42 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, I913- 
kinds.” Perhaps he will look the facts up again in view of coming events. 
There will be the Ghent Quinquennial Show in April, the R.H.S. Spring 
Show at Chelsea in May, the Summer Show at Holland House in July, 
and another Autumn Show in November. it is hoped that the latter 
may become an annual event, for autumn-blooming Orchids are becoming 
more numerous every year. 
From a note on page 61 it will be seen that the Orchid Committee of 
the R.H.S. has adopted a new rule with respect to disbudding, the effect 
of which is that Certificates may be granted to disbudded Orchids when 
the Committee is satisfied that the natural size and character of the flowers 
have not been changed by the removal of buds or part of the spike. The 
point will be difficult to prove, but the old rule was probably too stringent 
in the case of seedlings flowering before the plants had reached their full 
development. 
A communication below calls attention to the recent discussion on the 
Nomenclature of Hybrids, and the evident misconception that prevails as 
to existing rules and their application. While dealing with the point 
raised we received another communication, and in looking up some records 
concerned we stumbled across a hybrid that was exhibited at Paris some 
time ago under the name of Odontioda crispo-Neetzliana. We do not 
know whether the name of Odontioda Bradshawie for this hybrid was 
overlooked—its correctness is surely not called in question. A little earlier 
we had a batch of five described novelties to look up, and found that every 
one of them had already been named, fully recorded, and incorporated in 
the Orchid Stud-Book. It is this sort of thing that makes one despair of 
keeping intelligible records. 
NOMENCLATURE OF ORCHIDS. 
AN important point arises out of the ‘‘ Echoes of a recent discussion ” 
(pp. 21-24). Those who read the discussion in the original in the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle will have noticed that there is the widest misconception, both as 
to the object of nomenclature and the application of existing rules. And if 
this is the case among those who ought to be the leaders of thought in this 
matter, what can be expected of the rest of us who have to apply the rules 
occasionally to our productions? It would be appropriate if a short note 
illustrating the application of the rules could be published for our guidance. 
At present we do not know where we are.—HysripIistT. 
{We are in a state of almost hopeless confusion, and the greater part of 
it arises from neglect of the rules, which are really very simple. One 
cannot deal with the matter in a short note, but we may point out that 
