﻿January, i 904. | THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



the Royal Horticultural Society during the year, namely, ten Odonto- 

 glossums, seven Cattleyas, six Lselio-cattleyas, three Zygopetaltins, two 

 Dendrobiums, and one each of Cymbidium, Cypripedium, Phaius, 

 Phaio-cymbidium, and Vanda. It is significant that twenty-two of these 

 were hybrids of artificial origin, and three others natural hybrids, the 

 remaining eight being varieties of natural species, half of which belonged to 

 Odontoglossum crispum. Seventy-three others gained Awards of Merit, 

 namely, twenty-four Odontoglossums, fifteen Cypripediums, eight each of 

 Cattleya and Laelio-cattleya, seven Dendrobiums, three Phaius, two 

 Cymbidiums, and one each of Brassocattleya, Epicattleya, Ladia, 

 Masdevallia, Schomburgkia, and Vanda. They are further divisible into, 

 artificial hybrids fifty-one, natural hybrids five, and varieties of natural 

 species seventeen, eight of which belonged to Odontoglossum crispum. 

 Ten Botanical Certificates were also awarded, none of these being to 

 hybrids. The numerous awards of the Manchester Orchid Society can 

 only be mentioned in passing. 



Use of Leaf-Mould. 

 Further experience has been gained in the use of leaf-mould as an 

 ingredient in the compost for Orchids, and opinions as to its merits are 

 somewhat conflicting, though on the whole they are favourable, and we are 

 inclined to think that the results which have proved disappointing have 

 been chiefly due to the improper use of the material. Those growers who 

 have used it rather as an addition to, than as a substitute for the old 

 compost, seem to have been most successful, and what seems chiefly needed 

 is experience as to the proper method of using it, and some additional care 

 in watering the plants. We should like to have the experience of others 

 on the subject. 



Mendel's " Laws " of Inheritance have again received considerable 

 attention in connection with hybrid Orchids, and two important papers by 

 Captain Hurst have been dealt with in considerable detail in our pages. 

 In this connection must be mentioned the remarkable series of thirty 

 varieties of Paphiopedilum X Hera, figured at pages 71 to 73 in our last 



Losses During the Year. 



Among the losses to Orchidology during the year must be mentioned 

 M. Godefroy-Lebeuf, of Argenteuil, founder of L'Orchidophile, and well 

 known as an importer and grower of Orchids, and Hermann Wendland of 

 Herrenhausen, who had brought together a fine miscellaneous collection of 

 Orchids, including many botanical rarities. 



The year 1903 has not vanished without leaving its mark upon 

 Orchidology, and there are auguries of further advances in the coming year. 



