THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. XVIII.] DECEMBER, togto. [No. 216. 
REVIEWS OF BOOKS. 
Orchids for Everyone. By C. H. Curtis, F.R.H.S., with coloured illustrations 
by T. Ernest Waltham, F.R.H.S., pp. 234, with numerous illustrations 
in colour and black and white. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 
The object of this work is ‘‘ to extend greatly the popularity of Orchids 
among that ever-increasing class of business people who havea great love for 
plants and flowers, and find in their study and culture a delightful recreation 
and an absorbing hobby.’’ The work is divided into two parts, called “ The 
most useful Orchids” and ‘‘ Orchids of Lesser Value,’’ and under each head 
we find an alphabetical enumeration of the various genera, species, and 
hybrids, with notes on their character and culture. There is also an intro- 
ductory chapter, one on “ Hybridisation, seed, and seedlings,” and a 
** Calendar of Reminders,” with an alphabetical Index. 
The photographic illustrations are the feature of the work, and whether 
in colour or in black and white, are excellent, though a few of the former 
illustrate the difficulties of getting true results by colour photography, and, 
singularly enough, these are the most pronounced among the greens. One 
particularly interesting plate shows Odontioda Charlesworthii, with its 
parents, Cochlioda Neetzliana and Odontoglossum Harryanum, though the 
two former are not bright enough in colour. One group of hybrids in 
Messrs. Charlesworth’s Nursery at Haywards Heath is quite a picture 
gallery in itself, while Calanthe x Veitchii and its white variety is a highly 
successful picture. 
The work is generally well done, though the arrangement is rather 
novel, and many of the showy genera contain species which might have 
been relegated to the second division. The difficulty is got over by a sub- 
division under the different genera, into “‘best species,” “ best hybrids,” 
‘other species and hybrids,” &c. 
The chapter on Hybridisation is excellent, and we note with pleasure 
that Mr. Curtis in his work has adopted the system of arational and uniform 
nomenclature for hybrids which we have so long advocated. We may in- 
stance such names as Cattleya Murrayi and Brassocattleya Veitchii to 
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