1921.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
November 
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SANDERS’ LIST OF ORCHID HYBRIDS. 
S O numerous are the new hybrids that have bloomed since the last issue in 
1916 of Messrs. Sanders’ Hybrid Orchid List, that an entirely new 
edition upon an enlarged scale has become imperative. This work has now 
been published in a strongly bound volume of no less than 225 quarto pages, 
with an additional 18 pages as an Addenda, and bringing the records up to 
September, 1921. It contains the names and parentages of all the known 
hybrid Orchids, whether introduced or artificially raised, and on that 
account will prove of the greatest value not only to present-day raisers, but 
to every oneinterested in Orchidology. The names are arranged in tabular, 
alphabetical form, so that all hybrids from each species or hybrid may be 
ascertained at a glance. These tables will be found an essential and 
trustworthy guide in every way, and will help to avoid the duplication and 
synonymy in the nomenclature. The system is that adopted by the Orchid 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. An alphabetical list of 
generic parents cannot fail to be of considerable value now that so many 
genera have been linked together, and the inclusion of this list in the fore¬ 
part of the work is a matter that adds much to the utility of the book. 
Interleaved blank pages are provided for the recording of additional hybrids 
as they appear. Sanders’ List is concise, reliable and indispensable, and it 
is difficult to imagine how any cultivator of these plants can afford to be 
without a copy. 
The late Mr. J. Gurney Fowler took a great interest in the nomenclature 
and correct recording of hybrid Orchids. He rightly believed that every 
hybridist wants to know, with as little delay as possible, firstly component 
parts of the plant he proposes to use as a parent, and secondly how other 
growers have employed it in the making of existing hybrids. The hybridist 
is thus in the position of chosing either to confirm results which have 
already been satisfactory with other raisers, or to branch out in a new 
experiment of his own. With the aid of Sanders’ List it is a comparatively 
easy matter to look through the various sections and obtain, almost at 
a glance, the required information. When one considers the thousands of 
hybrids that have been raised and named, it will be realised that the 
compilation of this work has been a matter of considerable research, and one 
that could only be undertaken by a fully experienced authority. We are 
full of praise for the work, and in a subsequent issue will refer more 
especially to the various sections, and the great and rapid progress made in 
hybridisation during recent years. 
This valuable book is published by Messrs. Sanders, St. Albans, 
price forty-five shillings, including the Addenda, from whom copies may be 
obtained. 
