May, 1917-] ‘THE ORCHID REVIEW. 103: 
on the lip (O.R., 1914, p- 95). Cymbidium amabile (Lowii-Mastersii X 
insigne) was exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons on April 7th (O.R., 1914, 
p. 147). Lastly, C. Venus (Holfordianum xX insigne) was exhibited by 
Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Jarvisbrook, at the Chelsea Show on May roth, 
and received an Award of Merit (O.R., 1914, p. 181). 
In February, rgr4, a fine natural hybrid of C. insigne was exhibited by 
G. Hamilton Smith, Esq., under the name of C. Cooperi (O.R., 1914, Pp- 
94, 131). It was part of a plant which had been obtained from Messrs. 
Sander & Sons, and is the natural hybrid mentioned as having bloomed in 
the previous year out of an importation in which C. insigne and C. 
Schroederi were found intermixed (O.R., 1913, p- 308). It was most like 
C. insigne in habit, but the flowers more suffused with yellow. On April 
15th, 1914, another natural hybrid from the same importation was exhibited 
by G. Hamilton Smith, Esq., which was recorded as C. glebelandense var. 
roseum (O.R., 1914, pp. 131, 149), this having a dwarfer, arching scape and 
smaller, more rosy flowers, thus being much nevrer C. Schroederi in habit 
though not in colour. In March, 1916, Messrs. Sander & Sons exhibited 
another natural hybrid from the same importations under the name of C. 
Mavis (O.R., 1916, p. 90), this having also more of the habit of C. 
Schrcederi, with brown striping in the segments. All have since been 
referred to varieties of the original C. glebelandense. It is, however, 
possible that some of them may be secondary hybrids, a point which it 
would be interesting to clear up. 
In January, 1915, Cymbidium Castor (Woodhamsianum X insigne) 
flowered in the collection of G. Hamilton Smith, Esq., being described as. 
most comparable with C. insigne, and having light yellow flowers, with 
numerous red-purple stripes on the lip, passing into a few spots in front 
(O.R., 1915, p- 36). 
A month later C. Queen-of-Gatton (insigne X Lady-Colman) was. 
exhibited from the collection of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (O.R., 1915, p. 
84). This also proved very variable, some two dozen plants being exhibited 
at a meeting of the R.H.S. held in January, 1916, showing much variation 
in colour (O.R., 1916, p. 54). 
About the same time C. Batterfly (Lowio-grandiflorum X insigne), 
flowered in the collection of Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C:V.0O., and 
proved to be remarkably variable. Eight forms were sent to show the 
amount of variation, these ranging from cream to light yellow in the ground 
colour, more or less veined with rose-pink in the sepals and petals, with the 
crimson markings on the lip in some cases in confluent lines, in others more 
in the form of individual spots (O.R., 1916, p. 81). 
In January, 1916, two novelties appeared at the R.H.S. meetings, both 
secondary hybrids of C.insigne. On January 11th Messrs. Sander & Sons 
