THE ORCHID REVIEW. 335 



ODONTOGLOSSUM x DENISON^. 



Some of the forms of the remarkably polymorphic Odontoglossum X 

 Denisonse having a white ground colour are not easily distinguished from 

 O. crispum, yet there are peculiarities about the shape of the flower, and 

 especially the lateral teeth of the crest, which can be traced to the influence 

 of O. luteopurpureum. Such a form has just been sent from the collection 

 of Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen, by Mr. Young. 

 It bears the varietal name " Sir Frederick," and was at first thought to 

 be a form of O. crispum. It is extremely fine, measuring over 4^ inches 

 across its greatest diameter, and the segments are broad, undulate, and 

 markedly acuminate at the apex. The ground colour is clear white, with 

 a faint tinge of rose in the sepals, and the blotches are large, rounded, 

 partially confluent, and cinnamon brown in colour. There are two similar 

 blotches on the front of the lip, and a number of smaller spots on either side 

 of the yellow crest. It is a handsome variety, and the blotches are very 

 regularly distributed between the segments. 



Another handsome variety is sent by Mr. Fl. Claes, Etterbeek, Brussels. 

 It flowered for the first time about two years ago, and was exhibited under 

 the name of O. crispum Madame Florent Claes. The crest, however, has 

 distinct lateral teeth, as in the variety formerly known as O. crispum Golden 

 •Queen, which is now considered to be a hybrid between O. crispum and 

 luteopurpureum. Indeed the present variety closely resembles the one just 

 mentioned, as may be seen by comparison with the original figure (0. R. v, p. 

 113, fig. 6), but the ground colour is lighter, being cream yellow in shade, 

 the spots of the petals rather smaller, and there are only two instead of 

 three groups of blotches on the lip. The petals are also less toothed, but 

 in other respects, and especially in the broad segments, the two are very 

 similar. The lip is much deeper in colour than the sepals and petals, and 

 it is certainly very handsome, though we think it must now be transferred 

 as a variety of O. X Denisonae. When shall we have an artificial hybrid 

 between O. X Denisonse and O. crispum with which to compare some of 

 these difficult wild forms ? 



THE LATE HENRY JAMES ROSS. 



In our Obituary notice of the late H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, we 

 mentioned (page 282) a forthcoming work entitled " Letters from the East, 

 by Henry James Ross, 1837 to 1857." A copy has now been sent to us, 

 and as the subject is outside the scope of this Journal we must briefly say 

 that it is a very interesting volume, and shows Mr. Ross to have been as 

 close an observer of men and things in his earlier life as in later years he 



