XXL HISTORY OF ORCHID HYBRIDISATION. 
a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. on December 5th under the name 
of O. X Smithii. Itwas the first successful attempt to unite the Mexican 
Odontoglossums with those of the O. crispum group. It is figured on 
page 290. 
In 1906 an additional generic hybrid appeared, namely Brassoepidendrum 
% stamfordiense, which was exhibited by H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, 
Stamford Hill. It is said to have been derived from Epidendrum Parkin- 
sonianum X Brassavola glauca. 
The first hybrid Cceelogyne also appeared in 1906, in the collection ot 
Col. Brymer, Ilsington House, Dorchester. It is said to have been raised 
from C. Dayana x C. asperata, and received the name of C. X Brymeriana. 
It bore a pendulous raceme of nineteen flowers. 
Several interesting hybrids appeared in 1907, one of the earliest being 
the beautiful Odontioda x Bradshawiz, which received a First-class 
Certiticate from the R.H.S. on January rgth. It was raised by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co., from Cochlioda Neetzliana @ and Odontoglossum 
crispum ¢, and is figured on page 28v. Later in the year came the 
brilliant Odontioda x Devossiana, raised by M. H. Graire, of Amiens, 
France, from Odontoglossum LEdwardii fertilised with the pollen of 
Cochlioda Neetzliana, which received a First-class Certificate on October 
29th. Another hybrid from Odontoglossum Edwardii was raised by Messrs. 
William Bull & Sons, and received an Award of Merit on January 8th, 
under the name of O. * Alicizs. O. X spectabile was the pollen parent. 
It is figured on page 282. Odontonia * Elwoodii was raised by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co. from Odontoglossum cirrhosam and Miltonia Roezlu. 
Cizlogyne X Colmanii was raised in the collection of Jeremiah Colman, 
Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate, from C.speciosa and C. cristata alba, and received 
an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. It is figured at page 265. Lastly may 
be mentioned Brassocattleya x Alexanderi, a striking hybrid from Cattleya 
citrina crossed with the pollen of Brassavola Digbyana, which was raised in 
the collection of Major G. L. Holford, at Westonbirt, and received an Award 
of Merit from the R.H.S.in March, 1907. 
This hasty survey, while indicating how the work was being constantly 
extended over a wider field, fails to show what was being done with the 
earlier genera, but in the following pages may be seen what substantial 
progress was being made. The genus Paphiopedilum heads the list, with 
over 750 hybrids; Leeliccattleya follows with over 360, Cattleya has over 
230, Dendrobium and Odontoglossum have each over go (and the latter is 
growing very rapidly), Leelia and Masdevallia muster over 40, Phragmo- 
pedilum over 30, and Phaizenopsis over 20, from which the numbers dwindle 
down to units in the case of Aérides, Angreecum, Cynorchis, Promenzea and 
Thunia. 
