THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. XXXI1.] MARCH, 1923. [No. 357. 
NOTES. 
R.H.S. Orcu1p CoMMITTEE.—It is a matter of regret to everyone that 
the name of Sir Harry J. Veitch no longer appears as one of the Vice- 
chairmen of the R.H.S. Orchid Committee. This is on account of his 
retirement from active work. However, we note with pleasure that he still 
holds the position of one of the Society’s Vice-Presidents. The Rev. 
J. Crombleholme and Mr. J. T. Barker are not new to the Committee, 
although their names now appear for the first time in the official list. We 
note with pleasure the return of Mr. G. F. Moore, a well-known amateur, 
who served from 1902 until 1919, when ill-health caused his temporary 
retirement. The only new member is Mr. H. H. Smith, of Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co. Mr. Gurney Wilson has been appointed Assistant 
Secretary, and the collection of Orchid paintings, now numbering 2,800, 
has been placed under his special care. The attendances of the various 
members is recorded, a system that may encourage more regular attendance, 
but one or two inaccuracies occur in the figures given; one well-known 
amateur who has turned up on at least two cccasions has an 0 placed before 
his name, while another member who does not appear to have attended at 
“all is éredited with 5. 
DENDROBIUM PHAL#NopPsSIS.—On the first page of our January number 
we commented on the difficulty experienced in obtaining seed of 
Dendrobium Phalenopsis, and enquired if any of our readers had been 
successful. This has brought the following information from Mr. Theodore 
L. Mead, of Oviedo, Florida, U.S.A., who writes :—‘‘ I note the mention of 
failure to obtain good seeds from Dendrobium Phalenopsis. In 1896-7 I 
made many crosses on this species, most of them failures, but I got 
fat seeds from it when crossed with D. bigibbum, also when fertilised 
with pollen of its own kind, and with a variety having lined and bearded 
petals, as well as with a light variety. The D. bigibbum cross was made in 
November and the seed ripened in the following June, the other three 
flowers were fertilised in October and the seed also ripened in June. I got 
no seeds from this species when crossed in the spring. But D. veratrifolium 
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