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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 191 5. 



hybrid can be established and finally 

 recorded. 



Every hybridist, or would-be hybridist, 

 wants to know, with as little delay as possible, 

 firstly, the component parts of the plant he 

 proposes to use as a parent ; and, secondly, 

 the uses already made of his plant or of a 

 variety of his plant by other growers. He 

 generally would prefer a new experiment 

 rather than to confirm one already tried by 

 others. 



In this book issued by Messrs. Sander and 

 Sons, he will find in Table I. m the first 

 column the name of his plant, and in the 

 second column its two parents. If either of 

 these parents is a hybrid its parents can also 

 be ascertained from this table. 



In Table II. he will find the name of his 

 plant in block print if it has already been 

 used for hybridisation. Immediately below 

 appear all the Orchids with which it has been 

 h\'bridised, and from which results have been 

 obtained, together with the name given by 

 the original raiser. 



The hy])ridist is thus m the position of 

 ihoosing cither to confirm results which ha\e 

 already l)een satisfactory with other raisers or 

 to branch out in a new experiment of his own. 



As a guide In llic hylindist, this ])ook is 

 invaluable, and ,is I helie\e all records have 

 been searched up to the i<Sth July, 191 5, the 

 text used m the title i)c)gc, " Concise, Relial)le, 

 and Indispensable," is, I thmk, well merited. 



1 he Books of Awards gi\en by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society and issued b\' them 

 periodically have been used as the l)<isis of 

 the nomenclature of this work, and ;is tiuit 

 book is onl)- used after much painstaking 

 work from many of us, with the object of 

 preserving all original records, I am glad to 

 feel that many errors in nomenclature h;i\e 

 been avoided. 



A book of reference of this nature is of 

 greatest use when it is up-to-date, and I hope 

 that Messrs. Sander and Sons will continue 

 by way of supplement and by new editions, 

 to give to the Orchid world that valuable 

 assistance which the present volume now 

 gives us. — J. GURNEY Fowler, Chainnan of 

 the K.H.S. Orchid C oiiunittee. 



FLOWERS IN SEASON. 



Odontoglossum a.mabile. — From the 

 Merle Dene collection, Bidston, Cheshire, we 

 have received, through Mr. C. W. Findlow, 

 part of the spike of a beautiful variety of O. 

 amabile. It is remarkable on account of the 

 two flowers at the base of the spike, each 

 having three distinct lips, while the column 

 is unusually wide. Extra segments are 

 generally the result of excessive nutrition, 

 brought about by vigorous root .action or 

 disbudding of the spike. There is no reason 

 to suppose that this abnormality will remain 

 constant. 



CatTLEYA HarDYANA. — Mr. Harry 

 Worsley, of Sherfin, Baxenden, Accrington, 

 sends us two excellent varieties of C. 

 Hardyana which have appeared in an 

 importation of C. Warscewiczii. One 

 resembles more closely this latter species than 

 its other parent, C. aurea, the flower being 

 large, especially the hp with its two bright 

 yellow discs on the side lobes. The second 

 flower is really a glorified C. aurea ; in fact, it 

 is just such a flower as might be expected 

 from a cross between C. Hardyana and C. 

 aurea; an event quite |)ossil)le, though 

 rarcl)' witnessed. Almost all tlic piuple- 

 coloured Cattle)as are consider.ibl)- enriched 

 when mated with nurca, and in Ikirdyana we 

 liaN'C a natural as well as an artifiCMllv raised 

 example. 



BUI.HOI'HVLLUM GRANDIKLORUiM. Mr. H. 

 1 laddoii, who has charge of Mr. J. J. Neale's 

 collection at Lynwood, Penarth, sends a fine 

 example ol the handsome B. grandiflorum, 

 which has this season jiroduced lour of its 

 interesting flowers. It is one of the largest 

 oi the genus, the dorsal sepal being 4 inches 

 long by over 2 inches broad, in colour 

 greenish-brown, with numerous whitish 

 blotches; the hiter.il sepals are nearl\' 4 inches 

 ill length. It is ;i native ol New Guinea and 

 was first described by Blume in 1848. 



RoYAi, Horticultural Society. — 

 Meetings will be held on the following 

 Tuesdays: October 12, 26, November g, 23, 

 and December 7, 1915. 



