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OponTIODA Doris (Odontioda Cooksonize ? X Odontoglossum amabile). 
—A handsome hybrid, having well-shaped sepals and petals, with a very 
large salmon-red blotch on each, and the margin rosy, the intervening area 
being yellowish white. Exhibited by Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, 
Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). Award of Merit, R.H.S., Jan. 27th, rgr4. 
ODONTIODA MARGARET (Oda. Bradshawiz Cookson’s var. ? X Odonto- 
glossum armainvillierense).—A pretty light-coloured hybrid, having whitish 
sepals, with a salmon-red blotch on each. Exhibited by Mrs. Norman 
Cookson, R.H.S., Jan. 27th, rg14. 
OpoNnTIODA Marion (Oda. Bradshawize Cookson’s var. 2 x Odonto- 
glossum unnamed).—A promising hybrid, having flowers of good shape, 
tinged with rose and well-blotched with red. Exhibited by Mrs. Norman 
Cookson, R.H.S., Jan. 27th, rgr4. 
ODONTIODA SipyL (Oda. Bradshawiz Cookson’s var. ? X QOdonto- 
glossum dark seedling).—A handsome hybrid, having flowers of a nearly 
uniform tint of light claret purple, and the crest of the lip yellow. 
Exhibited by Mrs. Norman Cookson, Award of Merit, K,H.S,,. Jan. 
27th, rg14. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM VIVIENNE (Oda. Cooksoniz 2 xX Odontoglossum 
crispum Britannia).—A promising hybrid, having the flowers much blotched 
with red on a pale rosy ground. Exhibited by Mrs. Norman Cookson, 
R.H.S., Jan. 27th, 1914. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM SANDHURSTIANUM (coronarium ? X "Bawardid. —A 
remarkable hybrid, most like the former in general shape, and having 
broad, undulate, chocolate-purple sepals and petals, and a somewhat three- 
lobed lip, with a dark red-purple area in front of the yellow crest, and.the 
apex yellowish white. Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, R.H.S., 
Jan. 27th, 1914. . 
THE AMATEUR’S COLLECTION. 
By C. ALWYN HARRISON. 
N many respects the cultural routine will be much the same as that 
advised last month. Owing, however, to the days increasing in length, 
a little more air can often be advantageously admitted, whilst damping 
down may be increased to a slight extent. “All plants in active growth will 
probably need a dose of water every other day, or every third if the weather 
is cold and dull, but in respect to watering so much rests upon the good 
judgment of the cultivator, for climatic conditions and adaptability of 
houses and season are widely varied in different parts of- the country, 
hence no set rules can be given. ‘ During the winter months, however, it is 
wiser to err on the side of giving too little than too much water. No 
