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TH ORCHID REVIEW, 
Vor. XVI.| JANUARY, 1908. [No. 181, 
EVENTS OF 1907. 
THE time has again arrived for us to summarise the events of the past year, 
which has been one of marked progress, especially in the department pre- 
sided over by the hybridist. Two very noteworthy events have been the 
flowering of the giant Grammatophyllum speciosum at Kew, and of Lisso- 
chilus giganteus in the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. We may 
also allude to the Report of the R.H.S. Conference on Hybridisation and 
Plant-breeding, which was issued early in the year, and forms an invaluable 
record of a memorable event. 
EXHIBITIONS. 
The fortnightly meetings of the R.H.S. have, with scarcely an excep- 
tion, produced very fine displays of Orchids, and on numerous occasions. 
plants of exceptional interest have appeared. The Society’s Gold Medal has 
been awarded on seven occasions, and the Lindley Medal for exceptional 
culture on three occasions, while seventeen Cultural Commendations 
have been awarded, together with about 38 First-class Certificates, and 64 
Awards of Merit have been issued, with a few Botanical Certificates to 
subjects of special interest. The two great shows at the Temple and 
Holland Park, were marked by exceptionally fine displays of Orchids. 
The Veitchian Cup, this year offered for the best collection of Orchids 
staged by an amateur at the Temple Show, was won by Major Holford 
with a remarkable group. The Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society has also bad a very successful year, and the awards have 
again been very numerous. Competitions for special Cups, extending 
throughout the Society’s year, are here attracting much interest. 
NOVELTIES. 
The novelties of the year have been mostly of hybrid origin, though the 
Annamese Bulbophyllum dichromum, which flowered at Glasnevin, forms 
a striking exception, its racemes of bright yellow flowers with a deep purple 
lip being very effective. Leelio-cattleya Wavrinii, which flowered in the 
collection of the Marquis de Wavrin, at Ghent, and was figured at page 249 
of our last volume, is a handsome natural hybrid between Lelia crispa and 
Cattleya Walkeriana. Cattleya xX spectabilis and C. x Frankeana have 
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