JANUARY, 1903.] THE ORCHID REVIEW: 31 
Three good forms of ‘‘Odontoglossum x Harryano-crispum” are sent 
from the collection of J. Bradshaw, Esq., The Grange, Southgate, and Mr. 
Bradshaw remarks that they were very effective, as each had thirteen or 
fourteen flowers on the spike. “‘O x Wilckeanum Triumph” is also a 
fine thing, being very heavily blotched with chocolate brown on a light 
ground, and the petals well toothed. This also had fourteen flowers on the 
spike, and all afford evidence of excellent culture. 
The December number of the Dictionnaire des Orchidées contains figures 
of the following Orchids :—Bulbophyllum Dearei, Cattleya x flavescens, 
C. Lueddemanniana var. Stanleyi, Cirrhopetalum Mastersianum, Cypri- 
pedium X Syrinx, Dendrobium chrystoxum var. suavissimum, Lelia x 
autumno-cinnabarina, L. x juvenilis var. Fournieri, Maxillaria rufescens, 
Odontoglossum crispum var Leoniz, Selenipedium Schlimii, Stanhopea 
graveolens, and Trigonidium Egertonianum. 
A beautiful inflorescence of Lzlio-cattleya x Diogenes (L. cinnabarina 
x C. Leopoldi) is sent from the collection of Mrs. Grogan, Sliney Park, 
Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow (gr. Mr. W. F. Oliver), together with a fine 
form of Paphiopedilum x Leeanum. 
LALIA ANCEPS AND ITS VARIETIES. 
Mr. DE BarRRI CRAWwsHAY has written an article under the above title 
(Gard. Chron., 1902, ii, p. 414), in which he remarks :—‘‘ After many years 
careful study of this beautiful Mexican Lelia, I have come to the conclusion 
that many of the so-called varieties of it are no more to be considered as 
its varieties than are the various subspecies, or so-called varieties of 
Cattleya labiata.””. Those which he raises to the rank of species are 
Dawsoni; Hollidayana, with vars. Ashworthiana, Crawshayana, Simondsii, 
White Queen and waddoniensis ; Sanderiana, with var. Stella; Schroeder, 
with vars. Amesiana, Ballantineana, Crawshayana, and Theodora; and, 
lastly, Schroederiana, with which Hyeana is synonymous. The remaining 
named forms, of which about fifty-five are enumerated, are retained as 
varieties of L. anceps. It would be interesting to know what are the 
precise differences on which this arrangement is based. The wide range 
of variation of L. anceps—using the term in the broad sense—is well known, 
but we are unable to find differences which are at all comparable with 
those which separate C. labiata from, let us say, C. Mossie, C. Dowiana, 
and C. Eldorado. As Mr. Crawshay grows so many of the plants 
mentioned, it would be extremely interesting if he would show the relations 
of the different forms to each other, and the differences between them, 
for which purpose an alphabetical arrangement is wholly unsuited. 
