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Van Houtte, of Ghent, and, from its characters, probably derived from(_ 
niveum and C. x Dauthieri. mee | 
It was not until 1889 that the first artificial hybrid Miltonia flowered 
Various experiments had been made with this and the allied genus Odont. 
glossum, and young seedlings had been raised, though none of them hu 
survived until reaching the flowering stage. It was M. Alfred Bleu,@ 
Paris, who first attained success, when Miltonia x Bleuana flowered for th: 
first time, in January, 1889. Its parents were Miltonia vexillaria 9 and M. 
Roezlii 3, both of which were formerly referred to Odontoglossum, Th 
cross was effected in June, 1883, and the seed was sown in the following 
April, as soon as the capsule matured. It is a very beautiful hybrid. Th 
vegetative organs closely resemble those of. the mother plant, while in the 
flower the characters of the pollen parent as strongly preponderate. Seven 
seedlings were raised, and these present some differences between thet: 
Selves, one having a large yellow blotch at the base of the lip, and another 
Some radiating light brown lines. All. of them, however, closely resembl: 
M. Roezlii in colour. About two years later the same hybrid was raised it 
the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea. _ 
Another very remarkable hybrid which flowered for the first time in 18) 
was the beautiful Lelio-cattleya x Digbyano-Mossiz, raised by Mr. Sede | 
in the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, tio 
Cattleya Mossiz fertilised with the pollen of Lelia Digbyana. It sd | 
exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on May 14th, ant 
received an Award of Merit. In colour it approaches the Cattleya pateth 
but the lip is beautifully fringed—a character derived from the pollen pareth | 
which it also approaches in its very long ovary. This hybrid is probabl 
the forerunner of a race with fringed flowers. Lelia Digbyana is a ™* 
Species, but should now be much sought after by the hybridist, on accout 
of its deeply fringed lip—a character not met with in any other species © 
the genus. os 
The first hybrid Cymbidium also flowered in 188g. It too was raised ® 
the Royal Exotic Nursery, from C. Lowianum @ and C. eburneum §, and 
received the name of C. x eburneo-Lowianum. It received a First-clas 
Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on March 12th. PO el 
bines well the characters of the two parent species, and is certainly 4 at 
promising acquisition. 
Cattleya x Ballantiniana was raised in the establishment of Mess! : 
Sander and Co., of St. Albans, from C. Trianz fertilised with the pollen” ) 
C. Warscewiczii (C. gigas), and was named in honour of Mr. H. Ballanti 
gardener to Baron Schrader, of The Dell, Egham. It isa handsome fom ] 
Combining well the characters of its two parents. | pO , 
Three other very interesting hybrids between Cattleya and i 
flowered in Messrs. Veitch’s establishment during 1889...” “_ 
