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grandiflorum ¢); C. x Ensign (C. x Harrisianum ¢ x C. barbatum §); 
C. x Psyche, a hybrid between C. bellatulum and C. niveum (which was 
thus not correctly recorded at p. 223 of our last volume); and one or two 
others which do not seem to have been recorded. Then there are some 
seedling Calanthes, and some of the earlier hybrids which have also been 
raised here, among them Thunia x Veitchiana and Cypripedium x Calypso, 
a particularly fine form. 
Cypripedium Chamberlainianum has been utilised for hybridisation, and 
Mr. Winn has seedlings between it and C. Stonei, C. superbiens, and C. x 
Leeanum. A curious circumstance in connection with the last-named cross 
deserves to be placed on record. A flower of C. Chamberlainianum was 
fertilised, and the pod gradually swelled and at length matured, but all the 
time the spike continued to flower, and, in fact, the seedlings were up 
before the last flower was out. This fact illustrates a peculiarity of the 
species, namely, its habit of flowering for months in succession, by the 
gradual elongation of the spike. It succeeds admirably here, and the plants 
are very healthy, though grown in less heat than is often given. 
Here are some healthy seedlings raised from Cypripedium x Harrisianum 
superbum crossed with C. Sanderianum, all of which have veined leaves, 
mostly light coloured, though one is very dark. Others raised from C. 
Rothschildianum crossed with C. niveum will probably prove good when 
they reach the flowering stage. Another promising hybrid, of which there 
are fourteen good plants, is C. niveum crossed with C. x cenanthum 
superbum, which we may expect to hear of again. An attempt has been 
made to get an improved white Selenipedium, after the style of S. x 
cardinale, by crossing S. x Sedeni candidulum with the pollen of a fine 
S. Schlimii albiflorum, and a good healthy capsule has developed. 
Turning to Cattleyas, we find a variety of interesting crosses, and among 
them one from C. Dowiana aurea crossed with C. Warscewiczii, an experi- 
ment made for the express purpose of obtaining the splendid C. x Hardyana, 
as we advised in these columns some time ago. Seedlings from C. Bow- 
ringiana crossed with the old C. labiata are promising, as both are autumn 
bloomers, free growers, and in every way likely to unite well together. 
Seedlings from Cymbidium giganteum crossed with C. Mastersii have 
reached a good size, but have not yet flowered. Masdevallia tovarensis 
crossed with M. bella yielded seedlings which are now six years old, and 
Should soon flower. They are specially interesting, because one parent 
belongs to the Saccolabiate group, which does not readily unite with species 
of other sections. 
These are only a few hasty notes, which may serve to give some idea of 
the work which is being carried on here and the number of-choice crosses 
which have been made. We may, aye? be able to expo them on 
a future occasion. — 
