ieee ORGHID. REVIEW. 
VoL. XI.] DECEMBER, 1903. {[No. 132. 
THE ORCHID STUD-BOOK. 
THE nomenclature of hybrids is a subject which has got rather out of 
hand, owing to the irregular way in which many of the numerous and 
continuous additions of recent years have been recorded, and at page 34 it 
was announced that a special arrangement was being made to cope with 
the difficulty, of which particulars would shortly be given. Owing to 
the magnitude and intricacy of the task the work has taken longer than 
was anticipated, but we are now able to give further particulars. 
The idea was to compile a list of existing hybrids on a uniform system, 
giving (1) the adopted name, (2) the parentage, (3) the original publication, 
with (4) a reference to published figures or other important additional 
information, (5) the raiser or exhibitor, and (6) the date of appearance. 
This list was to be published separately, after which additional novelties 
were to be arranged on the same system, and published monthly, as they 
appear, in the Orchid Review. 
The task proved more difficult than was anticipated, owing to the large 
number of incomplete, doubtful, or contradictory records, and the duplica- 
tion or multiplicity of names for the same hybrid, and it is surprising how 
large is the number of records that come under one or the other of these 
headings. The work, however, has now been practically completed, with 
the help of Capt. C. C. Hurst, and will shortly be published, including the 
recorded hybrids to the end of the present year, and it is anticipated that 
the first of the monthly additions will appear in March next. 
It is hoped and believed that such a revised list will do much to check 
the confusion into which the nomenclature of hybrids has fallen. Several 
lists have already appeared, but too often they have lacked critical revision, 
and in any case have rapidly fallen out of date. The latter must be the 
case with any work, and for this reason we hope that the monthly additions 
will be especially valuable. These, however, could not be given with 
confidence without a revision of existing hybrids, hence the arrangement 
adopted. 
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