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T isa little difficult to write of Orchidology in 1918, for everything was. 
overshadowed by the great world tragedy which reached the culminating 
point just before its close. The conditions were too abnormal, and the 
wonder is that the interest was maintained at all. Under ordinary circum- 
stances, the year would have witnessed another great Quinquennial 
Horticultural Exhibition at Ghent; as it was, we hardly knew whether 
Orchids still survived in Belgium, until the signing of the Armistice again 
opened communications, and brought the news given at pp. 22-24. The 
events of the year were practically limited to the ordinary fortnightly meet- 
ing of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Manchester and North of 
England Orchid Society, and these have been full of interest, and have 
afforded: abundant evidence of the steady progress in hybridisation that is 
being carried on. 
How great this progress is, may be seen from the R.H.S. awards for the 
year, and from the fact that with a single exception they were gained by 
home-raised seedlings. These awards consisted of 21 First-class Certificates, 
33 Awards of Merit, 22 Preliminary Commendations—these only given to 
promising seedlings—and three Cultural Commendations. It was one of the 
latter that formed the exception just mentioned, the award being given toa 
well-grown plant of the rare Neomoorea irrorata, from the collection of 
H. T. Pitt, Esq. It is of interest to note that the list of Preliminary 
‘Commendations includes 15 Odontoglossums, and six of the allied 
Odontioda, which testifies both to the popularity of the group and to the 
facility with which seedlings can now be raised. > An analysis of the recipients 
of First-class Certificates shows three representatives each of Cattleya, 
Cypripedium, Leeliocattleya, Odontioda, and Odontoglossum, two Brasso- 
cattleyas, and one each of Brassocatlelia, Cymbidium, Miltonia, and 
Sophrocatlelia. The Awards of Merit were gained by nine Lzliocattleyas, 
+ seven Cattleyas, six Odontoglossums, four Odontiodas, and two Brasso- 
Cattleyas, while Cypripedium, Dendrobium, Disa, Sophrocattleya, and 
Sophrocatlzlia each contributed a single representative. This progress is 
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