January, 1912.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 5 
EVENTS OF 1g1z2. 
THE great event of the past year was, undoubtedly, the Royal International 
Horticultural Exhibition, held at Chelsea about the end of May, which 
brought together such a display of Orchids as has never been seen before, a 
specially heated tent, 250 feet long by 70 feet broad, being provided for its 
accommodation. Orchids, of course, were only one feature of the 
Exhibition, but with them alone we are concerned, and they were by 
common consent the principal feature of the show, and the magnificent 
group staged by Sir George L. Holford, which gained the Cup presented by 
His Majesty the King, had never before been equalled anywhere. Curiously 
enough a_ period of forty-six years had elapsed since the previous 
International Exhibition was held in London, in 1866, and considering 
that at this period the first hybrid Cypripedium had not yet reached the 
flowering stage, no comparison between the two shows is possible. Hybrids 
were the great feature of the recent show, and no fewer than twenty-two 
out of the twenty-seven Orchids certificated were of hybrid origin. The 
Exhibition was a great undertaking, well carried out, and was favoured 
with magnificent weather, the result being a great success, both from a 
spectacular standpoint and financially—the latter being shown by a report 
in the present issue. 
Another noteworthy event of the year was the Exhibition of Autumn- 
flowering Orchids held by the R.H.S. on November 5th and 6th last, 
together with an Orchid Conference on the second day, which was attended 
by such success that we are promised a repetition next year, and the event 
may become an annual fixture. The Holland House Show, with the 
fortnightly meetings of the R.H.S. and of the Manchester Orchid Society 
have also been conspicuously successful. 
Hysrips. 
There has been an almost constant succession of hybrids throughout the 
year, some of them of great promise, almost every meeting bringing new 
candidates for public favour. Two noteworthy additions are seen in 
Vuylstekeara Hyeana and Lowiara insignis, two trigeneric hybrids for 
which the new R.H.S. Rule has been invoked. Odontonia Firminii is an 
interesting hybrid between Odontoglossum crispum and Miltonia vexillaria, 
raised by M. Firmin Lambeau, while five other Odontonias have made an 
appearance during the year. Hybrids of Cochlioda Neetzliana have been 
well to the fore, and include Oncidioda Cooksoniz, O. cinnabarina, and 
quite a number of Odontiodas. The popular genera Odontoglossum, 
Cattleya, and Lzliocattleya have received numerous promising accessions, 
while the brilliant little series of hybrids from Sophronitis grandiflora 
steadily increases in number. 
