188 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1908. 
L. cinnabarina should again be attempted, ‘ both ways,” for it is impossible 
to say what strange happenings are included in the above records. C. 
citrina has been successfully crossed with both C. intermedia and L.-c. 
elegans, and we do not see why it should not also cross with L. cinnabarina. 
It may be added, in conclusion, that C. intermedia is involved in the 
ancestry of L.-c. Oliveri, whichever of the two suggested parentages is 
correct. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
A FLOWER of the very richly-coloured Odontoglossum X eximium var. 
Centenary, has been sent from the collection of W. Thompson, Esq., 
Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. It has very broad rounded 
segments, and the rich claret-purple blotches almost obliterate the ground 
colour of the segments, leaving a small white area at the base, and a broad 
white margin. The lip is white, with a large blotch in front of the yellow 
crest, and a few smaller blotches at the sides. 
Some handsome Odontoglossums are sent from the collection of H. S. 
Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, by Mr. Day. O. X armainvillierense 
var. Rajah is a fine claret-purple form, margined with white, and the 
colour somewhat broken up by irregular white lines in places, while the lip 
is more broken up into blotches round the yellow crest. ©. crispum var. 
H. S. Goodson is of good shape, the sepals mostly suffused with light 
purple, the broad petals having a similar blotch on the lower half, the 
upper part being white, and the lip is also irregularly blotched round the 
crest. The colour is unusual. One called O. c. Fairlawn is a smallish 
round flower, with roundish regular blotches on the sepals and petals, and 
we suspect it be a form of O. X Fascinator. O. c. Princess has broad 
white acuminate sepals and petals, well blotched with violet-purple. 
A curious form of Odontoglossum crispum of the Lady Jane type is sent 
by M. Fl. Claes, of Brussels. It has the usual small, coloured lip, and the 
petals have a small group of linear blotches about the centre, and some 
dull red-purple markings above the middle. There is also a bright yellow 
flower showing traces of similar markings on the petals, and M. Claes 
suggests that it may be a natural hybrid between the preceding and O. X 
Adriane. Whatever its origin, it shows the same character, and it will be 
interesting to see what it develops into. There is some structural peculiarity 
about the flowers of this type, but it is difficult to suggest the cause of it. 
Several beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of G. Hamilton- 
Smith, Esq., of Finchley, by Mr. Coningsby. Lelio-cattleya Mrs. G. 
Hamilton-Smith is a very handsome hybrid from Lelia tenebrosa x L.-c. 
C. G. Roebling, and is now flowering for the first time. It combines the 
influences of Cattleya Gaskelliana, Lelia purpurata and L. tenebrosa, and 
