NOTES ON SOME CURIOSITIES OF ORCHID BREEDING. ^Gl 



altogether, apart from foreign pollen, there are other disturbing 

 factors which must be taken into account when considering the 



Fig. 107.— Sophro-L^lio-Cattleya x Veitchii (Sophronitis grandiflora $ x 

 L^elio- Cattle ya x eleganr J). {Gardeners' Magazine.) 



causes of lengthening and shortening period of ripening of seed- 

 pods in Orchids. 



Mr. Eeginald Young, of Sefton Park, Liverpool, has very 

 kindly placed at my disposal a copy of his interesting stud-book, 



