January  7,  1897. 
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Cattleya  Prince  of  Wales. 
This  Orchid,  which  was  added  to  the  list  of  hybrid  Cattleyas  about 
five  years  ago,  is  of  great  beauty,  but  probably  not  very  abundant, 
w  ich  would  account  for  “Young  Orchid  Grower”  (page  20)  not 
having  met  with  it.  C.  Prince  of  Wales  is  one  of  the  most 
delicately  beautiful  that  has  yet  been  raised,  which,  considering 
rubra  oculata,  the  soft  rosy  shade  of  the  former  telling  greatly  in 
these  dull  dreary  days.  The  spikes  are  not  quite  so  fine  as  in 
former  years,  owing  to  alterations  which  interfered  with  the  earlier 
stages  of  their  growth,  but  still  they  are  of  the  greatest  value. 
I  had  intended  sending  you  a  few  spikes  of  0.  Yeitchi,  also  a 
cultural  note,  but  indisposition  has  prevented  my  doing  so.  I  will 
do  so  at  the  earliest  opportunity. — R.  P.  R. 
Hybrid  Cypripediums. 
In  the  second  paragraph  of  my  note  on  this  subject,  page  556, 
I  should  have  made  an  exception  in  favour  of  C.  Sallieri,  as  this 
plant  certainly  appears  to  be  a  natural  hybrid  between  C.  insigne 
and  C.  villosum.  It  has  the  dorsal  sepal  of  the  former,  while  the 
petais  have  the  decided  median  line  as  seen  in  C.  villosum,  and  also 
the  shining  brown  tint  peculiar  to  that  species.  C.  Sallieri  is  named 
Fig.  5.— CATTLEYA  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 
the  numberjnow  in  cultivation,  is  high  praise.  It  is  said  to  be  the 
result  of  a  cross  between  the  white  Cattleya  Mossite  Wagneri  and 
C.  calummata.  The  plant  shows  characters  that  might  be  con¬ 
sidered  intermediate  between  the  two  parents  ;  and  there  is  no 
question  that  it  is  a  delightful  and  valuable  seedling.  The  sepals 
and  petals  are  pare  white,  as  also  is  the  lip,  with  the  exception  of  a 
series  of  pale  rose  veins  in  the  centre,  and  a  finely  frilled  margin. 
The  woodcut  (fig.  5)  admirably  depicts  the  form  and  markings  of 
the  flower.— Orciiidist. 
Calantiies. 
With  the  advent  of  the  many  new  Orchids  that  have  appeared 
during  the  past  few  years  we  must  not  lose  sight  o.  the  fact  that 
many  of  the  older  varieties  must  be  strictly  kept  in  mind,  and  for 
winter  work  we  shall  have  to  look  long  ere  we  find  anything  to 
surpass  the  Calanthes.  Our  stove  at  the  present  time  is  a  picture, 
with  6,  8,  and  10-inch  pots  filled  with  Calanthe  Veitchi  and  C. 
after  a  French  gardener,  who  was  supposed  to  have  raised  it  by 
crossing  these  two  species,  but  who,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  selected 
it  from  other  plants  of  C.  insigne  and  sent  it  out  as  C.  Sallieri.  It 
has  also  been  imported  since  by  several  orchidists,  and  not  long 
since  I  saw  a  specimen  of  C.  S.  Hveanum  that  flowered  from  an 
importation  of  C.  insigne.  This  exception,  however,  does  not  alter 
the  fact  that  natural  hybrids  in  the  genus  are  few  and  far 
between. 
Dendrobium  Wardianum. 
The  flowers  of  this  beautiful  and  popular  Dendrobe  are  now  in 
full  beauty,  large  plants  with  their  long  pendulous  stems  wreathed 
from  end  to  end  with  the  chaste  blossoms  having  a  truly  delightful 
effect.  Why  some  cultivators  tie  these  stems  erectly  to  stakes  and 
other  ugly  contrivances  I  cannot  imagine,  for  it  entirely  ruins 
them  from  a  decorative  point  of  view.  It  is  certainly  a  cultural 
aid,  for  if  the  lants  are  properly  fixed  at  potting  time  no  support 
