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4 THE ORCHID REVIEW [JANUARY, IQI5. 
originally introduced by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. some years ago. It 
received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. in May last, when exhibited 
by the Rev. J. C. B. Fletcher. A good many novelties continue to appear 
among what may be termed botanical Orchids, and descriptions of two 
Decadés, which have been described in the Kew Bulletin, were reviewed in 
our September issue. It is always interesting to recognise in cultivation 
species that have hitherto only been known from dried materials, and 
amiong these we may mention Dendrobium Tofftii, figured at page g, and 
the pretty little Oncidium Leiboldii, figured at page 361 of our last issue. 
Pleione pogonioides also flowered for the first time in cultivation, and the 
appearance of several botanical species has been recorded in our pages. 
OTHER INTERESTING EVENTS 
that might be mentioned are the flowering, in the collection of Mrs. Norman 
Cookson, of the remarkable Odontioda Latona var. Pearl, in which every 
trace of the scarlet colour has vanished from the flower. This distinct 
thing was figured at page 105 of our last volume. Among questions that 
have been prominently discussed in these pages are the Nomenclature of 
Hybrids, with proposals for the London Botanical Congress (now post- 
poned indefinitely owing to the war), Heredity and Evolution, and the 
Origin of Species by Crossing, all of which have come to the front during 
the year. 
LOSSES DURING THE YEAR. 
Orchidology experienced a great loss in the death of the Right Hon. 
Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., whose collection at Highbury has long enjoyed 
a world-wide reputation, and our obituary notices include the names of 
Richard le Doux, an old and very enthusiastic Orchidist, George Gordon, 
for many years Editor of the Gardeners’ M agazine, Frank Cypher, and John 
Gould Veitch, while on December 17th passed away the veteran W. B. 
Latham, for many years Curator of the Birmingham Botanic Garden. The 
death of the veteran fungologist, Dr. M. C. Cooke, must also be mentioned. 
in connection with the fungus diseases of Orchids. 
: THE CoMING YEAR 
opens in gloom, especially for establishments situated within the war area, 
but let us hope they will escape destruction, and that a period of enhanced 
prosperity awaits them when the present nightmare has passed away. We 
await the future with confidence. The path of duty is ever the path of 
safety, and Right must and will prevail. One of the problems of the future 
will be to secure a better understanding among the nations, and a fuller 
recognition of the right of peaceful development for each and all. It is the 
tragedy of the day that diplomacy has not been able to secure this without 
the present lapse into barbarism, and the lesson must be taken to heart by 
all lovers of true progress. 
