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suggests “‘C. Jolibois’’ X as a suitable abbreviation. Very well, let us. 
extend it to a few other similar cases, and see how it works out :— 
C. X Mrs. F. L. Ames becomes C. X Ames— why not Amesiz ? 
C. X Mons. Elysée Descombes = C. X Descombes— ,,  ,, Descombesii? 
C. x Mdlle. Gabriel Moens s C. x Moens— » 9 Moensize? 
C. X Alfred Hollington re C. x Hollington— ,,  ,, Hollingtonii? 
C. X Winifred Hollington C. x Hollington— ,, ,, Hollingtonia? 
These are all primary Betidis which according to the R.H.S. rules 
should receive Latinised names, and in just the same way C. X Joliboisi, 
not C. X Jolibois, is the name which should be adopted. I need not repeat 
here the objections which I have previcusly urged against the use of the 
vernacular, some of which are obvious enough. The above are only 
given as general examples, without reference to questions of priority, &c., 
which in some cases would have to be considered. 
And now, with such a consensus of opinion as to the desirability of 
improvement, why can we not proceed to apply the principle in future ? 
ARGUS. 
THE CULTURE OF ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM. 
In your article in the last number of the Orchid Review on the Culture of 
Odontoglossum crispum (p. 307), you invite an expression of opinion on 
the culture of this lovely Orchid. I have about three thousand plants of 
Odontoglossum under my charge, the majority being O. crispum, which 
my employer is extremely fond of. Our houses are lean-to’s, two of them 
facing north, and three others facing west, and we have always found that 
our plants do equally well in either position, the only difference being that 
the plants facing west make shorter and sturdier foliage—the result of more 
light. We use our ventilators very freely in favourable weather, and the 
bottom ones, which open against the hot-water pipes, are never closed. AS 
to watering Odontoglossums, that must depend on the state the plants are 
in, and the season of the year. I think the present time is the most critical 
"for watering, as the majority of the plants were potted—or should have 
been—in September, and the roots have not penetrated the fresh compost 
far enough to get water too freely, but on the other hand I am not a believer 
in keeping Odontos too dry during the winter months, as it is then they 
are in active growth. I think a great mistake with some growers is that 
they go far beyond the happy medium, and err too much on the dry side in 
the winter, not only at the roots, but in the air, just at the time when the 
plants want to be kept going. A nice growing temperature, about 50° by 
night, with a fall of five degrees in the morning, if the weather is very cold, 
suits them admirably. 
ORCHIDIST. 
