January, 1910] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 7 
C. Trianze. Two of the Dendrobiums were the new D. Sandere (figured 
at p. 209), and D. acuminatum, a Philippine species of recent introduction 
The two Cirrhopetalums were the remarkable C. longissimum (described at 
p- 373), and C. pulchrum Cliftoni (figured at p. 328). It is curious to note 
that Lzliocattleya jumped from the fifth place to the top of the list, while 
Cypripedium dropped from the second place to the fifth. About 59 Awards 
of Merit were given, while the Botanical Certificates and Cultural Com- 
mendations numbered 21 each. The latter award is given for exceptional 
culture, and it is particularly satisfactory to find it standing so well on 
the list. 
MANCHESTER ORCHID SOCIETY. 
The awards of the Manchester Orchid Society are given on a different 
system, and thus cannot be compared with those of the R.H.S., but Mr. 
Thorp informs us that 83 First-class Certificates have been given, while the 
other awards have been correspondingly numerous. It has been the most 
successful year on record, so far as exhibits go, and there can be no doubt 
that the numerous Cup Competitions now in progress have helped to 
bring together so many fine varieties, and produced those excellent displays 
which we have recorded month by month. 
OTHER SOCIETIES. 
A complete reorganisation of the German Orchid Society was also 
announced, and its journal, Orvchis, is now published in connection with the 
Gartenflora, under the editorship of Dr. Otto N. Witt. An exhibition was 
held in April last, and brought together a display of interesting things. 
The Cercle des Orchidophiles Belges has also been reconstituted. 
LITERATURE. 
Under the head of literature we may mention the publication of the . 
Orchid Stud-Book, by Messrs. R. A. Rolfe and C. C. Hurst, and Mendel’s 
Principles of Heredity by W. Bateson, though in the latter examples drawn 
from Orchidology are not numerous. We may also mention the ‘ Revision 
of the Genus Cycnoches,” by R. A. Rolfe, which appeared in the Kew 
Bulletin, in which the history of this remarkable genus is given, and the 
relationship of the different forms to each other is traced. All have been 
reviewed in our pages. The Orchid Stud-Book was called for by the 
enormous development of Orchid hybridisation, and the continuation in our 
pages which was outlined some time ago may only be regarded as delayed 
through the necessity of extending the work on somewhat different lines, 
’ which could not be so clearly seen at the time it was commenced. 
Losses DURING THE YEAR. 
We have to mourn the loss of Mr. Norman C. Cookson, one of our 
most skilful hybridists, a very successful raiser of Calanthes, Phaius, 
Dendrobiums, and other Orchids, also a very old member of the R.H.S. 
