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CYPRIPEDIUM HYBRIDS. 



TIIJ'L folldwiuy new Cypripedium liybrids 

 luu'o been r;used in the collection of 

 Mr. Fred J. Hiuibury, Brockliurst, 

 East (i mislead (gr. Mr. Thos. Matthews). 



C. auratimi (aureuni virginale x Persephone), 

 bright greenish-yellow, the upper half of the 

 dorsal white, the petals having a median line 

 ul brown. 



('. unibrosuiii (Charlesianuui x e.xul hybrid), 

 large flat dorsal of apple-green colour 

 margined with white, the central area shaded 

 With brown ; the w ide petals and lip Indian- 

 yellow witii slight red-brown shading. 



C. Leeanoleoniae (Leeanum (^linkaberry- 

 anum x Leoniae), the round, flat dorsal white 

 with greenish base, and slight rose shading 

 and spots on central area ; the horizontal 

 petals dusky-yellow with median line of 

 brown. 



C. Matthewsianum (Thalia x Hera 

 Euryades), a chubby flower, the white dorsal 

 neatly spotted with crimson ; the petals and 

 lip shaded with crimson-brown and having a 

 shining appearance. 



C. Vulcan (1 .athamianuai x Clio), a liright 

 flower of rich brown colour, the upper part of 

 the dorsal w hite, the lip lighter than the petals. 



C. Dracomostyn (Draco x Mrs. Mostyn), the 

 large dorsal almost covered with crimson 

 blotching on a white ground ; the sepals and 

 lip mahogany tinted. 



C. hirsuto-Curtmannii (hirsutissimum x 

 Curtmannii), a pretty result, showing the 

 purple-coloured petals of the former parent ; 

 the greenish dorsal closely veined and spotted 

 with dark brown. 



C. Aricia (insigne x G. F. Moore), a large 

 flower having the dorsal boldly spotted and 

 with a broad white margin ; the petals 

 reticulated with brown. 



C. Belides (villosum x Troilus), the dorsal 

 sepal is wholly apple-green colour, with a few 

 black spots ; the petals and lip resembling 

 those of villosum. 



C. Bendis (Mons. de Curte x G. F. Moore), 

 this has blackish spots on the greenish dorsal 

 and a few on the petals. 



C. Camilla (Persephone x San-Arthur), a 

 neat flower of varying brownish-yellow tints 



and entirely devoid of spotting ; the dorsal 

 margined with white. 



C. Dercetis ( 1 roilus x Robsoni), a pleasing 

 flower of clear light brownish-yellow colour, 

 approaching the albiiKj section ; all the 

 segments well proi)ortioned. 



C. I'Y'ronia (W. Hopkins x Bceckinannii), in 

 this the l)road dorsal sepal is apple-green with 

 a narrow white margin, the central area 

 vertically lined with brown ; the yellowish 

 petals and hp suffused with red-brown. 



C. IIip|)olyte (Hera X James Buckingham), 

 this has an unusually pretty dorsal, the centre 

 light green with darker green reticulation, and 

 a few spots, the whole having a broad white 

 margin ; petals and lip yellowish. 



C. Lotos (nitens x Troilus), a large and 

 handsome flower, the green and white dorsal 

 Ijoldly spotted, the yellowish petals and lip 

 suffused with crimson-brown. 



C. M ercunus (Robsoni x Actaeus), a com- 

 paratively small flower, the dorsal greenish- 

 yellow, lightly spotted ; the petals and lip 

 tawny-yellow. 



C. Nysa (Thalia x nitens), this resembles 

 the latter jjarent, the dorsal heavily spotted, 

 the i)etals suffused with mahogany-red. 



C. Paiitlius (Robsoni x Leeanum), very 

 distinct, of golden-yellow colour, tlie dorsal 

 spotted with dark brown, the petals shaded 

 with red on the upper half. 



C. Pero (nitens-Leeanum x Baron Schroder), 

 a neat addition to the Fairrieanum hybrids, 

 the dorsal evenly spotted with blackish-purple, 

 the lip and petals stained with crimson-red. 



C. Sih anus (Hitchinsias x Mrs. Mostyn), a 

 promising flower, the orbicular dorsal sepal 

 having a broad rose-tinted margin, the central 

 area greenish with dark purple-red markings ; 

 petals and lip having crimson-red suffusion. 



C. Zelia (Godseffianum x Hera), a small 

 flower with dark markings on the dorsal and 

 petals ; the latter tinged with purple. 



C. sinuatum. Although the parentage of 

 this hybrid has been lost the name is worth 

 recording, for it describes the curving nature 

 of the segments, which renders it very distinct. 

 Doubtless C. villosum is responsible for a 

 large share of the parentage, judging by the 

 coloration and shape f)f the broad petals and 

 dorsal sepal. 



