36 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
M. Ch. Maron raised several interesting hybrids in the establishment 
of M. Fournier, of Versailles, including Cattleya X Asttes; 4). <x 
Breauteana, C. X dubbiosa, C. X Fernand Denis, C. X Feuillati, and 
C. X Gaudi. 
Leelio-cattleya Xx Venus and L.-c. X Lucy Ingram appeared in the 
collection of C. L. N. Ingram, Esq. 
Other interesting hybrids of the year include Dendrobium X Backhousei, 
from Messrs. James Backhouse & Son, Leelio-cattleya X Cypheri from Mr. 
James Cypher, L.-c. X Briseis from Mr. James Douglas, Cypripedium X 
callo-Rothschildianum, from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., C. X Norrisianum, 
from F. A. Rehder, Esq., and C. X Beckmanii from Messrs. Linden. 
Two very interesting events which occurred in the collection of 
Sir Trevor Lawrence deserve to be mentioned here, namely, the flowering — 
of Grammatophyllum speciosum and the beautiful Vanda X Miss 
Joaquim, the latter a hybrid raised at Singapore, — had not 
previously flowered in Europe. 
DIES ORCHIDIAN-A. 
One of the most interesting little articles that I have read in the Review for 
some time was that on “ Paphiopedium Seed and the time to sow it” (p. 6), 
and I congratulate Mr. Young upon the systematic way in which his experi- 
ments must have been made and recorded to be able to give such.a careful 
summary of six years’ work, including nearly 500 sowings, and over 100 
successful ones, already, for other seedlings will yet appear from the more 
recent sowings. I hope that Mr. Young will persevere in his work, and 
that some good things will appear as they reach the flowering stage. I am 
sure that many other readers of the Review will value such a record, and I 
hope that it will stimulate others to record their experiences, for we learn a 
great deal from thus comparing notes. 
: I am particularly pleased with the excellent reproduction of Mr. Ball’s 
beautiful Cypripedium insigne Sandere at page 17. It is not only accurate, 
but remarkably life-like, and if one could only reproduce the natural colours 
automatically with such fidelity, what might we not hope to see in the way 
of an illustrated work! We frequently hear now-a-days of photography in 
colours, and as soon as the process is successfully applied to Orchids I hope 
someone will send me an example. 
Petr nf ME araeeoer a nce EONIO 
‘* Paphiopedilum,” says the Gardeners’ Magazine (Jan. 8th, p. 18), “is 
