THE ORCHID REVIEW 146° 
fitst, to use for ordinary plants, but a small compartment was divided off by 
a’ door, in which I purposed essaying the cultivation of a few Intermediate 
Orchids. ° The whole of this south division has, however, since been 
converted into an Intermediate house; the plants needing greater warmth 
being put in the compartment aforesaid. 
Similar arrangements were made for the care of my plants, during my 
absence from Teignmouth for about five months, to those which had been 
previously made, and on my coming into residence in the end of November 
I found most of the plants in a flourishing condition. It was then too late 
to make experiments in out-door or frame culture, but I am inclined to 
think some plants would have done better for a summer airing. Jackman, 
who had been left in charge, had given great care to the Orchids, as well as 
other plants, and had found the Cool house to suit the requirements of 
tuberous Begonias to perfection. There was therefore a grand show of 
these for a time, and apparently no harm resulted to the Orchids from being 
in the same house. 
Shortly before my return to Teignmouth, I added several Intermediate 
house plants to my collection, amongst others a number of seedlings from 
the Selly Hill collection, then for sale by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. 
These included three little plants purporting to be crosses with Selenipedium, 
namely, C. X Ashburtonie x S. xX calurum, C. Spicerianum x S. 
Schlimii, and C. bellatulum xX S. X Sedeni candidulum. The last 
mentioned has grown well, and seems healthy, but as it grows its 
resemblance to Selenipedium does not increase—in fact, it might be a cross 
of C. bellatulum and C. villosum. The other two plants for a time seemed 
only to go back, and to lose leaves and roots, but both seem now to be taking 
a sudden turn for the better, but ‘‘ blessed is he who expecteth nothing.” 
Other Cypripedium seedlings had labels bearing dates in the early part 
of this decade and are still quite small, but the majority of these young 
plants have since grown well, notably one of C. concolor X villosum 
superbum, which shows no trace of the delicacy associated with C. concolor. 
It is quite intermediate in foliage. Other promising seedlings then obtained 
are C. Spicerianum X callosum splendens, C. X Harrisianum superbum X 
Leeanum superbum, C. Spicerianum magnificum X_ purpuratum, C. 
villosum superbum X Cleopatra, C. Leeanum superbum X cenanthum 
superbum, and C. X Harrisianum X Io maxima. None of these seedlings 
have yet died, and most have gone forward, and should bloom in a year or 
two. 
The only one (C. X Lathamianum inversum X_ Spicerianum 
magnificum) that has flowered since (quite recently) proves to be a little 
disappointing, as it seems scarcely distinguishable trom C. X Lathamianum. 
There was on this pot a record of seed sown of C. X Leeanum, good 
