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yellow ground ; while the petals are greenish yellow, lined with brown on 
the upper margin, and the lip suffused with brown in front. 
P. X BERYL.—Raised from P. X Mrs. Wm. Mostyn ? X Beeckmanid, 
and received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. in December, 1907. 
The dorsal sepal is almost that of a small spotted P. Leeanum ; the petals 
are very broad, yellow on the lower half, brown on the upper, and spotted 
throughout with deep brown, and the lip greenish, mottled with brown in 
front. This plant illustrates the difficulty of dealing with plants of doubtful 
parentage, as both the parents are. In the Stud-Book the seed parent is 
considered a form of P. X Evelyn, and the pollen parent of P. x Berkeley- 
anum (which if correct it must supersede). This would give to P. x Beryl 
a composition of P. bellatulum 3 parts, Boxallii 2, insigne 1, and Spiceri- 
anum 2 (out of eight), and as all four parents can be very clearly traced the 
fact so far confirms the supposed origin. 
Respecting the above hybrids Mr. Alexander remarks: ‘‘ Each flower has 
a number attached corresponding with the enclosed tickets, which give full 
particulars of each cross, as desired. Under this system all new hybrids 
will in future be forwarded for entry in future instalments of the Orchid 
Stud-Book. It is a great accomplishment, and a useful book that should 
be recognised by all hybridists. I can plainly see why we waited so long 
for it. The work involved in its compilation must have been stupendous.” 
EPIDENDRUM X LeEpA.—Raised in the collection of E. Ashworth, Esq., 
Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, from E. X Sedeni (Wallisio-ciliare) re-crossed 
with the pollen of E. Wallisii. The sepals and petals are lanceolate, 
acuminate, bright yellow, and r}in. long, while the blade of the lip is 
broadly elliptic-oblong, apiculate, minutely denticulate, tin. long by in. 
broad, and primrose-coloured, with a few purple streaks along the centre, 
and a deep yellow crest. Although three-fourths derived from E. Wallisii, 
it shows an approach to E. ciliare in the shape of the petals and sepals, but 
the lip is entire, though very different from that of E. Wallisii in shape. 
Mr. Ashworth remarks that it is still a small plant with a stem only five 
inches high. 
ODONTOGLOSSUMS FROM WALTON GRANGE. 
A BEAUTIFUL series of Odontoglossums has been sent from the collection 
of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens, being, 
with one exception, seedlings flowering for the first time. A hybrid from O. 
sceptrum X triumphans has a light yellow ground, densely spotted and 
blotched on all the segments with bright red-brown. It is a very attractive 
flower, and fairly intermediate between the two parents. Another of the 
seedlings from O. cirrhosum xX Pescatorei has reproduced the character of 
the seed-parent very closely, having narrow, very acuminate white segments, 
