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Annals of Horticulture. 



Leopold II. It had been received by Monsieur Pynaert direct 

 from Monsieur Paten, of Antioquia, in Colombia. It has been 

 exhibited before the Horticultural Society of Belgium, and the 

 Royal Society of Agriculture and Botany, at Ghent. It was 

 unanimously awarded a certificate of merit.' 



" Odontoglossum Cookianum, Rolfe, is a supposed natural hy- 

 brid between O. triumphans and O. Sanderianum. O. Del- 

 lense, O'Brien, is another so-called natural hybrid, its sup- 

 posed parents being O. Pescatorei and O. prcenitens. A third 

 doubtful hybrid is one named O. Godseffianum, which is said to 

 suggest O. Lindleyanum and O. triumphans. It would seem 

 that those who name orchids are less certain than of yore, if 

 one may judge by the number of introduced plants which 

 are now dubbed natural hybrids. It would simplify matters 

 considerably if such plants were either allowed to rank as dis- 

 tinct species or called varieties of those they are most like. 



" We have a supposed natural hybrid among oncidiums now, 

 namely, O. Larkinianum, whose characters are thought to be 

 a mixture of O. cur turn and O. Bare lay anum. I should call it 

 Jons into simply a bright-colored variety of O. curtum. 

 England Ci Peristeria aspersa, Rolfe, was described and figured in Lin- 

 denia, t. 277. It is in the way of P. pendula, the pseudobulbs 

 being as large as goose-eggs, and the short pendent raceme 

 crowded with ten flowers, which are almost as large as those of 

 P. elata, and colored yellow, thickly speckled with crimson, 

 the lip being blotched with red. It is a fine plant, and was 

 introduced by the Messrs. Linden, from Venezuela. 



" Phajus maculato-grandifolius, Hort., Veitch, is a hybrid 

 between the two species indicated in the name. It has the 

 habit of the latter species, tawny, yellow flowers, with a poor 

 lip, a character derived from P. inaculatus . 



" Renanthera Imschootiana, Rolfe, is a pretty addition to the 

 genus. It is very similar to R. Storeyi. 



" Restrepia striata, Rolfe, is a charming little orchid, exactly 

 like R. elegans, but with striped instead of spotted sepals. It 

 was introduced from New Granada by Low & Co. 



" Schomburgkia Sanderiana, Rolfe, is similar to the bull's- 

 horn species, S. tibicinus, but with shorter pseudobulbs and 

 rosy, carmine flowers. The worst character in the plants of 

 this genus is their shy-flowering behavior under cultivation. 



(e Sobralia macrantha, var. Keinastiana, Hort., is a white- 



