J^uture Supplements. 



IT is inevitable that a work of this kind, deahng with a subject which is 

 progressing with such rapid strides, should very quickly become out of 

 date. The preceding pages contain the hybrids recorded up to the 

 end of 1907, so far as their history could be ascertained, but a large number 

 have been recorded since, and almost every meeting of importance brings 

 additions to the list. 



As stated at page v. of the Preface, it is intended to publish future 

 additions in the Orchid Review, so as to prevent the work from falling 

 out of date. Those for igo8 have already been collected, and a first 

 instalment will appear in an early number of that work, after which the 

 records will be continued from time to time as the materials accumulate. 

 This will also afford an opportunity of correcting any errors that may be 

 pointed out, and of including any hybrids that have been omitted for want 

 of information. It is quite probable that materials exist which will enable 

 the origin of some of these doubtful hybrids to be cleared up, and it is 

 hoped that any such information will be forthcoming. 



In order that future records may be as complete as possible, it is hoped 

 that raisers will forward the necessary information respecting their 

 productions, as they reach the flowering stage, accompanied by a flower as 

 a voucher of authenticity, and this remark applies equally to any old 

 hybrid which has been overlooked or omitted, or whose origin has been 

 incorrectly given. If raisers will compare the work with their own private 

 records, and let us know the result, some important information may be 

 elicited, for we have reason to believe that there are hybrids in existence 

 whose origin has never been properly recorded. Hybrids that have not 

 yet reached the flowering stage are outside the scope of the work. 



On the opposite page is printed a schedule showing the kind of 

 information required, and it would facilitate the work if raisers will arrange 

 the information forwarded on the same plan. 



The information should be addressed to — 



The Editor of the Orchid Review, 



12, Lawn Crescent, 



Kew Gardens, 



London, W. 



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