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that the Orchid Committee, though present in force, had practically nothing 
to do, because most of the Orchids exhibited were in a separate tent, in which, 
apparently, the Committee had no locus standi. The point, of course, was 
that the two meetings might as well have been five hundred miles apart, so 
far as any union or combination was concerned—at all events until luncheon 
time came round—a condition of things that left something to be desired, 
especially as some of the local exhibits were deserving of recognition, and 
the Committee had been brought down there, presumably, for such a pur- 
pose. It is interesting, however, to note that two of the plants found their 
way to the Drill Hall at the next meeting, and gained First-class Certifi- 
cates, namely Lelio-cattleya x Wiganie and L.-c. X Henry Greenwood 
var. superba. 
At the meeting held on July 17th, I noticed a particularly interest- 
ing exhibit, namely, a series of coloured drawings of Orchids certificated by 
the Society during recent years. Some three hundred were on view, and it 
was understood that the remainder, if not the whole collection, would be 
staged at the next meeting. It is an extremely valuable series, and a valu- 
able record of the work done by the Society—so much so that one can only 
regret that it was not begun sooner. Many of the earlier certificated 
varieties have been lost sight of, and some of them are ikely enough to re- 
appear in the new series. But in any case these pictures should prove 
invaluable in any complete system of registration, and if it could be 
extended so as to include such of the earlier varieties as still exist, it might 
prevent some confusion in future. 
ARGUS. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
PHAIUS X OAKWOODIENSIS. 
It was a very happy idea of Mr. Cookson’s to cross the tall and vigorous 
Phaius Wallichii with the beautiful P. tuberculosus, which no one seems 
able to grow successfully, for the resulting hybrid P. x Cooksoni combines 
the best characters of both parents to a very great extent. Subsequently 
Mr. Cookson re-crossed the hybrid named with the pollen of another 
beautiful Madagascar species, namely P. Humblotii, giving rise to the 
above-named beautiful form, which deservedly received a F irst-class Certi- 
ficate from the R. H. S. on July 17th last. It has apparently the excellent 
constitution of the seed bearer, and the plant exhibited carried a splendid 
spike of flowers most resembling those of P. Humblotii in general shape, but 
larger in size and, of course, different in colour. The sepals and petals are 
of a delicate rosy tint, spreading or somewhat reflexed, and the well dis- 
