﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



though the flowers are white. One seedling, by the way, is ten years 

 old, but has not yet flowered. It grows very slowly, and has five remain- 

 ing bulbs. Another is nine years old, and as it is from the spotted form 

 which reverted, its behaviour is being watched with interest. 



Secondary Hybrids. 

 We have several times urged raisers of Odontoglossums to intercross the 

 species and hybrids from the Bogota district, especially with the view of 

 showing what secondary hybrids are like. We find that Mr. Crawshay 

 now has several of these, including O. X Andersonianum crossed with O. 

 X Denisonae and with a blotched O. crispum, also O. X Adrians, O. X 

 Coradinei, and O. X Denisonae all crossed with blotched crispums. The 

 result of these crosses will be awaited with interest, as there is at least the 

 possibility that some of them have occurred in a wild state. 



Other Orchids. 



Our notes have been chiefly about Odontoglossums, which are prime 

 favourites here, but there are others respecting which a few words must be 

 said. One specially interesting plant in the seedling house is a seedling of 

 Promenaea stapelioides 2 X P. xanthina 3 , which we strongly suspect will 

 prove the parentage of a natural hybrid. The seed was sown in February, 

 1902, in the warm house, but none came up there, this one seedling being 

 afterwards found in the cool house, in the crown of an Adiantum, where it 

 must have been blown. In the Cattleya house we noticed Odontoglossum 

 citrosmum carrying a fine spike, also good plants of Miltonia spectabilis 

 Moreliana, M. Regnellii, and M. cuneata. Mr. Crawshay has tried year 

 after year to cross these with Odontoglossums, but without success. We 

 also saw good plants of Zygonisia X Rolfei, Zygopetalum X Gottei, and 

 the seedling Z. intermedium ? X Z. maxillare Gautieri 3 , which took 

 twenty years to flower. It however once met with an accident which 

 nearly killed it. The type plants of Laslia X Crawshayana are also 

 thriving. A few other well-known things must be passed over. A fine 

 series of Orchis maculata varieties were flowering outside, making a brave 

 show, with a few O. latifolia, and some sturdy Listera ovata. 



Our notes on Mr. Crawshay's fine series of dried flowers and paintings 

 must be held over for the present, as these notes are already longer than was 

 intended, yet many interesting details have been omitted. But the seedling 

 Odontoglossums were an education, and we believe that the details respect- 

 ing them will be read with universal interest. We cannot conclude without 

 a tribute to the ability of Mr. Stables, Mr. Crawshay's excellent gardener. 

 The results speak for themselves. Mr. Crawshay thinks of building 

 another house this autumn, and judging by what we saw of the seedlings 

 he will soon need it. And when they begin to flower there will be some- 

 thing to say. 



