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Lucasianum, “‘a rare and little known natural hybrid between O. Hallii and 
O. X cristatellum (the latter a natural hybrid between O. cristatum and O. 
Kegeljani),” which he calls O. Lucasianum var. Thompsoni. Consequently 
he re-names and describes Mr. Thompson’s fine hybrid as O. X Carmania 
(Gard. Chron. 1908, i. p. 275). I regret that, after a careful comparison of 
all the available material, I cannot follow this view, for I cannot make this 
O. Halli nigrum to be a hybrid with the parentage suggested. It appears 
to have all the essential characters of O. Hallii, and a quite similar dark 
form is preserved at Kew, among wild dried specimens of that species. 
When I collected all the evidence I could find about the natural hybrid 
Odontoglossums from Ecuador, I found no evidence respecting one between 
O. Hallii and O. X cristatellum, and the one since described requires con- 
firmation. It would now be a comparatively easy matter to test the question 
by crossing the two species together, and I hope this will be attempted. 
Whatever the ultimate solution of the question may be, it is important to 
have figures of the type plants, for such they are, whether we label them as 
above, or call them O. X Carmania and O. x Lucasianum var. Thompsoni. 
THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
THE twenty-first annual Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society in 
the Inner Temple Gardens, Thames Embankment, familiarly known as the 
Temple Show, was held on Tuesday, May 26th, and two following days, 
and was again a great success, both the exhibits and attendance being 
eminently satisfactory, while the weather was fine throughout: The Orchid 
exhibits were brilliant in every respect, and it is doubtful whether quite so 
fine a lot has been staged there before. The novelties included Odontioda 
Charlesworthii, a brilliant crimson hybrid from Messrs. Charlesworth, O. 
St.-Fuscien, another handsome thing from M. H. Graire, the remarkable 
Bulbophyllum mirum from Sir Jeremiah Colman, with a few fine hybrid 
Odontoglossums and other things. The Veitchian Cup, which cannot be 
won a second time by any exhibitor, was gained on this occasion by F. M. 
Ogilvie, Esq., and the other awards consisted of five Gold Medals (which, 
however, included other subjects beside Orchids), six other Medals, two Silver 
Cups, six First-class Certificates, seven Awards of Merit, one Botanical 
Certificate, and one Cultural Commendation. The judges for Orchids were 
Messrs. H. J. Chapman, J. Gurney Fowler, H. Little, and F. Wellesley. 
F. Menteth Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), 
staged a magnificent group, remarkable alike for excellent culture and 
effective arrangement, and was deservedly awarded the Veitchian Cup, 
together with a Silver Lindley Medal, in recognition of its excellence at all 
points. In the centre of the group was a varied series of finely-grown 
