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xcedlinfjs from the same cross were better than others, and one of 
the best of these was crossed with a good variety of C. Mossine ; 
I he result was a fine pod of seeds, and of the seedlings secured the 
one named abovci was the first to flower. It is remarkable for the 
^reat substance of the flower ; the sepals and petals are pure white, 
much broader than C. intermedia, and thick, quite different from 
O. Mossiie. The lip is broad and open in the way of C. Jlossia;, 
but most delicately veined, spotted, and suffused with a soft, clear, 
bright, rosy tint. The plant is of good habit, exactly intermediate 
between the parents. 
OnoxTooi.ossL'.M (Mu.toxi.i) Blei’i, v.vk. splendkx.s. 
Some time ago M. Bleu raised a hybrid between Odontoglossum 
or Miltonia vexillarium and (). lloezli, which possessed considerable 
interest as the first produced amongst the Miltonia section. It was 
■named and described as a Miltoniopsis, which occasioned some 
possess considerable historical interest as the first hybrid resulting 
from artificial crossing amongst the Odontoglossums. This is in 
the collection of Orchids formed by the Baron Edmond de lloth- 
■schild at Amand Yilliers, Gretz, a few miles from Paris on the 
S:rasburg line. It w.ts secured from a cross effected about five 
and a half years ago between O. crispum and (). luteo-pnrpureum, 
the former being the seel parent. The seeds were sown when 
ripe, and several plants were raised, which have steadily progressed 
until the present year, when the most advanced produced a raceme 
of seven flowers early in May, and these are now fully expanded, 
the characters indicating a true combination of the two 
species named. The pseudo-bulbs are rounder than those 
of 0. crispum and more like O. luteo-purpureum, the larger 
being U inch in diameter and depth and flattened, but the 
other is more conical in form. The leaves are 10 to 12 inches 
long, and U inch broad, stiff, and bright green. The flowers 
adverse criticism, and it certainly does not seem desirable that such 
a title should be adopted. Opinions also differ with regard to the 
application of Miltonia to these plants, but as the parents are so 
generally known as Odontoglossums, that is given here. The 
variety splendens is a great improvement upon the one first 
flowered and possesses much beauty, the soft tint of the flowers 
being relieved by deep crimson veins at the base of the lip. In 
the habit of the plant, and in the form of the flowers, the hybrid 
shows a curious combination of its parents’ characters. It was 
purchased by Messrs. Sander & Co., St. Albans, and exhibited at 
the Temple Show on Wednesday last. 
ODONTOCl.OSSfM irVimiDUM LEUOYAXUJr. 
Hybrid Orchids are now numerous in some of the more popular 
and best known genera, but the artificial production of hybrid 
Odontoglossums has hitherto proved too much for the skill of 
Orchid cultivators in this country. Seed has been obtained and 
plants even have been raised, but they have either died or have 
failed up to the present to produce flowers. A remarkable excep¬ 
tion in France is worthy of notice, however, and will always 
are 3^ inches across from tip to tip of the petals, and 2 inches 
from the tip of the upper sepal to the margin of the lip. The 
sepals and petals are nearly equal, the latter slightly broader ; the 
sepals of a pale yellowish ground tint, most strongly marked at the 
tips ; the petals are whiter, and perhaps will become still more 
pure. The sepals have each three broad reddish brown bars, these 
being more deally defined in the upper one than the two lower. 
The petals are undulated at the margin, with one large blotch in 
the centre, two smaller rounded ones at the side, and a few still 
smaller near the centre of the base. The lip is three-quarters of 
an inch in diameter, somewhat like 0. luteo-purpureum in shape, 
fringed at the edge, white, with one large reddish blotch, and a 
deeply divided yellow crest at the base on a reddish ground. In 
general appearance the flowers are very distinct, the sepals and 
petals being slightly curved forwards. 
Baron Edmond de Rothschild specially desires the plant to bear 
the name of his gardener, M. Leroy ; and I was informed that the 
hybrid will be depicted in an early issue of the “ Rcicheubachia.’ 
— L. Casti.e. 
