6 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1910. 
THE R.H.S. MEETINGS. 
The fortnightly meetings of the R.H.S. have almost invariably witnessed 
a brilliant and in many cases an extensive display of these beautiful plants, 
and have demonstrated the fact that in Orchid culture there is no dull 
season, but a constant though ever changing display throughout the year. 
The great shows at the Inner Temple Gardens and especially at Holland 
House were if anything better than ever before, and brought together an 
enormous concourse of visitors, though the weather on the second occasion 
was anything but propitious. 
THE NEw CERTIFICATE. 
So remarkable has been the amount of progress in the department of 
hybridisation that the need of a new certificate was felt, to mark the appear- 
ance of certain developments for which the existing certificates were 
unsuitable, and this took the form of the Certificate of Appreciation, which 
has been awarded on four occasions. On February 23rd it was given to 
Dendrobium x atro-Brymerianum, raised in the collection of R. G. 
Thwaites, Esq., from such very diverse species as D. atroviolaceum and D. 
Brymerianum. At the Holland House Show it was given to Miltonia 
Harwoodii, raised by Messrs. Charlesworth from Cochlioda Neetzliana and 
Miltonia vexillaria. It was figured at page 233. On August 31st it was 
awarded to Odontioda Graireana, raised by M. H. Graire, of Amiens, France, 
from Cochlioda Neetzliana and Odontoglossum Rossii, and at the last 
meeting of the year it was given to Oncidium x hybridum, the first 
artificially-raised hybrid in the genus, whose history is given at page 8. 
NOMENCLATURE OF MULTIGENERIC HYBRIDS. 
Another phase of the same remarkable progress is seen in the need of a 
Committee to consider the question of the nomenclature of multigeneric 
hybrids, which was appointed by the R.H.S., and consisted of five members 
of the Orchid Committee and five of the Scientific Committee. Several 
meetings were held and a provisional scheme has been adopted, which we 
believe awaits some further consideration before being adopted in its final 
form. Our readers have been kept acquainted with the course of events, 
and the very need of such a Committee causes one to think. 
CERTIFICATED ORCHIDS. 
The Orchids distinguished by the award of a First-class from’ the 
R.H.S. were 47 in number, or four fewer than last year, and these consisted 
of ten Leeliocattleyas, eight Odontoglossums, seven Cattleyas, five 
Odontiodas, and four Cypripediums, these being followed by Dendrobium 
and Brassocattleya with three each, Cirrhopetalum with two, and 
Calanthe, Oncidium, Sophrocattleya, Sophrocatlelia, and Zygocolax with 
one each. No fewerthan 36 of these were of hybrid origin, while of the 
eleven species three were forms of Cattleya Schroedere, and two forms of 
