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HE recent Shows have afforded some striking illustrations of progress 
in hybridisation in the Miltonia group, and of the way it is being 
linked up with Odontoglossum and allied genera. At the Holland House 
Show a First-class Certificate was given to a very charming hybrid between 
Miltonia vexillaria Leopoldii and Odontoglossum Rolfez, which was 
exhibited by Messrs. Mansell & Hatcher under the name of Odontonia 
Cleverleyana, and an Award of Merit to one from Miltonia Bleuana and 
Odontioda Charlesworthii, exhibited by M. Firmin Lambeau as 
Vuylstekeara insignis, the latter combining the three genera Miltonia, 
Odontoglossum, and Cochlioda. At the R.H.S. meeting held a fortnight 
later another triumph of the hybridist’s art appeared, in the shape of a 
hybrid between Miltonia vexillaria and Odontoglossum Uroskinneri, under 
the name of Odontonia Charlesworthii, for which Messrs. Charlesworth 
& Co. were unanimously awarded a First-class Certificate. This brilliant 
acquisition is illustrated at page 241, and it will be seen how completely 
the characters of its very distinct parents are combined, though no figure 
in black and white can do justice to its rich coloration. In some respects 
the flower may be compared to a much enlarged and glorified edition of 
the Odontoglossum parent, but the influence of the Miltonia—which was 
the pollen parent—can be traced all over, particularly in the shape of the lip 
andcolumn. The seedling has apparently a good constitution, and should 
develop into a very fine thing when the plant becomes stronger. 
Miltonia vexillaria has now been united with such very distinct species 
as Odontoglossum crispum, O. Edwardii, O. Uroskinneri, and Cochlioda 
Neetzliana, and as there are already several secondary hybrids between the 
tWo genera, it is obvious that the march of improvement will continue, and 
When more of the habit and vigorous character of the numerous blotched 
Odontoglossum hybrids have been introduced, some remarkable develop- 
ments may be expected. Successes of this kind will only stimulate our 
