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the United States and on the Continent; also numerous biographical 
details. Cultural details, including notes on raising Orchids from seed, 
have been well looked after by some of our leading experts. Reports of 
exhibitions have occupied a prominent place in our pages, and the 
principal events in the Orchid world have been discussed under the heading 
of ‘* Dies Orchidiani.” _A series of articles on “ Natural Hybrid Odonto- 
glossums,” and of some other genera, have collected the scattered 
information respecting these interesting plants; while various important 
cultivated genera and species have also been dealt with in detail, of which 
the articles devoted to the genus Cattleya and to the history of the long-lost 
C. labiata may be mentioned as examples. The various scattered figures. 
of Orchids in contemporary publications have been collected together, and 
may be found by means of the Index, respecting which latter we need add 
nothing to the foregoing remarks of Capt. Hurst. Our _ illustrations 
have, with two exceptions (Cypripedium Charlesworthii and Eulophiella 
Peetersiana), been reproduced from photographs, which is a sufficient 
guarantee of their accuracy. Numerous other details might be mentioned, 
but the volumes must be left to speak for themselves. 
And now we come to speak about the future. Among other proposals 
for commemorating the past decade, we have received two letters urging 
the desirability of publishing an Index to the ten completed volumes. The 
utility of a single Index is admitted, but it would entail a considerable 
amount of work, and some little expense, and if undertaken the question 
arises how much to include. Our idea is that a select Index would best 
meet the case, and this should include :—(z) the titles of all articles, except 
those which recur regularly; (2) references to the descriptions of all 
novelties and the first mention of all hybrids exhibited ; and (3) any item of 
permanent importance not included under the two preceding headings ; 
with, of course, a list of illustrations. For details beyond this we think the 
annual indices will suffice. The idea is to have a quick means of finding 
the important items of information contained in the ten completed volumes, 
and a combination of the existing indices would be too bulky. We should 
be glad to have the opinion of our readers upon the question. 
Another esteemed correspondent urges the desirability of establishing 
a section for the exchange of duplicates, as many amateurs have batches of 
hybrid seedlings of certain crosses, and would be glad to exchange with 
others who are similarly situated. We should be glad to hear from others 
whe approve of this idea, as it would be very easy to arrange the details, 
Two or three other suggestions have been made, which we shall act upon as 
circumstances permit, as we wish to make the work progressive in the 
best sense of the word. One very important development is in progress, 
of which particulars will appear in an early number. 
