146 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May, 1915, 
was originally introduced by Messrs. Linden, of Brussels, who flowered it in 
1892, when it was described and figured (Lindenia, t. 325), a new genus 
being formed for its reception. It was first exhibited at the Ghent 
Quinquennial Exhibition, in April, 1893, and was described as probably 
the most remarkable plant in the whole show (O.R., i. p. 159). Its history 
. was also very fully given at this time (pp. 207-208, 234), from which it 
appears that a single plant appeared in an importation of Angrecum 
sesquipedale and Grammangis Ellisii sent home by M. Sallarin, and that its 
real character was not known until it flowered, though it was evidently 
distinct from the outset. Its introduction was prior to March, 1891, when 
Messrs. Linden received a letter from M. L. Hamelin stating that 
M. Sallarin, of whom news had not been received for months, had been 
drowned by the upsetting of a small pirogue when crossing an arm of the 
sea. The circumstance seemed to have put M. Hamelin in touch with the 
plant, which he recognised from a copy of the Lindenia, and in June, 1893, 
an importation from him was sold by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. It flowered 
in the following March, both with Messrs. Sander and with Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, the latter receiving a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. for 
a plant bearing two fine spikes. The species thrives well under basket 
treatment in the East Indian house, but does not succeed under cooler 
treatment, hence it has become rather rare of late years. For the romance 
which has been incorporated with its history we may briefly refer to 
pp: Io1, 231 of our second volume, and numerous references may be found 
by means of the Index to the first three volumes. 
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ODONTOGLOsSsUM ADRIAN RAISED ARTIFICIALLY.—It is interesting to 
record that the origin of Odontoglossum Adriane has again been proved 
experimentally, a plant being now in bloom at Kew that was raised from a 
plain white O. crispum crossed with pollen from O. Hunnewellianum. The 
flowers are quite intermediate in shape, and the colour light yellow with 
numerous small blotches. The cross was made by the writer in May, 1906, 
with the object of proving the origin of this hybrid. Although flowering 
after O. Coradinei and O. previsum, it was the first of the series, but the 
seedlings, after making their first leaves, received a severe check through 
accidental exposure when the house was being painted, and at one time it 
was feared they would not recover. Several earlier crosses were without 
result owing to the difficulty of getting the seeds to germinate. It should 
be added that in the February after this cross was made a seedling flowered 
in the collection of De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, that 
had been obtained from O. Hunnewellianum crossed with the blotched 
O. crispum Raymond Crawshay (O.R., xv. p. gs), the result being a fairly 
typical O..Adrianz, as in the present case.—R.A.R. 
