4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1912. 
EVENTS OF 1911. 
WE may now attempt a brief survey of the events of the past year, and if. 
there is one feature more than another which has marked its progress it has 
been the steady accession of hybrids of sterling merit. Scarcely a meeting. 
now passes without some addition to the list, and the number tends to- 
increase as time goes on. The fortnightly meetings of the R.H.S. have, 
with few exceptions, produced magnificent displays of Orchids, while the 
great annual Show at the Temple was an unqualified success. The Summer 
Show, formerly held at Holland House, was on this occasion transferred to 
Olympia, and was confessedly somewhat of an experiment, owing to doubts: 
about the suitability of the building for such a Show. The trade again 
made a brilliant display, but owing to a spell of very hot weather and the 
absence of shading, the exhibits did not stand as well as usual. The 
meetings of the Manchester Orchid Society have also produced several fine 
displays, and a keen competition for the numerous prizes offered. The new 
North of England Horticultural Society has also held several successful 
meetings. A great International Horticultural Exhibition was held in May 
at Florence, when some fine Orchids were exhibited, though the majority: 
were from England and Belgium. 
NOVELTIES. 
Novelties among imported Orchids have not been numerous, though a: 
few interesting things have made their appearance, and among them the 
chaste Vanda Kimballiana alba, for which Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher 
received an Award of Merit, and Pleione precox alba, which flowered at 
Kew. Oncidium Muelleri gained a First-class Certificate for Messrs. 
Sander & Sons at the Temple Show, but it is believed to be a form of O.. 
corynephorum, Lindl. O. Claesii flowered for the first time in cultivation. 
in the collection of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., gaining an Award of Merit. 
Among the less showy things, some interesting novelties have appeared, as- 
Brassia Forgetiana and Sievkingia peruviana, from Messrs. Sander & Sons, 
and the pretty little natural hybrid Cochlioda Floryi, which flowered with 
Mr. H. A. Tracy ; besides a few others, which we must pass over. 
HyprIDs. 
On coming to this department, we find such a host of showy things that 
it becomes embarrassing to make a selection. We may commence with the 
two additional generic hybrids that have appeared, namely, Adioda St.- 
Fuscien, from M. Henri Graire,and Odontocidium Fowleri, which was ex-- 
hibited by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. Among Odontiodas we find the striking 
O. Cupid, in which Odontoglossum ramosissimum and Cochlioda Neetzliana 
have been united, the handsome O. Boltonii and O. rosefieldiensis, O. 
Floryi, O. Jessopiz, O. ornata, and O. Papilio; while Oncidioda has. 
