78 THE ORCHID REVIEW. { Marcu, 1913- 
Odontoglossum we should suggest using the finest pure white form that we 
could get, preferably one that had a tendency to produce spikes with few 
large flowers. Whether this would eliminate the rosy tinge seen in 
secondary hybrids of Odontioda Vuylstekeze remains to be proved, but so 
far as we know these have been raised from. blotched Odontoglossums, 
and these often have a tinge of rose in the ground colour. The ideal second 
parent we should suggest would be a fine Odontoglossum crispum virginale, 
as the complete absence of rose and brown, even from the column and the 
crest of the lip, should give the scarlet of the other parent full play, and 
some of the scarlet forms of O. Bradshawie have apparently colour enough 
for a much larger flower. We suspect that the ‘scarlet crispum ” will not 
be obtained at a single step, particularly as regards size, and here restriction 
of the number of flowers on a spike should be aimed at. It will be in. 
teresting to see what the secondary hybrids of Odontioda Bradshawie are 
like, and they are already beginning to flower, for Messrs. Charlesworth & 
Co. exhibited Odontioda Latona (Odontoglossum spectabile x Odontioda 
Bradshawie) at the last Holland House Show, and this was described as a 
richly-coloured form with some darker blotches (O.R., xx. p. 247). 
R.H.S. ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
THE following constitute the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 
Society for the current year. New members are indicated thus* :— 
Fow er, J. GURNEY, Glebe Lands, South Woodford, Chairman. 
VeiTcH, Sir Harry J., V.M.H., F.L.S., 34, Redcliffe Gardens, S.W.5 
Vice-Chairman. 
Hotrorp, Lieut.-Col. Sir GeorcE, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Westonbirt, 
Tetbury, Glos. ; Vice-Chairman. 
CoLMAN, Sir JEREMIAH, Bart., V.M.H., Gatton Park, Reigate; Vice- 
Chairman. | 
O’Brien, JAMEs, V.M.H., Marian, Harrow-on-the-Hill ; Hon. Secretary. 
ALEXANDER, H. G., Westonbirt Gardens, Tetbury. 
ARMSTRONG, T., Sandhurst Park, Tunbridge Wells. 
ASHWORTH, Evian, Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 
Botton, W., Wilderspool, Warrington. 
Bounp, W. P., 112, Station Road, Redhill. 
BROOMAN-WHITE, R., Arddarroch, Garelochhead, N.B. 
BuTLer, W. WaTERS, Southfield, Norfolk Road, Edgbaston. 
CuHapMan, H. J., Oakwood Gardens, Wylam-on-Tyne. 
CHARLESWORTH, J., Lyoth House, Haywards Heath. 
Coxns, W., Normanhurst, Rusper, Horsham. 
Cookson, CLIVE, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne. 
(CRAWSHAY, DE Barri, Rosefield, Sevenoaks. 
