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THE GARDEN ALBUM AND REVIEW. 
Cypripedium x Alcibiades magnificum. 
—This striking hybrid was exhibited at the 
R.H.S. on Jan. 9, 1906, by Major Holford, 
C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury, Glos. (gr., 
Mr. H. G. Alexander), and attracted much 
attention, as well as receiving a First-Class 
Certificate from the Orchid Committee. It is 
a cross between C. x Leeanum giganteum £ and 
C. x Mons. de Carte $ , and has taken about 
four years altogether to produce from the time 
of pollination. 
ground, while the yellow surface of the 
rhomboidal staminode is covered with short 
reddish hairs. The lower sepal is fairly large, 
soft green in colour with deeper veins. 
L£elio = Cattleya x Charlesworthi (L. 
cinnabarina x C. aurea).—A magnificent group 
of this glowing hybrid was shown at the 
R.H.S., Westminster, on Jan. 23, 1906, by 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, 
Yorks, and attracted universal attention and 
Cypripedium x Alcibiades magnificum. 
The flower, as may be seen from the sketch, 
is very massive, and remarkable for the broad 
wavy upper sepal. This is white, and arching 
over at the top. The numerous spots and 
blotches which decorate it are deep purple 
brown on the green basal area, but become 
bright crimson higher up on the whiter ground. 
The petals are broad, substantial and wavy, 
greenish in colour, the upper half being heavily 
washed and veined with chocolate brown, and 
spotted at the base. The blunt lip is a deep 
shining purple brown on a yellow-green 
admiration. The Orchid Committee awarded a 
Silver Gilt Flora medal for the group which 
contained about 80 large plants in 6in. and 
Sin. pots. The spikes averaged from 6 to 12 
flowers each, so that one can imagine the 
brilliant appearance of the orange-red sepals 
and petals, and the deep crimson lip, remarkable 
for the beautiful frilling on the margins. It 
is probably the very first time that an arti¬ 
ficially raised hybrid has been shown in such 
numbers, and not a single poor plant amongst 
the-lot. 
