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HE completion of the twenty-fifth volume of the Orchid Review affords 
a convenient opportunity for a brief retrospect of the period during 
which it has been in existence. The work was established in January, 
1893, when the Reichenbachian Herbarium had been sealed up for three and 
a-half years, and the period is further indicated by the fact that Cypri- 
pedium Chamberlainianum and Cattleya Victoria-Regina were the two 
striking novelties of the preceding year, both having received First-class 
Certificates from the R.H.S. It may be interesting to reproduce the 
“‘contents”’ of the first issue, which are given as follows (the pages are not 
material, and have been omitted) :— 
(Gee TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ORCHIDOLOGY. 
ur Progr Denbrobium Amblyornidis and the Gard- 
Cattleya merian ener-Bird. 
The History of Orchid Lybtidisation, Part I. | The Hybridist— 
‘Oncidium Saintlegerianum Lieliocattleya x Brymeriana., 
i ee x Niobe (Fig. 1 I). Masdevallia x evan tize. 
Lelia ns. Cymbidium X Winnia 
Cat iileye: labiata alba. Cypripedium x Edwardi (Fig. 2). 
- Orchids of 1892. Calendar of Rete yay for Janua 
Cattleya Alexandre. tchid Por 
Cattleya Victoria-Regina. Orchids at te Ravi Horticultural Society. 
The Burford Collection. 
An interesting glimpse of the then existing conditions is seen in the 
summary of the Orchids of 1892, and in a report of the R.H.S. meeting for 
December, 13th, 1902. From the latter we learn that the meeting was 
held at the Drill Hall, Westminster (the present temporary venue), and 
that a casual visitor would hardly have imagined that it was the dullest season 
of the year, so brilliant was the display. We also find the record that 
three medals were awarded for culture; a Silver Banksian to a brilliant 
specimen of Sophronitis grandiflora bearing over forty flowers, exhibited by 
the President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., the plant being grown in a pan 
about fourteen inches across; a similar award to a huge specimen of 
Cypripedium insigne, exhibited by C. E. Smith, Esq., Cobham, Surrey, 
bearing ninety-six blooms of first-rate size and colouring, the plant having 
aken ten years to grow into its present fine condition; and a Bronze 
Banksian to two good specimens of C. insigne, exhibited by S. G. 
Lutwyche, Esq., and bearing an aggregate of 139 blooms. There were 
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