2 THE ORCHID: REVIEW. [JAN.-FEB., 1919. 
and they are now happily assisting in organising a world that will be safe to 
live in, and which alone, so far as all human probability is concerned, can 
prevent a recurrence of these barbarities in the future. We believe it will 
succeed, indeed it must succeed, for there will be no room for Orchidology, 
or any other of the joys of existence, if the resources of science are to be 
squandered in a mad race for the next and greater cataclysm. 
The return to normal conditions will not be easy. The relief experienced 
at the cessation of hostilities was a natural reaction from the intense strain 
under which we have lived for the last four years, but it has been followed 
by a feeling of dismay as we contemplate the magnitude of the wreck, and 
the derangement of the economic machine. The work of restoration. and 
reconstruction is the first and most urgent problem, but even this cannot 
be carried out without security, and the way in which the Peace Conference 
is tackling the difficult problems with which it is confronted inspire a 
feeling of confidence that the work will be accomplished in a satisfactory 
way. A work of such magnitude cannot be carried through in a few days, 
and the transition period until peace is signed is not likely to pass without 
its doubts and uncertainties. But events are moving rapidly towards the 
desired end, and all can help to expedite the good work. 
Eaery SOPHRONITIS HYBRIDS. | et 
ie brilliancy of colour, there is nothing to compare with the hybrids of 
Sophronitis grandiflora, but they are, unfortunately, rather difficult to 
raise, and in some cases not of very vigorous constitution. 
Steady pro- 
gress, howe ver, is being made, and among our most successful raisers must 
be numbered Mr. R. G. Thwaites, -of Streatham, who has long made a 
speciality of the group, and from whom we have received interesting flowers 
on numerous occasions. Mr. Thwaites now sends four others, three ot 
them being novelties flowering for the first time. He remarks: “ I have 
always chosen the good-shaped, dark Sophronitis as a parent, instead of 
the coarser brick red, somewhat starry variety, which may possibly have 
added to the difficulty of raising the seedlings.” The latest additions are 
as follows :— 
SOPHROCATTLEYA RaMILLES (Sc. warnhamensis x C. Empress Fred- 
erick) most resembles the Cattleya parent in general character, the lip 
being ample, and carmine-purple in colour, with some orange on the disc. 
The sepals and petals are broad, and light rose-purple in colour. The first 
flower of the cross was noted at page 48 of our twenty-fifth volume. The 
plant which received an Award of Merit from the R.HLS. in March, 1918 
