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noted a fine plant of Grammatophyllum Rumphianum with two spikes of 
twenty-nine and thirty flowers, Stanhopea graveolens, Gongora bufonia, and 
many others, of which a mere catalogue would be tedious. Lelia Digbyana, 
however, in bud, must not be omitted, as this species is now in demand for 
hybridisation purposes, and will probably be heard much of in the future. 
Cypripedium Charlesworthii is a plant to which one instinctively turns 
here, and accordingly we note a large number of plants, some of them well 
established and likely to flower well this autumn. And here we observed a 
very remarkable circumstance respecting it. A small clump showed C. 
Charlesworthii and C. bellatulum growing in the same clump, with roots 
interlocked, precisely as collected, and this only makes the mystery of the 
plant more profound, for it appears that its habitat—now no longer a secret 
—is in the neighbourhood of Arracan, where also has been discovered a new 
locality for C. bellatulum. And if further corroboration were necessary it 
might be found in the leaf structure, for a section shows a surprising simi- 
larity between them, which in the case of such distinct plants shows an 
adaptation to living under similar conditions. And what about the chances 
of a natural hybrid between them being discovered? More unlikely things 
have happened, and at all events we are likely to have the artificial one, for 
we learn that the cross and the reverse cross have both been made. Some 
surprises may be in store. 
And this leads us to speak of the hybrids. Mr. Charlesworth has taken 
up hybridising extensively, and has a very large number of seedlings in 
various stages of infancy, including such fine crosses as Lelia purpurata x 
Cattleya Dowiana aurea, L. cinnabarina x C. amethystoglossa, C. Mendelii 
x C. Aclandie, L. cinnabarina x C. Aclandiz, C. Schilleriana x C. 
Dowiana aurea, Cypripedium concolor x C. Curtisii, &c. Many crosses 
with Sophronitis grandiflora and Cattleya labiata have also been made, and 
some of the seedlings are up, including S. grandiflora x C. Leopoldii. 
Among the pods not yet ripe we noted S. grandiflora x. C. Dowiana aurea, 
C. labiata x Sophronitis cernua, C. superba x L. crispa, C. superba x C. x 
Hardyana, L. harpophylla x S. grandiflora, while good seeds have been 
sown of L. tenebrosa x C. Dowiana aurea. A large number of Cypri- 
pediums from good crosses are also progressing towards maturity. The list 
might easily be prolonged, but enough has been said to show the nature of 
the work in progress in this interesting establishment. 
Mr. Buii’s ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 
Mr.W. Bull’s Orchid Exhibition during the months of May to July is quite 
an annual Institution at Chelsea, having been held for upwards of a dozen 
years in succession. The present season it is fully up to the average, and 
the large Show House presents a charming sight, the plants being tastefully 
arranged with maidenhair ferns, &c., so as to show the flowers off to the 
