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CALANTHE KEWENSIS.—A brilliant little hybrid raised at Kew from C. 
Veitchii crossed with C. rubens, and now in bloom there. The flowers are 
bright rose, much darker than in the pollen parent, and the lip broadly 
ovate, and somewhat four-lobed. The pseudobulbs are slightly constricted 
near the apex. It should develop into a good thing. 
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SPIKE of Vanda ccerulea Rogersii, a distinct, nearly white variety, 
with flowers of moderate size and an unusually long spur, is sent 
from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, with a few 
Cypripediums, the best having much of the characters of C. insigne 
Harefield Hall var., but the petals very broad, horizontal, and reticulated 
with brown. C. Lathamianum is given as the other parent, but the 
influence of C. Spicerianum is not apparent. C. Bruette (villosum xX 
Fairrieanum) is most like the latter parent in shape, but with more of the 
colour of C. villosum. 
Three very finely-developed flowers of the handsome Cypripedium 
Actzus Westfield var. are sent from the collection of Francis Wellesley, 
Esq., Westfield, Woking. It has received an Award of Merit from the 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
| ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. Be 
WO meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during 
January, on the 13th and 27th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at 
the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on January 15th and 2oth. 
The Committee meets at noon, and exhibits are open to inspection of 
members and the public from I to 4 p.m. 
At the Maidstone Chrysanthemum Show held at the Corn Exchange, 
Maidstone, on November 11th and rath, a beautiful group of over sixty 
well-bloomed Orchids was exhibited by Mr. Edward Clement, The Nook, 
Ashford Road, Maidstone, as a non-competitive exhibit. It contained some 
good Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, Oncidiums, Epidendrums, Cypripediums, 
and other autumn-blooming kinds, and was greatly admired. Mr. Clements 
is an amateur who took up Orchid growing as a hobby about three years 
ago, with the assistance of his wife. A note by him appeared at page 8 of 
