106 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
but they are carefully recorded in a book, so that the information may be 
available when they come to flower. A few interesting ones may be 
mentioned as a sample: Cypripedium Lawrenceanum crossed with Parishil, 
which will probably flower before long; C. ciliolare x bellatulum, and the 
reverse; C. villosum x bellatulum, and the reverse; C. superbiens xX 
bellatulum, and the reverse; C. Curtisii x bellatulum, and the reverse ; 
C. Boxallii atratum x bellatulum ; C. callosum x. bellatulum; C. bellatulum 
x Mastersianum; C. Curtisii x Chamberlainianum, and the reverse; C. 
Curtisii x Rothschildianum; and C. Rothschildianum crossed with Seleni- 
pedium x leucorrhodum. The last-named cross deserves a passing mention. 
It is only one of a series made between the two genera Cypripedium and 
Selenipedium, though hitherto without any practical results, for while 
numerous capsules have been obtained, no seed has ever yet been induced 
to germinate. 
A large number of seedlings are gradually progressing towards maturity ; 
some have already flowered, and a considerable number of others will 
probably arrive at this stage within the next year or two. It is hardly 
necessary to add that some interesting novelties may be anticipated. - 
There is a genuine pleasure in going through this interesting collection, 
where all the work seems to be undertaken systematically. Besides the 
. ordinary label, each pot or basket has a small leaden one, on which a 
number is punched, while the particulars are entered in a book under the 
corresponding number, and can thus be consulted with the utmost facility. 
Mr. Measures has also water-colour drawings of many of his favourites, 
more particularly of Cypripedium and Masdevallia, which are available for 
reference and comparison when the plants are not in flower. He has also 
a smail duplicate collection contained in five houses at his country residence 
in Hampshire. May the day be far distant when the remainder of the 
collection has to follow them ! 
PHAL/AENOPSIS x F. L. AMES. 
This is a very charming and distinct hybrid which flowered in 1888 with 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, from whom we have now 
received a raceme. It was obtained by crossing the Malayan P. amabilis 
(Blume) with the pollen of P. x intermedia, itself a natural hybrid between 
P. Aphrodite and P. rosea, from the Philippines. The flowers are about 
intermediate in shape and size, the sepals and petals white, but the lip 
_ suffused and marked with a peculiar shade of reddish purple, which affords 
a very effective contrast. The tendrils are well developed. The peculiar 
colour of the lip is quite distinct from that of any other, and renders it an 
interesting addition to the group. It was dedicated to the late Mr. F. L. 
Ames, of North Easton, Mass., U.S.A... - 
