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more is possible in the garden than in nature, because in our orchid houses and gardens we can group or focus species 

 of many kinds, whereas in nature such species are generally widely diffused or separated beyond the chances of cross- 

 fertilisation, by busy insects, however widely they may wander on their gauzy wings. 



And so our hybridisers at home have at last made not only some of nature's "old lamps," or wild species, 

 into new ones, but they have made for us some of the old lamps themselves, doing synthetically what the botanist 

 analytically had perceived or prophecied in times past. It was so with Phalaenopsis intermedia, and it is so with Masde- 

 vallia splendida (v. Gard. Chron., 1878, vol. IX., p. 493) and Masd. Parlatoreana (Gard. Chron., 1879, vol. XL, p. 172), 

 both supposed and both now known to be hybrids between M. Veitchiana and M. Barlaeana as parent plants. So far 

 as is now known and proven the two last-named varieties are the only wild hybrids, and they were discovered on the 

 Eastern Cordillera of Peru, near Cuzco, where M. Veitchiana and M. Barlaeana grow together. When we come to the 

 Garden Hybrids, however, we find at least ten or twelve kinds have been reared by those who looked on seedling Masde- 

 vallias as being quite "a forlorn hope," only a few years ago. A bird's-eye view of the hybrid Masdevallias is given in 

 the following table, but there are at the present moment dozens of seedlings unbloomed in British, European, and 

 American collections of these quaint and charming mountain flowers :— 



GARDExN HYBRIDS OF MASDEVALLIA. 



(*ARE ALSO WILD HYBRIDS.) 



Hybrid. 



Date, &c. 



Parents. 



Colour, &c. 



Raisers. 



*M. splendida - 



Gard. Chron., IX., 1878, p. 493 



M. Veitchiana x Barlaeana 



Orange-red - 



? Veitch 



*M. Parletoreana 



Gard. Chron., 1879, XI., p. 172 



M. Barlaeana X Veitchiana 



Larger, papillose - - - - 



Veitch 



M. caudata-Estradae 



Gard. Chron., 1889, s. 3, p. 714 



M. caudata x Estradae - 



Purple and yellow 



Veitch 



M. Chelsoni - 



Gard. Chron., 1880, XIII., p. 554 - 



M. amabilis x Veitchiana 



Cinnabar-red - 



Veitch 



\VL „ var. splendens 



Gard. Chron., 1889, s. 3, p. 619 



M. Veitchiana, var. x amabilis, var. - 



Deep orange-red - 



Veitch 



M. Courtauldiana 



Gard. Chron., V., 1889, s. 3, p. 200 



M. rosea x caudata var. Shuttleworthii 



Red-rose ; lip white 



Cookson 



M. Ellisiana - 



Gard. Chron., 1889, VI., s. 3, p. 154 



M. coccinea, var. Harryana x ignca 



Rose-carmine ; tube yellow - 



Veitch 



M. Fraseri 



Gard. Chron., 1882, XVII, p. 143 " 



M. ignea x coccinea (Lindeni y 



Orange and crimson 



Fraser 



M. Gairiana 



Gard. Chron, 1884, XXII, p. 38 - 



M. Veitchiana x Davisii 



Orange-yellow and red, papillose - 



Veitch 



M. Geleniana - - - 



Gard. Chron, 1887, II, s. 3, p. 586 



M. caudata, var. Shuttleworthii X 

 Estradae, var. xanthina 



Orange and sulphur, purple dots - 



Sander 



M. glaphyrantha 



Gard. Chron, XXII, 1886, p. 648 - 



M. infracta x Barlaeana - 



Brown-red, rose, and yellow - 



Veitch 



M. Hincksiana 



Gard. Chron, 1887, II, s. 3 - 



M. tovarensis x ignea 



Buff-yellow - - - - - 



Hincks 



M. Amesiana - 



Gard. Chron, 1893, XIII, p. 196 - 



M. ignea, var. rubescens x Harryana 



Crimson-purple, tube orange-yellow 



Ames 



M. Measuresiana 



Gard. Chron, 1890, II, p. 379 



M. tovarensis x amabilis 



White ------ 



Sander 



f This is said to have been the first hybrid Masdevallia raised in Europe. 



The two beautiful hybrids, M. Geleniana and M. Measuresiana, we now illustrate after the faithful pencil of Mr. H. G. 

 Moon have been raised in our establishment at St. Albans, while the third, M. Courtauldiana, was raised by Mr. 

 Norman Cookson, one of our most distinguished and successful amateur hybridisers. It is next to useless to describe 

 the size, form, and colours of these choice varieties since we have the plate before us, but we may point out the fact that 

 all three have splendid constitutions in common with so many other of our garden hybrids. 



It is quite fit that such lovely gains to our gardens should be dedicated to those who devote time and energy to 

 Orchid culture, thus M. Geleniana (a) is named in compliment to the Baron Hruby von Gelenie. 



M. Courtauldiana (d), raised by Mr. Norman C. Cookson, is likewise dedicated to Mr. Sidney Courtauld, of 

 Braintree, Essex, whose name is now familiar " as household words" with all who are fond of these favourite flowers. 



Lastly, but by no means least, comes Messrs. Sander's dainty bantling, named in honour of Mr. R. I. Measures, 

 of Cambridge Lodge, Flodden Road, Camberwell. It is a most exquisite thing— and quite a second " Camberwell 

 Beauty " in its own sweet way. 



Again and again we have urged upon our readers the fact that too much spare time and thought cannot be given 

 to the study of hybridising orchids. Our knowledge is almost nil t and the field is endless ; it will take years before 

 progress at all satisfactory is made to learn and know the colours and shapes of different species which should be crossed, 

 to gain an acquaintance which will lead to a successful end ; of the native habitats and seasons of growth and resting of 

 the different species to be hybridised, and to ripen and raise the seed of these so variable plants is, indeed, difficult. 



