118 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (May, 1917, 
held at 2.33 p.m., when the Balance-sheet will be submitted for approval, 4 
officers and Committee elected, prizes presented to the successful com- + 
petitors, alteration or addition to rules (of which immediate notice should — 
be given to the Secretary), and any other business transacted. 
The Secretary will be pleased to receive offers of prizes for competition j 
during the coming session, so that the same may be announced at the 5 
Annual Meeting. q 
aa ORCHIDS IN SEASON. Ean 
VERY handsome Odontoglossum is sent by Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
A Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate, which was obtained under the name of a 
O. crispum, with an inquiry as to whether the designation is correct. It | 
has bread petals, which are copiously spotted with violet purple on the 
lower halves, and the lip shows the unmistakable shape and markings of 0. — 
Rolfez, so that we think it isa form of O. Lambeauianum. The sepals : 
are more suffused with violet, and have larger blotches. | 
Odontoglossum Felix is a hybrid of O. Thompsonianum from the 
collection of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham, but, 
unfortunately, the other parent is unknown. The flower is almost 
uniformly dark brownish purple, with a deep yellow crest. Possibly other — 
seedlings from the same batch may yet afford a clue to the parentage. | 
Flowers of two pretty seedlings, obtained as derived from Odontioda — 
Goodsoniz x Odontoglossum crispum, are sent from the collection of H. : 
Worsley, Esq., Sherfin, Bakenden, near Accrington. They are rosy red, 4 
with some brown spotting on the sepals. As Odontioda Goodsoniz and 0. — 
Cooksoniz are forms of the same hybrid, the seedlings will be forms of 
O. Vivienne, raised in the collection of Mrs. Norman Cookson. 
A flower of Cypripedium Eva Cary-Batten is sent from the collection of 
Col. Carey-Batten, Leigh Lodge, Abbotsleigh, Bristol, through Messts- 
Keeling & Sons, Bradford. The parents are said to be C. villosum Prince : 
Noir X Col. Carey-Batten, the latter also raised in the collection from ©. | 
Lathamianum X Mrs. Carey-Batten. The flower has a large brown area — 
on the dorsal sepal, which strongly recalls C. Mrs. Carey-Batten, and in : 
other respects it shows characters of both C. villosum and C. Spicerianum. — 
It is very promising. 
Two interesting Odontiodas are sent from the collection of A. &- 
Crossley, Esq., Falling Royd, Hebden Bridge. O. Roydii (Oda. Vuylsteke# : 
x Odm. tigrinum) is the first of the batch to bloom, and the colour is deeP — 
crimson, much recalling O. Charlesworthii in this respect, though 
differing considerably in shape. O, Elaine (Oda. Charlesworthii x Odm. 
