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The parentage of both Germaine Opoix and Gaston Bultel is uncertain, 
but without doubt Fairrieanum and insigne are in both. C. insigne is one 
of the parents of C. X Mr. F. Sander, but the other is unknown, and both 
villosum and insigne are found in Beekmanii, though nothing else is certain 
in regard to this fine hybrid. 
Very high prices have been realised at auction for some of these Cypri- 
pediums. The record price ‘‘ under the hammer ” for any Cypripedium is 
£300 for C. x Thalia Mrs. Francis Wellesley, the next highest being £294 
for Germaine Opoix Westfield var., while AZson giganteum realised £231 
and The Baron £126. 
No plant of Alcibiades magnificum, Dreadnought, Helen II. (both 
varieties), Leeanum var. J. Gurney Fowler, San-Actzus var. etoniense, 
Sultan, The Premier, or Troilus Cravenianum has been offered for public 
competition. 
A word of warning is necessary. The high prices above quoted have 
caused untrue stock of certain of the above-mentioned plants to be offered 
as ‘‘ portions of the original.” I know this to be the case in regard to both 
Thalia Mrs. Francis Wellesley and Germaine Opoix Westfield variety. 
Two or three points strike us in perusing this list, but we will not antici- 
pate the opinions of our readers, whose views on the subject we hope to 
have.—Ep. 
Wis. We aed 
VANDA WATSONI. 
(See FRONTISPIECE). 
THE frontispiece to our present volume represents a group of the very dis- 
tinct and pretty Vanda Watsoni, which was introduced by Messrs. Sander 
& Sons, through their collector, W. Micholitz, who found it in the interior 
of Annam at 5,000 feet elevation. It was dedicated to Mr. W. Watson, 
Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and flowered for the first time 
with Mr. F. W. Moore, at Glasnevin, nearly four years ago. The species 
is nearly allied to V. Kimballiana, but differs in its white flowers, concave 
lip, and short rounded sac, instead of a somewhat elongated spur. The 
interior of the sac and the crest are yellow, with some red-brown dots. The 
photograph was kindly sent by Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, Westbonbirt, Tet- 
bury, and represents a group of plants in that gentleman’s collection. It is 
a free-growing and graceful species, and an interesting addition to the genus. 
A curious character of the species may be observed in the fie 
that although the rachis of the Re es is dark, ee 
flowers are white, forming a marked contrast. The terete leaves probably 
indicate that, as in the case of V. teres, the species prefers a sunny situation. 
