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undulate, often most resembling O. Hunnewellianum in shape, the ground 
colour nearly white with numerous red-brown spots, in some cases 
margined with a row of minute spots, especially towards the base. The 
crest and column wings are fairly intermediate in shape, though the latter 
are sometimes nearly as entire as in O. Hunnewellianum, and at others 
more toothed as in O.crispum. It is certainly a very handsome hybrid, 
and its sudden appearance in quantity is very curious. Messrs. Linden 
write that they received both the parent species and the hybrids all in 
the same importation. 
In a note at page 5 of this volume it was called a hybrid ‘raised by 
Messrs. Linden, between O. crispum and O. Hunnewellianum, the former 
presumably the seed parent,” which it now appears is a mistake, for the 
plant is a natural hybrid. In the Lindenia description, however, the 
remarks occur :—‘‘ Ce bel hybride est issu d’O. crispum et de l’O. Hunne- 
wellianum ... Le produit de ce croisement a fort heureusement combiné 
les charactéres des deux parents... L’O. x Adriane a fleuri pour la 
premiere fois au printemps de cette année,”’ which would easily lead one to 
infer that it had been raised artificially. If it had been clearly stated that 
the plant was an imported one, but evidently a natural hybrid between O. 
crispum and O. Hunnewellianum, no such mistake could have occurred. 
It is a matter of great importance that we should carefully distinguish 
between natural hybrids and those raised in gardens. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
(To be continued.) 
ORCHIDS AT THE MANCHESTER ROYAL BOTANICAL 
GARDENS. 
THE great Whit-week Show at these well-known Gardens, opened on 
Friday, May 27th, and was quite up to its usual standard, notwithstanding 
the competition of the Temple Show in London. Orchids were particularly 
well represented, and there were several splendid groups from exhibitors 
who rarely, if ever, go southwards, which were quite up to the standard of 
the Temple exhibits as far as diversity, value, and good cultivation went. 
E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook), 
obtained the First Prize of £20 for a fine group, in which were a fine lot of 
Cattleya Schroeder varieties, C. Mossie, C. Mendelii, Lelia purpurata, 
Odontoglossum cirrhosum Klabochorum, O. crispum Lindeni, Miltonia 
vexillaria, Cypripedium niveum, Cattleya intermedia alba, and Dendrobium 
Victoria-Reginz with violet and white flowers, and others. 
In the same class, A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden (gr. 
Mr. Lofthouse), gained the Second Prize (£12), with a similiar group, but 
