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nine sheaths, and this has since received a Cultural Commendation from the 
Royal Horticultural Society. Among the many fine forms of Lelia purpu- 
rata was the beautiful L. p. Russelliana, other species being of course well 
represented. Among the Leelio-cattleyas were many interesting plants, as 
the splendid L.-c. callistoglossa, L.-c. x Nysa, L.-c. x exoniensis, L.-c. x 
Hippolyta and x Phoebe, L.-c. x eximia, a splendid L.-c. Amesiana with 
thirty bulbs, and various others which might be enumerated, including a fine 
series of Lzlio-cattleya x elegans. 
Hybridisation is carried on rather extensively, and in this particular 
group we observed many promising crosses, for example, Lezelio-cattleya 
elegans? x L.-c. x Nysa 3, Lelia tenebrosa? x Cattleya Warscewiczii f, 
C. Warscewiczii x C. Rex, and the reverse cross, C. Dowiana aurea 2 x 
L. purpurata ¢, L. pumila Dayana 2 x Cattleya Dowiana aurea 7, of which 
there are nice plants two years old, and various other interesting combi- 
nations. Mr. Statter has the pollen of many fine species sealed up in quills 
and carefully labelled, so as to be able to cross species which flower at 
different seasons of the year, and in connection with this it would be 
interesting to know how long pollen may be kept before losing its vitality. 
The most remarkable cross we noticed was Epidendrum x O’Brienianum 
fertilised with the pollen of Dendrobium crystallinum Statterianum, and of 
this there were myriads of young seedlings germinating, though the seed 
was only sown in February. The cross was carefully made, and it will be 
curious to observe the result when the seedlings reach the flowering stage. 
The Cypripediums are a fine lot—hundreds of plants in the most robust 
health, a large number of seedlings being included, some representing new 
crosses, while others have already flowered in other establishments. The 
most remarkable of all was one said to have been raised from Selenipedium 
x Sedeni crossed with the pollen of Cypripedium Stonei, of which scapes 
were pushing up. The plant bore much resemblance to the pollen parent, 
though no trace of the other could be detected, which seems quite inexplic- 
able, if the records are correct. Among interesting crosses may be mentioned 
C. Rothschildianum 2? x Lawrenceanum g, C. bellatulum 2 x Rothschildi- 
anum 4, C. Elliottianum 2? x Spicerianum 7, and many others, some of the 
young plants being well advanced. C. callosum x Fairieanum and the 
reverse cross were germinating, the circumstances being particularly inte- 
resting. Of crosses which have already flowered elsewhere may be mentioned 
_ C. Lawrenceanum x Curtisii, and C. niveum x Lawrenceanum, both in 
bud, C. Lowii x Boxalii, in flower, and C. philippinense x venustum. 
The reversed cross of C. x Morganize may also be mentioned, though it is 
not likely to differ much from the original. Among particularly interesting 
plants may be mentioned, Cypripedium x Paris, C. x southgatense 
superbum, C. x Evenor, C. x Aylingii, C. x Statterianum, and a plant of 
the rare and beautiful Selenipedium x Saundersianum. The species and a 
