208 THE: ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1913 
mentioned had been in bloom since the first week in’ December, and he 
would guarantee would last in water for six weeks. By the kindness- of Sir 
George Holford, Mr. Alexander also brought about thirty paintings of 
Orchids by Miss Waters Anson, who is a well-known painter of flowers, 
which were‘very much ‘admired: A hearty Vote of Thanks'was accorded 
to Mr. Alexander, who, ‘it was pointed out, was a Bathonian by birth. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM SEEDLINGS. 
PHOTOGRAPHS of two choice seedling Odontoglossums have been sent to 
us from the collection of F. S. Roberts, Esq., Bannerfield, Selkirk, together 
Fig. 36. ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM VAR. FLETCHERI. 
with a flower of each, and we have much pleasure in figuring them. Mr. 
Roberts writes : ‘‘ Quite a number of fine varieties have bloomed from each 
batch of.seedlings, but my- gardener, Mr. Clark, and_I are agreed that, so 
far, these two are the best. In each case the seed was sown in the summer 
of 1908, and both plants are flowering from the fourth bulb. As the plants 
are small the spikes were disbudded, and only two blooms were taken.” 
Figure 36 represents a seedling obtained from O. crispum apiculatum 
fertilised with the pollen of O. c. Lucianii, and, as will be seen from the 
figure, the seedling is of excellent shape, with broad toothed segments, and 
the ground colour white, with one large round purple blotch on each. It 
