82 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
pale green. The lip is suffused with purple in front, paler behind, the 
nerves being light green. It is named in compliment to Mr. Graves. - It 
is evidently a fine thing, but the colour is suggestive of some parent with 
more purple in it than C. Argus. 
CYPRIPEDIUM INSPIRATOR. 
A beautiful hybrid raised in the collection of M. Jules Hye from Cypri- 
pedium Spicerianum superbum ? and C. tonsum §, and most like the former 
in the character of the dorsal sepal—Kerchove in Rev. Hort. Belge, Feb., 
p- 25; 
NURSERY NOTES. 
THE species of Phalzenopsis are one of the features of the Clapton Nursery, 
as Messrs. Low have long cultivated them with great success. During February 
they are a sight worth seeing, unless, as occasionally happens, the flowers 
have been cleared off by fogs. At a recent visit we found some five hundred 
spikes of P. Schilleriana, of which nearly half were in bloom, some having 
been cut and others still in bud—the whole forming a charming sight. As 
usual when a large batch is grown, a considerable range of variation is 
observable, both in shape and colour, and a few of the plants were particularly 
warm in tint. Interspersed with them were a number of P. Stuartiana, 
grandiflora, and Aphrodite, but the two latter had suffered by fogs some time 
previous, and a number of the spikes were completely lost. The hybrid 
P. x leucorrhoda was also in flower, together with the pretty little P. 
rosea and P. denticulata—the latter evidently a free grower, and in several 
cases we noticed sturdy well-rooted young plants growing from the racemes. 
The plants stand on an open wooden stage, so that the air can circulate 
freely among them, but some distance below is a second solid stage, covered 
with a layer of broken bricks, which, being kept well watered, help to 
preserve a humid atmosphere, so essential to their well-being. A batch 
of over a hundred plants of Angraecum citratum were showing for 
flower. Miltonia Roezlii also is grown in quantity and succeeds admirably, 
a large number of plants being in flower, and very charming they looked. 
Four plants of Lzlia glauca carried eight fine flowers, while two plants out 
of a batch of Cattleya Percivaliana showed unusually deep golden-yellow 
markings in the throat. Many Cypripediums were in flower, one called 
C. x Smithii, derived from C. Lawrenceanum and C. ciliolare, being par- 
ticularly good. Many Vanda Amesiana were still out, and a fine batch of 
Oncidium ampliatum in bud. Besides which, several Dendrobiums, Odonto- 
glossums, and other plants helped to brighten up the houses. We also saw 
a large importation of Cattleya labiata, only twenty-three days in transit, 
