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in 1896 as O. Wilckeanum Pittianum, and seven years later another figure 
appeared as O. crispum Sibyl. It finally came to rest as O. Wilckeanum 
Sibyl, but from our present knowledge is more likely to be a secondary 
hybrid. It is not a crispum, and it can hardly be called a pure 0. 
Wilckeanum. We should look for it under O. mirum. 
O. Stewartianum (p. 204, fig. 27) is a garden hybrid, raised from 0. 
Andersonianum magnificum X O. crispum heliotropium, but there is plenty 
of room for uncertainty about the origin of the parents. The latter shows 
such a marked resemblance to O. gloriosum in the spotting as to suggest 
that that species must be in some way involved in the ancestry (see O.R., 
p. 121, fig. 15). The former parent we do not remember, but there are 
good grounds for believing that some of the finer forms referred to 0. 
Andersonianum are recrosses with O. crispum. Had O. Stewartianum 
appeared as a wild plant it would probable have been called a variety of 
O. crispum, and one would like to know what other seedlings of the same 
batch were like. A pure crispum should have resulted in a reduction of the 
markings, and it is probably a more complex cross. 
Odontoglossum Coradinei mirable (p. 205, fig. 28) is another perplexing 
form. It is believed to have been imported with O. crispum, and was 
exhibited by Baron Sir H. Schréder at a meeting of the R.H.S. held in 
June, 1894, when it received an Award of Merit. But it looked so much 
like a hybrid between O. crispum and O. Lindleyanum that we recorded it 
as O. Coradinei mirable. The alteration was accepted, and at the following 
Temple Show it received a First-class Certificate under the latter name 
Its exceptional size was recognised from the outset, and it is at least 
possible that it may be the result of recrossing with O. crispum, yet it is 
not quite O. crispodinei, raised by Mr. Crawshay from this cross. 
A good many blotched Odontoglossums formerly put under O. crispum 
are now recognised as natural hybrids, but the natural limits of the species 
have been practically obliterated by continued crossing. 
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GE HUNTER.—We greatly regret to hear of the death. at the 
early age of 36 years, of Mr. George Hunter, who for the last seve? 
years has been gardener and Orchid grower to His Grace the Duke ° 
Marlborough at Blenheim. He contracted a severe chill a few days before 
the Chelsea Show, for which he is said to have been making preparations; 
and died from. pneumonia on May a2tst. Mr. Hunter commenced his 
gardening career with the late Mr. Norman C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam, 
alter which he became Orchid grower to the Earl of Tankerville, at 
Chillingham Castle. He has been a member of the R.H.S. Orchid 
