May, 1916.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 11§ 
everyone. The difficulty of making the Cochlioda the pollen parent is now 
well known, and the possibility of effecting the reverse cross was delayed 
because the structural peculiarity mentioned bad not been discovered. It 
was an interesting discovery, and is not the only contribution to systematic 
botany that has been made by the hybridist. 
ees] R.H.S. ORCHID AWARDS. | Rae | 
E have received from the Royal Horticultural Society the List of 
Orchid Awards given by the Society from 1859 to 1915 inclusive, of 
which mention was made at page 81 of our March issue. It consists of 81 
quarto pages, interleaved for future entries. In a prefatory note it is 
explained that the names under which the plants were exhibited have been 
adhered to as far as possible. With regard to Garden-raised hybrids the 
parentage is given where possible, the records being generally based on 
those supplied by the Exhibitor; but where this was known to be incorrect 
or afterwards proved to be erroneous alteration has been made. The 
supposed parentage of natural hybrids and of some unrecorded garden 
hybrids are given in italics. In the larger genera the awards made to 
hybrids have been so numerous that for ease of reference they have been 
arranged separately from the species. The pages are ruled in five columns, 
the first containing the name, the second the award, the third (in the case 
of hybrids), the parentage, the fourth the exhibitor, and the last the date of 
award. An asterisk in the second column indicates that the society 
possesses a painting, a very useful piece of information. Incidentally it 
may be remarked that the blanks ehiefly belong to the earlier varieties, 
before the system of securing paintings was initiated. 
A glance through the names of exhibitors awakens many interesting 
momories. It is curious to note how the varieties of a few popular species 
help to swell the list, in the case of Odontoglossum crispum the varieties 
numbering as many as 191, which, however, is quite exceptional. We 
note with regret that the long and unwieldy word Brassoleliocattleya has 
been substituted for the much earlier Brassocatlelia, whose adoption is 
specially provided for in the rules, and a similar remark applies to Sophro- 
leliocattleya. Names consisting of eight syllables and no fewer than 
twenty letters should be avoided, and especially under the circumstances 
mentioned. For the present we must be content with having got rid of 
the two secondary capitals and two unnecessary hyphens. The list forms 
a very important record of one of the Society’s activities over a long period, 
and being brought down to date supersedes the earlier lists of the same 
character. 
