294 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcToBER, IgII. 
OUR NOTE BOOK. 
One of the principal events of the present month has been the appearance 
of the magnificent Sophrocatlelia Jeanette, raised by Messrs. Charlesworth 
& Co., Haywards Heath, from Leliocattleya Martinetii and Sophronitis 
grandiflora, which received a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. on 
September 12th. Its general character is well shown in the portrait that 
appears on page 305, though it is impossible to do justice to such a brilliant 
vermilion-scarlet flower in black and white. It is most like a greatly 
enlarged edition of the Sophronitis, but considerably modified in detail by 
the other parent. Leliocattleya Martinetii was derived from Lelia 
tenebrosa and Cattleya Mossie, and there is a particularly glowing orange 
shade on some of its forms which has come out well in the hybrid now under 
mention, making the colour rather difficult to describe. The lip of the 
novelty is dark ruby-crimson, with much yellow veining in the throat. It 
will be very interesting to see what other seedlings of the same cross are 
like. 
At the following meeting another magnificent hybrid appeared from 
Messrs. Charlesworth, under the name of Odontoglossum Harwoodii, The 
Shrubbery variety, this also gaining a First-class Certificate. O. Harwoodii 
is a hybrid between O. maculatum and O. Wiganianum, and, curiously 
enough, the original flowered as recently as January last, and also received 
a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. A portrait of it was given at 
page 81 of our March issue. The new variety is markedly different, having 
the blotches on the sepals more confluent into a large basal cluster, and the 
petals broader, while the lip is exceptionally developed, and bears two large 
solid basal blotches in addition to the broad central line. The flowers are 
large and the parts well displayed, while the colour is almost buttercup 
yellow with blackish brown markings, forming a striking contrast. The 
production of such striking novelties affords a very good illustration of the 
possibilities of hybridisation. They may be taken as examples of the 
magnificent surprises to which M. Karthaus alluded at page 195, when he 
expressed the opinion that we are at the beginning of a most interesting 
and instructive development, an opinion in which we fully concur. 
The last mentioned hybrid probably came as a little surprise, for 
Odontoglossum maculatum has not been much used by hybridists, but the 
success of the experiment should stimulate further efforts in this direction, 
and there are several fine yellow and brown Colombian Odontoglossums 
which should unite well with it. The habit of O. maculatum is dwarf, and 
the flowers are very distinct in shape, and have good lasting qualities. 
Some interesting breaks might be expected, and the colours are not 
