3° THE -ORCHID REVIEW. _ [JaAn.-FEs., 1920. 
Upper Nepal. This figure shows brown markings on the lip, as also do 
Bot. Mag., t. 5674, Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. t. 51, King & Pantl. Orch. Sikkim, t. 
123, and an original drawing from Wallich. The one with pure purple 
markings on the lip is the more beautiful, and as it is without aname we 
suggest that of P. humilis var. pulchella. There is one other variety, called” 
var. albata, Rchb. f. (Gard. Chron., 1888, i. p. 392), which is said to have 
two orange blotches on the lip, though the veins are light mauve purple. 
The species is rather widely diffused, occuring in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhotan, 
Khasia, Manipur, and Burma. Its history has already been given (O.R., 
_Xi. p. 291), also that of a curious abnormal form having a tuft of hair-like 
appendages at the apex of the pseudobulb, which replaces the leaf (xxv. p. 4). 
Concerning the latter, we have since found that Wallich’s original drawing 
shows two of these curious developments, in addition to three normal 
flowers. This removes the last element of doubt as to the species which 
produces them. According to King and Pantling, Pleione humilis is known 
t» the European inhabitants of Darjeeling as Himalayan Crocus. 
R.A.R. 
Eee] ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. | excess 
HE Royal Horticultural Society completes its programme for the 
Session with meetings on January 13th and 27th. The dates of the 
February meetings are the roth and 24th. They are held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Westminster, and the Orchid Committee meets at 
11.45 a.m. The two following meetings are fixed for March gth and 23rd. 
The corresponding meetings of the Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society are fixed for January 8th and 22nd, and February 5th and 
1gth. They are held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, and the 
Committee meets at 12 o'clock noon, the exhibits being open to inspection 
from 1 to 4p.m. The dates of the two following meetings are March 4th 
and 18th. 
The R.H.S. arrangements for the current year include fortnightly 
meetings at the Royal Horticultural Hail, Westminster, except during 
May, August and October, when, owing to special circumstances, there will 
be only a single meeting, and November, when there will be three 
meetings. The Spring Show will be held at Chelsea on June rst, 2nd and 
3rd, and the Summer Show will be a great provincial meeting at Cardiff, 
on July 6th, 7th, and Sth, the Society having accepted the invitation of the 
Lord Mayor of Cardiff, and the Cardiff and County Horticultural Society 
to hold a meeting and exhibition there. A special schedule of these 
meetings will be issued. The second May meeting is omitted on account 
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