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Cypripedium x Cassiope was raised in the establishment of Messrs. 
Seeger and Tropp, of East Dulwich, from C. venustum ? and C. Hookere 7, 
and thus must be considered a variety of C. x Atys. 
Cypripedium x Figaro was also raised by Messrs. Seeger and Tropp, and 
is believed to have been derived from C. Spicerianum 2 and C. cenanthum 
superbum ¢, though the cross is said not to have been certainly recorded. 
Cypripedium x. yenusto-Spicerianum was raised in the collection of D. 
O. Drewett, Esq., of Riding Mill-on-Tyne, by Mr. Keeling, from C. venus- 
tum 2 and C. Spicerianum ¢, and thus is a variety of C. x polystigmaticum. 
The name given would suggest that C. venustum was the pollen parent, 
which, however, was not the case. 
.Cypripedium x Beatrice was raised in the same collection as the 
preceding. Its parents were C. Boxallii 2 and C. Lowii @. 
Cypripedium x Minerva, which completes our record for the year, was 
raised in the collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., of The Woodlands, 
Streatham. Its parents were C. venustum ? and C. x Harrisianum ele- 
gans ¢. 
(To be continued.) 
CATTLEYA MOSSIZ HARDYANA. 
This remarkable variety appeared in the collection of G. Hardy, Esq., 
Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire, and is characterised by its lilac- 
purple sepals and petals being streaked and variegated with deep magenta- 
purple, and the front lobe of the lip having an irregular deep purple blotch 
in the centre, some radiating streaks on either side, and some irregular 
deep yellow streaks and bands on either side of the throat. A somewhat 
similar form has flowered in the collection of the Right Hon. J. Chamber- 
lain, M.P., at Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham. It has similarly 
variegated sepals and petals, but the streaks in the latter are chiefly 
arranged along the centre, and the lip is not irregularly variegated in the 
same manner. Thus it is not identical with the original form, though 
coming near it, and, if we assign to the variety Hardyana the character of 
having irregularly variegated segments, may perhaps come under the same 
mame. Some acknowledged varieties are really individuals, unless a certain 
amount of latitude is allowed. In any case both are very handsome forms. 
Cattleya Mossiz var. Hardyana, Williams and T. Moore in Orchid Album, iii. t. 125. 
