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July 8, '93). Wm. Murray, Mr. Cookson's clever man, 

 mentions that he took "considerable over a thousand 

 Dendrobes from one seed vessel " (Gard. Chron., Feb. 24, 

 '94) . 0. R. , July ,'93, states that the cross of (Ainsworthii 

 x and Findlayanum), chrysodiscus, is "remarkably 

 different " from the reverse cross, melanodiscus. 



Odontoglossum. 



It is only with the appearance of the Orchid Review 

 that order began to reign amongst the multitude of 

 Odontoglossum hybrids. Reichenbach suprised us once 

 when attempting to classify the relatives of Od. Ruck- 

 erianum and Andersonianum under the name of laii- 

 ceans. But of what little weight such effort was is 

 obvious, when we learn how he himself deprived his 

 attempt of all importance when stating " for rny corre- 

 spondents I use the older names." To dub Odontoglos- 

 sum hybrids with all kinds of names has become such 

 mania that it seems incredible to many that people could 

 be found to allow the use of their names for such tramps 

 amongst the noble class of species belonging to the 

 Odontoglossa. I have mentioned in another place that 

 I have not beheld an orchid for now almost eight years. 

 Of all the impressions received from subjects in garden 

 and nature, none have remained as vivid and bright as 

 the faces of all my orchid friends. But I trust that my 

 adapting of Mr. Rolfe's classification will not be ascribed 

 to me as theft. My intentions to restore order in this 

 class have been honest and persevering, as hundreds of 

 drawings and paintings on this very subject will bear 

 me out. I have exhibited them at the meetings of the 

 scientific committee of the Royal Hort. Soc., at South 

 Kensington, and of all the scientific work once under- 

 taken by me and rudely interrupted through fate's 



