"J. R.," New Bedford, Mass., writes : "You will oblige me very much by letting me know through your journal if Cypri-pedium aucale has ever been crossed by any of the tropical varieties, if so, what are the hybrids? Would like to know most easy way to get a stock of Anthurium Warrackianium and the easiest mode of propagating it. Will Coelogynes do better in pans than baskets or blocks? Can I flower it better in hot-house than cool, as I have been in the habit of flowering it in cool house?"

[There have been no attempts recorded to use Cypripedium acaule in hybridizing orchids.

Coelogynes do best in pots of peat and moss; a very few do well on blocks or in baskets, but even these do better in pots.

Can some correspondent answer the query in regard to propagating Anthurium? We suppose division is the only way. - Ed. G. M].