SEPTEMBER, 191 4-| THE ORCHID REVIEW. 287 
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EETINGS of the Royal Horticultural Society are announced to be 
held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, 
on September 8th and 22nd. The August meetings had to be abandoned 
because the Hall was required by the War Office, but a communication 
from the Secretary states that Fellows can be confidently promised that 
the meeting for September 8th will be held as arranged. The Orchid 
Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. |2 2 | 
The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on September 24th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to the inspection 
of members and the public from 1 to 4 p.m. 
The last issue of the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society contains 
an article by the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., on “ Evolution by 
Degeneration,” a process which is described as simply the result of self- 
adaptation to new conditions of life. We find a reference to Saprophytism 
in Orchids, examples being given in the bird’s-nest Orchis (Neottia Nidus- 
avis), and the rare Coral-root Orchis (Corallorhiza innata), in which the 
leaves are represented by white or somewhat coloured scales. Orchids 
have not received much attention in the Notes and Abstracts. 
Flowers of an interesting hybrid, derived from Cattleya Gaskelliana 
crossed with the pollen of C. Atalanta, have been sent from the collection of 
Dr. Hans Goldschmidt, of Essen-Ruhr, Germany. The cross was made in 
August, 1907, and the seedlings began to bloom in 1913. Dr. Goldschmidt 
remarks that they include plants with a lip resembling C. Gaskell 
shape, and others resembling C. Leopoldii, so that the case is fairly 
with that of C. Sybil, seven forms of which are figured at page 265. - 
Atalanta is a secondary hybrid between C. Leopoldii and C. Warscewiczil. 
The flower sent recalls C. Atalanta in general character, having bright rose 
sepals and petals, and the lip strongly three-lobed, with ample side lobes 
and the front lobe deep crimson-purple. 
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Liparis NANA, Rolfe-—We are informed tha 
Annamese species, of which a note was giveu at page 25! of our last 
Volume, appeared in the establishment of Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate. 
The Omission was, of course, accidental, for the information was not given 
with the specimen. 
t this curious little 
