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place the Society on a substantial basis. Anything you can do to bring 
about this desirable consummation will, I am sure, be appreciated by the 
Orchid lovers of America.”” We are pleased to call attention to the matter, 
as we have numerous readers in America, some of whom are no doubt 
interested in the subject. 
With respect to the Mendelian expectation of the proportion of albinos 
that should occur if the coloured reversions of Cypripediums were “ selfed ”’ 
or bred together, Mr. C. C. Hurst writes that the result will be nine 
coloured to seven albinos, not three to one (as suggested in the article at pp. 
538-61 of our last issue). We have not heard if Mr. Cookson has made the 
experiment, but we certainly hope that he will do so. 
The following notes of Orchids exhibited at the R.H.S. Scientific Com- 
mittee meeting held on February 11th are taken from the Report :-— 
BIGENERIC ORCHID HYBRID.—Sir Jeremiah Colman showed a hybrid 
raised between Diacrium bicornutum and Cattleya intermedia alba. The 
colour of the Diacrium had been almost entirely lost except for a tinge of 
sulphur in the labellum. The parent species are usually regarded as being 
widely separated in natural relationship, but a hybrid between D. bicornutum 
and Lelia cinnabarina was awarded a Botanical Certificate on March 14, 
1905. 
NoMENCLATURE OF HYBRID ORCHIDS, &c.—Some discussion took place 
with regard to the naming of hybrids between species assigned to two or 
more genera. The general opinion was that such hybrids should, when 
raised between plants belonging to two different genera, have the names of 
both genera indicated; but where the progeny was the result of crossing a 
bigeneric hybrid with a plant of another genus altogether, a purely conven- 
tional name should be assigned, preferably with a distinctive termination. 
The further discussion of the matter was adjourned to another meeting. 
ONcCIDIUM SPHACELATUM.—In several notes to the Orchid Review, 
referring to the local Orchids: of Mexico, I have mentioned Oncidium 
altissimum. This is a mistake, as the plant is O. sphacelatum. I do not 
think that O. altissimum occurs in Mexico at all.—J. C. Harvey. 
A PHOTOGRAPH of a very curious and beautiful form of Cattleya labiata 
is sent by Messrs. Wheeler & Co., of Waban, Massachusetts. It is called 
C. labiata var. polychilos. Messrs. Wheeler remark :—‘‘ We received this 
plant some four years ago, among an importation from Pernambuco, and it 
has flowered without variation each year. In November, 1907, we exhibited 
the plant, and receivea a First-class Certificate from the —. 
Horticultural Society. It is a striking and handsome maniet ys the petals 
having the same coloration (purple, pink and yellow) as the lip. 
