February 25, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
150 
Notes on the Illustrations in this Issue. 
Cypripedium tracyanum. 
We are now in a position to give an illustration of this 
hybrid, which we briefly described on December 17th, p. 1018. 
The hybrid was derived from C. aureum as seed parent crossed 
with leeanum giganteum. We may remind readers that C. 
aureum was derived from C. Sallieri hyeanum x spicerianum. 
C. Sallieri itself was derived from C. villosum x insigne. The 
other parent of the plant under notice—namely, C. leeanum 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield Common, Woking, who has 
also added the plant to his collection. 
in looking over the complicated parentage it will readily bo 
evident to Orchid growers that C. villosum shows its influence 
111 the form and colour of the petals and lip. The wavy uppir 
margin of the petals would also indicate the influence of C. 
spicerianum. ('. leeanum as a parent shows it« If in 
spots or markings seen upon the base of the dorsal sepal and 
011 lll( ' petals. C. villosum would seem also to have influ< 
the dorsal sepal in the washing out of the spots so character- 
Cypripedium tracyanum. 
giganteum, was derived from C. spicerianum x insigne. We 
thus see that a veiy roundabout w ay has been gone in order 
to produce C. tracyanum. 
The dorsal sepal is greenish-yellow in the centre, or light 
green, with a bronzy-purple band along the midrib and finely 
spotted with purple in lines at the base, following the course of 
the veins. Outside of this area is a broad snow-white border. 
The spathulate sepals are slightly declining and yellow 7 , shaded 
with brown,- except on the margins, wdiile the upper edge is 
distinctly wavy. The lip has a similar shading of brown to 
that of the petals, except the margin of the pouch, which is 
yellow. The flow 7 er is of good texture, and the surface lias a 
shining, waxy lustre. Our illustration of this beautiful hybrid 
variety was prepared from a painting in the possession of 
istic of C. insigne. The new 7 production is therefore amply 
distinct from all of the parents, and we should like to know 
how Mendel’s law would bear upon the complicated genealogy 
of this new and beautiful hybrid. 
Potato Colonist. 
Flowers and vegetables as well as cereals are extensively 
tried on the Kinver seed farms of Messrs. Webb and Sons, 
Wordsley, Stourbridge. Potatos also get close attention, and 
if new varieties are in hand they may also be seen on the 
grounds at Kinver under ordinary conditions alongside of older 
and better known sorts. Colonist is an early Potato, and may 
be described as a white Kidney with a smooth skin, shallow 
eyes, and shapely. It will therefore prove a useful subject for 
exhibition at the early flower shows when gardeners desire 
