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four scapes from the same bulb, and one of these produced two flowers on 
the same stalk, which is quite novel to me. L. S. Enchantress at the 
commencement of the season made an enormous growth from one of the 
leads, and this ultimately developed into two fine bulbs joined only at the 
base. Both the bulbs are now flowering.” The latter peculiarity has 
probably arisen from fission of the growth at a very early stage. The bulb 
appears to have been divided longitudinally through its shortest 
diameter, and the two halves are flattened at their adjacent sides. It is 
probably an accidental occurrence, but it will be interesting to see whether 
_ each half produces a new growth next year. . 
EVENTS OF 1902. 
CONFORMABLY to custom at this season, we may glance back at the 
events of the past year, and we again find evidence of steady progress, 
both in things cultural and in the introduction of novelties, though the 
latter have come almost, though not quite, entirely from the hands of the 
hybridist. The most striking event of the year was the flowering, in the 
Kew collection, of the remarkable Cymbidium thodochilum, introduced 
from Madagascar by M. Warpur, as described at page 184 of our last 
volume. The large obcordate crimson front lobe of the lip is quite a novel 
character among cultivated Cymbidiums, and renders it very distinct and 
handsome. Cynorchis villosa is another very distinct and pretty 
Madagascar introduction of M. Warpur’s, which flowered at Kew, and was 
figured at t. 7845 of the Botanical Magazine. Bya singular coincidence, a 
third Madagascar plant also flowéred for the first time in cultivation, 
namely, Bulbophyllum Hamelinii, in the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Glasnevin, this curious plant having been introduced from Madagascar 
some nine years previously by M. Hamelin, of Eulophiella renown. It was 
described at page 284 of our last volume. Chondrobollea x Froebeliana 
1s a remarkable natural hybrid between Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni and 
Bollea ccelestis, which flowered with M. Otto Froebel, at Zurich. The 
first appearance of the female flowers of Catasetum quadridens, on the 
unique plant at Kew, may also be mentioned. 
Hyprips. 
Novelties among hybrids have been very numerous, and we may first 
mention the two remarkable generic crosses, Leptolelia x Veitchii and 
Zygonisia X Rolfeana, raised by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, and 
Messrs. F. Sander & Sons, respectively. Four fine hybrids of Brassavola 
Digbyana have also appeared, namely, Brassocattleya x Leemanniz, 
(figured at page 57 of the present issue), B.-c. x Chamberlainiz, B.-c. X 
Marie, and Brassolelia x Helen (figured at page 169 of our last volume) ; 
