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HE completion of the twenty-fifth volume of the Orchid Review 
naturally led to a summary of the progress of Orchidology during the 
period, and the stress of the abnormal conditions caused by the war has 
delayed the resumption of our notes in their usual form. A summary of 
the events of the past year may seem a little out of date, but a rough draft 
was prepared, and the record of progress must not be lost. 
The railway transit difficulties which led to the abandonment of the 
R.H.S. Chelsea and Holland House Shows, and the change of venue from 
the Royal Horticultural Hall to the London Scottish Drill Hall, naturally 
led to a considerable curtailment of exhibits, especially as regards 
groups, consequently there was a considerable reduction in the number of 
Orchids certificated during the year, the numbers being nine First-class 
Certificates, forty-three Awards of Merit, fifteen Preliminary Commend- 
ations, and four Cultural Commendations, these with very few exceptions 
being hybrids or seedlings of garden origin, showing the extent which 
selection of parents now plays in the improvement of garden Orchids. 
tributed through the usual showy 
The awards were pretty evenly dis 
ates were Brassocatlelia Lady 
genera. The recipients of First-class Certific 
Manningham Buller, Brassocattleya Lady Veitch, Cattleya Astron The 
Dell var., Cypripedium Eurybiades The Baron, Eulophiella  Rolfei, 
Laliocattleya General Maude, Odontioda Coronet Orchidhurst var., Odonto- 
glossum crispum The Premier, and O. Felicity. The Award of Merit was 
given as follows: Cattleya and Lzliocattleya, eight each, Odontioda, six, 
Cypripedium, Miltonia and Sophrocatlalia, four each, Brassocattleya 
and Odontoglossum, three each, while Cymbidium, Dendrobium, and 
Sophrocattleya each contributed a single representative. It is interesting 
tonote that as many as twenty-two of these are generic hybrids. The 
Preliminary Commendation is naturally jimited to hybrids, and was largely 
Monopolised by Odontoglossum, with twelve representatives, the allied 
Odontioda gaining two, and Miltonia one, all being seedlings which are 
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