MaRCH, 1917] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 1 
A very varied and beautiful series of thirteen seedlings of Odontioda 
Madeline (Oda. Charlesworthii x Odm. crispum) is sent by Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells. They show various shades of 
crimson and scarlet,.in some cases with traces of yellow on the ground 
colour. A further note about them will be found on page 52. 
“THe Orcuip REviEW.—The twenty-fourth volume of the Orchid 
Review is dedicated to O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, ‘an 
enthusiastic and highly successful amateur of Orchids fora period of over 
half a century,’ which reminds us that the Review has flourished for a 
period nearly equalling that for which the Reichenbachian Herbarium was 
sealed up. The interest is well maintained, this and the two later numbers 
containing articles on Albinism and Colour in Orchids, by R. G. Thwaites, 
Esq., and M. Ch. Maron; a Parasitic Orchid Fungus which has been 
identified from Glasnevin; the Glympton collection of Orchids, in which 
the experiences of an amateur are detailed ; a review of Dr. Lotzy’s work, 
‘Evolution by Hybridisation ;’ Orchids fifty years ago, based on records in 
our own pages of that period; and numerous other interesting notes and 
figures. We congratulate the. Editor on his continued success.”’—Gardeners’ 
Chronicle. 
Ovontociossum Fe.ix.—A flower of a pretty hybrid derived from 
-Odontoglossum Thompsonianum, has been sent by R. G. Thwaites, Esq., 
Chessington, Streatham, but the other parent is, unfortunately, unknown. 
The petals have an expanse of 2% inches, and though broad below are 
acuminate above, this and the dark red-brown spotting much recalling O. 
Pheebe, or possibly a good O. Andersonianum. ' The sepals are less spotted, 
and both have a lilac-purple ground colour, and are strongly recurved. The 
lip is narrow and slightly pandurate, the basal half deep yellow, with a few 
red markings, and the front white, with a crimson-brown blotch in front of 
the crest. Other seedlings may, perhaps, suggest a further clue. 
A FREAK CypRIPEDIUM.—I read with interest the notes on Abnormal 
Cattleyas (O.R., xxiv. pp. 260, 261, 282). I am sending you a bloom of 
Cypripedium Euryades New Hall Hey var., which you will see has two 
dorsal sepals. There is another bloom on the plant that is quite normal. I 
have grown a number of Cypripediums for twenty years, but have never 
seen one like this before, and think it may be of interest.—J. DEANE WILLIS, 
Bampton Manor, Codford St. Mary, Wilts. Aa 
[A curious freak, which has the additional merit of beauty, for the two 
spreading dorsal sepals, copiously blotched with purple on a white ground, 
are very striking. It recalls a case of the same variety from. the collection 
