﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW 



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mule between P. amabilis and P. rosea. It agrees with the former ii 

 foliage and in the tendrils of the lip : with the latter in colour, in ttv 

 acuteness of its petals, and in the peculiar form of the middle lobe of th' 

 lip. . .. Flowers half-way in size between P. amabilis and P. rosea.' 

 The correctness of this shrewd inference has since been proved by direc 



flowered. Indeed, Mr. Dominy's experiments only commenced in 1852, '<■ 

 few months earlier at the outside, and there may have been an even close 

 connection between the two events. 



It may be mentioned here that towards the end of 1852 an article 

 appeared in the Gardeners' Chronicle commencing :— 41 Do Orchidaceom 

 plants produce hybrids ? is a question often asked and never answerer, 

 satisfactorily. It is probable that they do ! " (p. 803). It then goes on t< 

 speak of a plant figured and described by Weddell as precisely intermediate 

 between Aceras anthropophora and Orchis militaris (with which it was 

 found growing), as a clear case of hybridity. 



The Orchid Growers' Manual was also mentioned (p. 263), as "a reprin 

 of the 'Orchids for the million ' recently published in our columns, witl 

 some additions." This first edition contained 10S pages. 



A letter to a young Orchid grower (p. 324) contains some shrewd advice 

 respecting the formation of a collection. " If you are very rich," the write 

 observes, "the way is to go to Messrs. Veitch, Messrs. Rollisson, or Mr 

 Loddiges with your banker's check-book " ; for new plants " you give ar 

 order to Mr. Linden or Mr. Skinner " ; or you may have to adopt more 

 humble methods. " Do not import. Nothing is more disappointing, anc 

 .in the long run more expensive." But we must skip the details. 



