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yellow, and bearing a pair of rounded whitish auricles at the base. It 

 is a very striking species, and very effective when well grown. 



THE HYBRIDIST. 



Paphiopedilum X Victorinus.— Two forms of a handsome hybrid 

 between Paphiopedilum insigne punctato-violaceum ? and P. X Calypso 

 Oakwood var. <? are sent from the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., 

 Sefton Park, Liverpool (gr. Mr. PoynUL They have retained much of the 

 general character of the seed parent, but the dorsal sepal is white, except 

 for a small light green area at the base, and heavily blotched with dark 

 purple, these being modified to purple brown on the green area. The 

 staminode, petals and lip all bear a general resemblance to those of the 

 seed bearer, though in one flower they are much paler than in the other. 

 The pollen parent was derived from P. Spicerianum and P. Boxallii, but 



an increased white area on the dorsal sepal, with rather more spotting, but 

 neither the Boxallii villosity nor the very distinct staminode of Spicerianum 



thirteen months later, and now the first flowers have appeared. It is a 



Paphiopedilum- X Venilia. — A hybrid from the same collection, 

 derived from P. Victor! a- Maria,* $ and P. villosum $ , and most like an 

 enlarged edition of the former, but with broader petals, and other traces of 

 the influence of P. villosum. The spike sent is twin-flowered. 



L.eli a X 'acuminato-anceps.— Under this name we have received the 

 inflorescence of an interesting hybrid from M. Ch. Maron, of Brunoy, 

 France. L. anceps was the pollen parent, and the inflorescence and 

 bracts show much of the influence of this parent, though the flowers are 

 much smaller, being about 3* inches in expanse, with the sepals and petals 

 light rose-purple in colour, and the lip showing much of the shape and 

 markings of L. anceps. M. Maron states that the bulbs are in the way of 

 L. acuminata, but larger, being about 1 inches high, and the leaf 7 inches 

 long by i\ inches broad, bright green and fleshy. 



FOLLEN OF PAPHIOPEDILUM > NIOBE. 



This season I again attempted to utilize my large plant of Paphiopedilum 

 X Niobe as a parent. I may add it is in robust health. With this object 

 I crossed two blooms of P. Charlesworthii, in each case using both pollen 

 masses of a P. X Niobe to each flower. I also crossed blooms of P. insigne 

 punctato-violaceum, and P. insigne Ballia, using four pollen masses of 



