M:.y, 1915.] 



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wlucli IS attnbulecl to Harryanuiii, and, 111 a 

 lesser degree, to the Cochlioda. 



Odontioda Zenobia is in the collection of 

 Mr. F. Menteith Ogilvie, The Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, where it finds most suitable surround- 

 ings in company with many other superb 

 members of its class. When exhibited at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, March 24th, 

 1914, it received a First-class Certificate. Our 

 illustration is reproduced from the Society's 

 Joiininl. 



An excellent variety of this hybrid received 

 a similar award at the Manchester Orchid 

 Society, April ist, 1915, when shown by Mr. 

 Wm. Thompson, who kindly sends the flower 

 to us for inspection. In this the labellum is 

 almost equal in colour to that of the sepals 

 and petals, while the prominent crest on the 

 labellum is composed of ten fringed keels. 



A third example, bearing the varietal name 

 Leeana, received an Award of Merit, Royal 

 Horticultural Society, April 13th, 191 5. In 

 this the apical portion of the labellum is pure 

 white, while the sepals and petals are of 

 crimson-purple. When viewed by transmitted 

 light blotches are obscurely visible on the 

 central portion of the petals. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM ADRIXIA. 



Anything from a pure Adrianae to an 

 eximium, with a touch of Adnanas m it, 

 describes this hybrid. Copiously spotted on 

 a cream-white ground of Adrianae form, 

 rounded-up by the eximium, which was a very 

 fine one, was the first to bloom with me. 

 Almost solid ground of purplish-brown with 

 the peculiar tint of burnt brown derived from 

 Hunnewellianum was the first to bloom with 

 Mr. Armstrong, who crossed the flowers and 

 kindly gave me some seed to raise. 



At present, no reversion to crispum has 

 appeared, the tendency being towards the 

 powerful little Hunnewellianum, which proves 

 as strong a parent as Lindleyanum, and which 

 I have not much doubt was the basic species 

 in its own district. 



de B. Crawshay, Rosefield, April iqth, igi S- 



R.H.S. AWARDS. 



THE exhibiting of immature seedlings 

 brings forth several points worthy of 

 our careful consideration, and the 

 following notes may, it is hoped, be of some 

 assistance in finding a solution to a problem 

 which has for some time past been on the 

 minds of members of the R.H.S. Orchid 

 Committee, as well as others interested in the 

 subject. 



At a recent meeting of the above Committee 

 ;m Odontoglossum hybrid, flowering for the 

 first time, and on a small seedling bulb, was 

 placed upon the table for inspection. The 

 meritorious nature of the flower caused one 

 member to propose a First-class Certificate, 

 but others who intended voting m favour of 

 the same withheld their assistance when 

 another member enquired what was to be 

 given the plant when it reached maturity and 

 produced a still finer flower, if, as now- 

 proposed, the highest honour was granted. 

 On the chairman suggesting that the 

 Committee defer their award until the plant 

 flowered again the following season there was 

 no further comment. The raiser of the plant 

 consequently received no encouragement, his 

 position being the same as if he had shown 

 the poorest weed. 



It may be argued that m the above case 

 the Society's other award — an Award of 

 Merit — should have been used, thus leaving 

 the higher award available for the plant as 

 soon as it reached maturity. But against this 

 treatment lies the fact that many First-class 

 Certificates have been granted to other 

 seedlings of equal and sometimes inferior 

 merit, consequently the granting to this plant 

 of what is virtually a second-class award 

 would at once place it m a detrimental 

 position. 



If once it became known that immature 

 seedlings Were prohibited from receiving- 

 certificates there would be very few novelties 

 exhibited, and the Orchid amateurs as wel' 

 as the general public would not only be 

 debarred from seeing many interesting plants, 

 but they would be prevented from keeping in 

 touch with the progressive work of the 



