52 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
is the value of it, and not what is the contract price. That was the 
distinction he thought existed between the two classes of cases, and that | 
is where he thought the learned County Court Judge had gone wrong. 
In this case the evidence was all one way—it was not even controverted 
in the slightest degree. It was shown by Orchid growers who were 
called, three or four of them, that if this plant had been what it was 
represented to be it would have been worth, taking the average of the 
prices given, £100. Now that was the state of things before the learned 
County Court Judge, and the question was, “‘Is the Plaintiff entitled to 
more than the amount he gave for it, the contract price? Is he entitled 
to what it is worth?” If he is entitled to what it is worth without the 
defect, then I think he is entitled, assuming he had not been suing in 
the County Court, to what any jury would give, namely £100, which is 
the average of the sums fixed by the various Orchid growers called, who 
would know, he supposed, what the value of a Cattleya Aclandiz alba 
would be. However, he agreed that the case should go back to the 
learned County Court Judge for some expression of opinion as to the 
principle upon which damages should be assessed. 
The appeal was allowed with costs. 
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HYBRIDISING DENDROBIUMS. 
A coop deal of information has been afforded in your columns respecting 
the raising of Cypripediums from seed, which has been of much interest 
generally, and to the lovers of that section particularly so. As an amateur 
and my own gardener, I have for some five or six years, as a relaxation 
from other cares, been a cultivator of Orchids, and more especially of 
Dendrobes, the majority of which species seem to thrive under the 
conditions easily obtainable in our glass-houses, even within a large 
town. Now that the flowering season of the majority of the Dendrobes 
is approaching, or has commenced, perhaps the following particulars 
may be of interest to those who succeed with this variety of Orchid (and 
I fancy they are the greater number of small cultivators), and who wish 
to try their hands at the fascinating pursuit of raising new or improved 
varieties from seeds. 
In my comparatively small collection I made fifty-two attempts at 
fertilization during the months of March, April, May, and June last year, 
of which an encouraging proportion has resulted in fruit being produced, 
from which good seed has already been sown, or may reasonably be 
expected to be available shortly ; and the half success of several crosses is 
an encouragement to persevere with those varieties generally acknowledged 
