oe THE ORCHID REVIEW.  (Surt-Octs 1919. 
kindly gave me a portion of a collection from Mexico; to Lieut. Walsh, 
74th Regt., for large and valuable collections from Demerara and Trinidad, 
and to Dr. Robertson, of Glasgow, for some choice plants from the West 
Indies.”’ 
It is an interesting little volume, about the size of a large pocket book, 
which is said to have been “ printed in leisure moments,” and it is illustrated 
by the author, who remarks, “I fear that my attempts at wood engraving 
are very rude.” It contains much that must have been extremely useful at 
the time, and it is remarked that “The information thus collected has two 
valuable claims, first its portable size, and tho’ last, not least, the very, very 
moderate charge at which it is presented to the reader.’’ The work 
concludes at page 96 with an alleged portrait of the author, but in the Kew 
copy we find a later Catalogue of the Orchideous Plants at Ladiston, the 
date being 1845. The number of genera and species have by this time 
increased, and the enumeration concludes with a list of some 95 only known 
by number, and a good many cases with the native country in addition. 
VUYLSTEKEARA IGNESCENS.—A very striking hybrid has been raised by 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, from Miltonioda Harwoodii: 
(Cochlioda Neetzliana X Miltonia vexillaria) crossed with the pollen of 
Odontoglossum Harryanum, of which the first flower has been sent to us. 
It is most like the , Miltonia grandparent in general shape, and at present 
slightly under three inches across, with a broad, expanded lip, but the 
colour is very different, and is most comparable with that of the Miltonioda 
parent. The sepals and petals may be described as rosy crimson, but the 
prevailing colour of the lip is orange scarlet, owing to a mottling of small 
yellow dots, these being somewhat larger and paler at the sides, while about 
the centre occurs a W-shaped yellow marking. The crest consists of four. 
Yellow plates, the outer pair being shorter and spiny. The column is 
Miltonia-like, five lines long, deep yellow in front with brown dots, and 
paler behind with a purple stain, the narrow, rounded wings being lilac. 
The column is free from the lip, but with a central ridge at the base which 
forms a strengthening connection, and there is a slight constriction below 
the stigma. The Odontoglossum Harryanum markings have diffused, as in 
the case of Odontioda Charlesworthii. When this hybrid genus was 
originally described (O.R., xix. p- 60), it was pointed out that the name 
would apply to all hybrids between the genera Cochlioda, Miltonia and 
Odontoglossum, and thus would include those from Miltonia x Odontioda, 
Cochlioda < Odontonia, and Odontgglossum x Miltonioda. The présent 
striking hybrid completes the series, and is very promising, as the Miltonia 
ancestry should originate a race more suitable for culture in a warmer 
climate than is Odontoglossum.—R.A.R. 
