January, 1908.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 3 
pages, the information being intended to supplement that given in the paper 
n “ Natural Hybrids of the Cattleya group,” published in the Hybridisation 
Conference report, already alluded to. The appearance of three additional 
natural hybrids since that paper was written is also noteworthy, and 
suggests that the question is not yet exhausted. 
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CERTIFICATED ORCHIDS. 
Some indications of the lines of progress are afforded by the plants to 
which First-class Certificates were given by the R.H.S. First we find 
eleven Odontoglossums, eight of which are hybrids and the remaining 
three forms of O. crispum. There are seven Cattleyas, five of which are 
hybrids, the others being varieties of C. labiata and C. Triane. Leelio- 
cattleya and Brassocatlelia had three each, and Odontioda, Miltonia 
vexillaria and Cypripedium two each, but one of the latter was the foliose 
‘C. tibeticum—a true Cypripedium by the way. The remaining eight were 
Arachnanthe Rohaniana, Brassocattleya Schroedero-Digbyana, Cymbidium 
ansigne Glebelands’ var., Lissochilus giganteus, Lycaste Skinneri, South 
Lodge var., Sophrocattleya eximia, Fowler’s var., and Sophrolelia Phroso 
superba. The numerous Awards of Merit we have not attempted to analyse. 
Our ILLUSTRATIONS. 
A number of the novelties of the year were illustrated in our pages, and 
at may be interesting to enuinerate them :— 
Coelogyne X Colmanii, p. 73. 
Lelio-cattleya Wavrinii, p. 249. 
L.-c. Wolteri (with its parents), p. 145. 
Odontioda Bradshawie, p. 8r. 
‘Odontoglossum x Alicez, p. 41.. 
X armainvillierense Robsone, p. 241. 
x Beauté-Celeste, p. 48. 
x coeruleum, p. 209. 
x crispum Triomphe de Moortebeek, p. 57. 
x eximium King of England, p. 209. 
x gandavense, p. 209. 
Phaiocalanthe Colmanii, p. 89. 
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LOSSES DURING THE YEAR. 
We have to mourn the loss by death of several well-known Orchidists, 
ancluding Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Joseph Broome, R. I. Measures, 
Leon Duval, jamés Herbert Veitch, and Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., whose 
work and influence will long be remembered. 
-And now we may glance for a moment at the possibilities of the coming 
year. The great International Quinquennial Show at Ghent is again nearly 
‘due, and as it will also celebrate the Society’s Centenary a special effort is 
