Gilles, Brussels, from C. philippinense 2 and C. barbatum ¢. Thus it is the 
reversed cross of C. x selligerum, from which it is not appreciably different. 
Cypripedium x Lathamianum was raised by Mr. W. B. Latham, 
Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Birmingham, from C. Spicerianum crossed 
with the pollen of C. villosum, whose characters are both well represented 
init. It is a fine and striking hybrid. 
Cypripedium x hephzstus appeared in the collection of R. H. Measures, 
Esq., of The Woodlands, Streatham, as a waif of unknown origin, but it was 
Supposed that C. Lawrenceanum and C. barbatum were the parents. 
Four other hybrids also appeared in this collection during 1888, which 
we may now proceed to note, taking them in the order in which they were 
described. 
Cypripedium x conspicuum was described as a plant of doubtful origin, 
though from its characters it may have been derived from the same parentage 
as C. x Harrisianum. 
-. Dendrobium x murrhiniacum was obtained by crossing D. nobile with 
the pollen of D. Wardianum. It is a handsome hybrid, with flowers most 
resembling those of the pollen parent. 
Cypripedium x polystigmaticum was raised from C. venustum and C. 
Spicerianum, the former believed to have been the seed parent. It is quite 
intermediate in character. 
Cypripedium x variopictum was the last of the group, and was derived 
from C. Lawrenceanum and C. Spicerianum, the former being the seed 
Parent. Thus it has the same parentage as C. x radiosum, eaters by 
Messrs. Veitch, though somewhat differing in colour. 
