226 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [AuGust, 1914. 
hybridists to make further experiments, and already we have evidence of a 
number of interesting experiments in progress, though the time has not yet 
come to speak about them, and there are many disappointments in such 
work. 
The hybrids of Miltonia proper were dealt with in our June issue very 
thoroughly, and it would be an interesting experiment to unite these with 
Miltonioda Harwoodii, Odontonia brugensis, and the spotted Odontonia 
Cleverleyana, with a view to increasing the range of colour variation, 
which has hitherto been rather limited. There are two or three other 
spotted Odontonias partly derived from Miltonia vexillaria, all of which 
would be worth trying, as they could scarcely fail to be showy, and they 
would probably succeed under the same treatment as the rest of the group. 
They require a little more heat than the cool Odontoglossums, and this 
may prove to be one of the difficulties in uniting the two groups, though it 
is not likely to be insuperable, as a few experiments will probably show the 
most suitable treatment. At all events any difficulty in raising the seedlings 
has been overcome. 
A suggestion to hold another Show of autumn-blooming Orchids in 
1915, on the lines of the one held in November, 1912, was put forward by 
the chairman of the R.H.S. Orchid Committee at its meeting held on July 
14th—it was too late for the present year, as the programme was already 
arranged—and the idea was favourably received; indeed, surprise Was 
expressed that such a highly successful event was not continued annually. 
It would entail very little trouble to adapt one of the ordinary meetings— 
preferably the first November meeting—to this purpose, and we hope the 
Society will make the necessary arrangements in its next programme. 
The thing should be done properly, and autumn-blooming Orchids are now 
so numerous that a special meeting at this season would almost certainly be 
successful. We shall be glad to have any suggestions from our readers 0? 
the subject. 
Two addresses are reviewed in close juxtaposition in the last issue of < 
Journal of Botany (pp. 175-177). The first is that of Dr. J. F. Lotsy; e : 
at a meeting of the Linnean Society on February rgth last, “On the Pe 
- of Species by Crossing,” which was very fully dealt with in our ge 
issue. The second is by Prof. G. Henslow, read on June 4th, fe 
Darwin’s Alternative Explanation of the Origin of Species without ¥ 
means of Natural Selection,” in which various subjects are discussed a 
the opinions of different authors are collected. The review conclude ge 
what is termed Darwin’s final charge against scientists for their misrept ) 
