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Findlayanum, and the reverse cross. (pedicels decayed during the resting 
period before the seed was ripe, of which trouble I have had several 
instances with Findlayanum parents); D. nobile X D. Devonianum (a 
most desirable cross, but one which failed after four months; and 
D. clavatum X D. crepidatum, which failed after persisting three months. 
These observations I trust will be of interest to your readers, and 
will not unduly encroach upon your space. [Such communications are 
specially welcome.—Ep.] 
LIVERPOOL. F. H. Moore. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
THE advent of this month, with the gradually lengthening days, and the 
corresponding increase in the sun’s power, brings again the season of 
renewed activity. February, indeed, is the real month of awakening in 
the Orchid houses, and it brings with it for all of us a kind of satisfaction, 
as we know that once more we are leaving behind us the dull season so 
injurious to the majority of our favourites. The work also is gradually 
increasing, and now we shall have something fresh every day to repay 
us for all our attention during the winter. What a pleasure it is to 
watch the numerous spikes forcing their way up, and the flowers opening, 
enabling us to make comparisons with what we have had in previous 
years; how the past season has affected their development, and how 
such and such a species flowered a little earlier or later. In such 
observations we see a little of the way in which the rules cf nature are 
carried out, and how each plant responds to the conditions under which 
it is placed, as if endowed with consciousness as well as life. 
We will take a glance round the houses to see what February will 
bring us. January gave us a very little idea of the new year, as the 
plants in flower were chiefly a continuation of the numerous winter- 
flowering Orchids, as several Cypripediums, Lelia anceps with its 
valuable varieties, Sophronitis grandiflora and violacea, Zygopetalum 
-intermedium and x Clayi, Masdevallia ignea, x Heathii, melanopus, 
Reichenbachiana, striatella, tovarensis, and triangularis, Vanda Amesiana, 
and a few Dendrobes. 
If we attempted to give a complete description of the numerous 
-varieties of Orchids which will flower during this month a short pamphlet 
would be required, and we must cut our notes short in consideration of 
the small space which is allotted to us. 
A few late-flowering Calanthes are now -to be seen, as C. rosea, C. 
Regnieri, and C. x bella, worth mentioning. Among. Cattleyas, C. 
oe Triane, and a are blooming and are very welcome, 
