12 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
number twenty-four, and are as follows:—Cattleya x F. W. Wigan, 
C. X H. S. Leon, C. xX illuminata, Lelia x Edissa, L. x Mrs. M. 
Gratrix grandis, Lelio-cattleya x Berthe Fournier, L.-c. x callistoglossa 
excelsa, L.-c. X Heary Greenwood superba, L.-c. x Wiganiana, Epiden- 
drum X Wallisio-ciliare superbum, Sophrolelia x Eros, Dendrobium X 
Melpomene, Phaius X oakwoodiensis, Odontoglossum x Rolfez meleagris, 
O. X R. optimum, O. x R. Walton Grange var., O. x Souvenir de 
Victor Hye Lebrun, Phalenopsis x Schilleriano-Stuartiana, Cypripedium 
x Dora Crawshaw, C. X Leeanum Prospero majus, C. x Maudie 
(afterwards withdrawn, according to the record), C. x Priam, C. X 
Sanderiano-Curtisii, and C. xX Sir Redvers Buller. A few of these are 
not strictly novelties of the year, having been previously exhibited, though 
not in such a developed condition as to gain the award. Those which gained 
an Award of Merit would form a still longer list, but must be passed 
over. The achievements of the hybridist are indeed remarkable, and 
one cannot avoid a regret that many of these acquisitions must remain 
rare for a long period, owing to the difficulty of increasing the stock. 
NaTuraL Hysrips. | 
Among natural hybrids must be included the interesting Cymbidium 
x IT Ansoni, described and figured in these pages, and in this connection 
we may mention the further significant fact that Odontoglossum X 
Wattianum, Cattleya x resplendens, and Lelio-cattleya x Gottoiana 
have now been raised artificially, thns demonstrating the hybrid origin of 
their wild prototypes. 
LOSSES DURING THE YEAR. 
The losses by death during the year include the Marquis of Lothian, a 
special lover of Masdevallias, who will be remembered by the monograph of 
the genus issued by him, and illustrated by Miss Woolward; Mr. W. H. 
Lumsden, an enthusiastic amateur, who, we believe, flowered the first 
hybrid of Paphiopedilum Charlesworthii; Mr. T. B. Haywood, of Reigate, 
formerly a member of the Orchid Committee of the R. H. S.5 Mrs Wa 
Vanner, of Chislehurst, another enthusiastic amateur, Mrs. Colston, of 
Devizes, M. Edward Pynaert, of Ghent, and, among the Orchid cultivators 
of a previous generation, Mr. C. Pilcher, formerly gardener to Sisimund 
Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth. Mr. Phillip Crowley, of Croydon, Treasurer 
of the R. H. S., also grew a small collection of Orchids. We also regret 
the dispersal of the fine collection of Orchids brought together by G. S. 
Ball, Esq., of Wilmslow. These are losses to Orchidolo 
the ranks are being filled by constant accession 
who discover in Orchid 
who, 
, but gaps in 
s of young enthusiasts, 
-growing an engrossing and delightful hobby, and 
no doubt, will contribute their quota to that progress which we believe 
will be still further emphasized in the Opening decade of the twentieth century. 
