THE ORCHID REVIEW. ee 
DIES ORCHIDIANZ:. 
THE great Temple Show has again come and gone, and the display of 
Orchids was as good as ever, in some respects probably better ; at all events 
examples of good culture were numerous, and fine varieties of well-known 
species were abundant. The groups staged by Baron Sir Henry Schroder 
and Sir Trevor Lawrence were superb, the former being the showier group, 
and the latter containing a more representative collection, by reason of the 
numerous botanical “gems” it contained. It would be interesting to 
know how many different species were contained in this group. There 
were several other beautiful groups from amateur growers, and the trade 
collections were excellent. Ifa fault could be found it was that they were 
too much alike, and it was quite a relief from the prevailing monotony to 
turn to the small group of choice Odontoglossums from the collection of 
W. Thompson, Esq., or the beautiful series of white forms of Cattleya 
Mossiz sent by M. A. Piret. The absence of competitive classes tends to 
this kind of thing, and a little more classification in the way of groups of 
Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, &c., would introduce a little welcome variety. 
In one respect, at all events, the Show much resembled preceding ones, 
namely, in the difficulty of ascertaining the limits of the different groups, and 
I observed the reporters struggling with this difficulty in several places with 
rather indifferent success, and I verily believe that to this day it is a matter 
of uncertainty to which group certain plants belonged. Probably the 
exhibitors knew all about it, but that is not the point, and it would be a very 
easy matter to make a dividing line of some kind. The Show was sucha 
success in other respects that little matters of this kind may be passed over 
lightly, and let us hope they may not be so noticeable on future occasions. 
I observe a note in the Gardening World for May ist (p. 549) respecting 
the handsome Odontoglossum X Wilckeanum Queen Empress to which the 
Orchid Committee awarded a First-class Certificate on April 13th last. It 
is stated that this plant is simply a subdivision of one now in the collection 
of H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, which was purchased at Messrs. 
Protheroe and Morris’ Rooms for 105 guineas, and described in that paper 
on January 30th last (p. 343) under the name of O. X Pittiz. It is there- 
fore claimed that this name has the right of priority, and the more recent 
one should be dropped. This is a nice little point for our authorities to decide, 
but I fancy the writer has overlooked one little detail. No claim of priority 
can be set up for an incorrect name, and this plant is unquestionably a 
variety of O. X Wilckeanum, or rather O. X Denisoniz, which has the 
right of priority for hybrids between O. crispum and luteopurpureum. How 
