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26 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FeBevary, 1918, 
four species in their ancestry (O.R., iv. pp. 361-2) may be mentioned as 
showing the progress that was being made in hybridisati 
The principal imported novelties of 1897 were the Philippine | 
Dendrobium Victoria-Regina, the chaste D. nobile virginale, and Vanda 
Moorei, an interesting natural hybrid between V. ccerulea and V. Kimball- 
lana. Among garden hybrids, however, there were several noteworthy 
additions, including Brassocattleya Thorntonii and Bc. Digbyano-Triane 
(then referred to Leliocattleya), Epilelia radico-purpurata, Epicattleya 
matutina, Spathoglottis aureo-Vieillardii, and Brassocatlelia Lindleyano- — 
elegans, the latter raised by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., being the second 
hybrid having three genera in its composition. The flowering of a plant of 
the remarkable Grammatophyllum speciosum in the same collection, and 
one of Vanda Miss Joaquim, a hybrid raised at Singapore, were also 
events of interest. Near the end of the year there passed away Mr. James _ 
Bateman, at the age of 86, a veteran whose active connection with Orchids — 
extended over a period of seventy years, and who has been well described | 
as one of the most remarkable men in the horticultural world which the — 
century produced. 
Probably the most interesting event of 1898 was the flowering in the 
Burford collection of the remarkable Eulophiella Peetersiana, which was — 
illustrated as the frontispiece of our sixth volume. We may mention also 
the appearance of Zygopetalum Ballii, the pretty little Orchis monophylla, © 
a native of Upper Burma, and Stanhopea Rodigasiana, a very distinct — 
species which gained a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. Among 
hybrids we may note three fine Odontoglossums from the establishment of 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke, of Loochristi, Ghent, namely, O. loochristiense, O. 
crispo-Harryanum, and O. Rolfez. Sophrocattleya Chamberlainii and Sc. 
G. Hardy were two other striking novelties of the year. The flowering of | 
seedlings raised from Cattleya intermedia and Lelia purpurata by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co. and M. Ch. Maron, confirmed the parentage of the 
natural hybrid Leliocattleya Schilleriana. This was the year of the Ghent 
Quinquennial Horticultural Exhibition, which produced a good display of 
Orchids, though not equal to that staged at the R.H.S. Temple Show held 
a few weeks later. <A disagreeable incident that somewhat marred the 
success of the latter Show was the loss of a choice collection of Orchids 
that had been exhibited by M. Jules Hye, which created a good deal of 
excitement at the time. 
The Hybridisation Conference, held at Chiswick in July, 1899, was the» 
great event of the year, and Orchids were well represented, both in the 
papers read, and in the plants shown at the accompanying Exhibition, as_ 
may be seen by the report at PP- 233-238, 252-254 of our seventh volume. 
Other interesting events were the introduction in quantity of Lelia 
