198 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1923- 
more numerous, doubtless owing to the more seasonable period of the year, 
but we do not remember seeing there a finer hybrid than that above 
mentioned. 
Although it is many years since the Royal Horticultural Society’s- 
Spring Show was held in the Temple Gardens, there are not a few 
Orchidists who recall those events with a certain amount of interest, for 
very great advances have been made since that period. One of the 
memorable features of the Temple Show was the inclusion in Sir Fred. 
Wigan’s group of Miltonia vexillaria G. D. Owen, then the only variety of 
this species having a blotched lip. At the disposal of his collection in 19077 
the three portions of this plant realised about £1,500. A glance round the 
Chelsea Show of this year was sufficient to convince anyone of the extensive 
use that has been made of this famous variety. In practically every group’ 
there were several hybrids and varieties of out-standing merit. Not only 
were some of these hybrids of Miltonia yexillaria of large size and delicately 
veined with rose, but the handsome blotch on the base of the lip rendered’ 
them particularly attractive. In some varieties this blotch had a decisive: 
clean-cut margin, while in others it took a radiating form. In colour it 
ranged from purple to almost a deep black, while in one or two examples an 
elegant effect was produced by a purplish blotch being surrounded with a. 
zone of crimson. 
To many visitors it was a matter of regret that no Orchids were showm 
from the Westonbirt Collection. The wonderful group of Sir George 
Holford’s fine specimens at the International Exhibition of 1912 will long 
be remembered, if only for the superb examples of Dendrobiums of the 
nobile section which it contained. No such plants of their kind have since 
been seen. But in Sir Jeremiah Colman’s exhibit this year there were 
several Dendrobiums of the taller growing section, notably hybrids of D. 
Dalhousieanum. As a truly grand plant of majestic flowering habit there: 
is probably no finer example than the D. Gatton Sunray, to which a First~ 
class Certificate was deservedly awarded. It combines the robust nature of 
D. Dalhousieanum with the rich golden-yellow colour of D. chrysotoxum. 
With regard to the ever-popular Odontoglossum crispum there were 
numerous varieties. The unblotched forms come in for just as much 
apvreciation as the highly coloured ones. An Award of Merit was granted 
to a handsome plant bearing two spikes each with nine unblotched 
flowers, although the opinion of the exhibitor was that this particular plant 
deserved Cultural Commendation only. It would therefore be as well if 
some notification to this effect could in future be added on the official entry 
forms. Of the albino varieties with their pure-white flowers, and also the: 
xanthotic forms, there was a beautiful group, the many flowered spikes: 
when seen from a distance looking like a snow-capped hill. Further 
