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Mae a lapse of six weeks the Royal Horticultural Society was able to 
resume its fortnightly. meetings, and the first September Show was 
held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, though not under 
quite normal conditions. But shortly afterwards the Society was again 
dispossessed by the War Office, and hurried notices were sent out that the 
next meeting would be held at the Central Hall, Westminster, the site of 
the old Westminster Aquarium. At this meeting there was again a good 
Show, and Orchids were well represented, but it might have been one of 
the dullest days in November so far as the light was concerned. One 
descended a flight of stairs into a subterranean hall, spacious enough, it is 
true, and lighted by electricity, but it was a poor substitute for daylight, 
and in some cases it was almost impossible to judge the true colours of the 
flowers, especially the yellows, though the shades of crimson and. purple 
come out well under artificial light, and these colours are always well 
represented in the Cattleya group, which now figures 50 largely in Orchid 
exhibitions. The sudden changing of the venue had also a marked influence 
0a the attendance, and altogether the meeting was held under depressing 
Conditions. As to the future, we have no information at the moment of 
Writing, beyond the fact that two meetings are announced to be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall during October, and under normal conditions a 
brilliant show of Orchids might be anticipated. (See page 319)- 
At the first September meeting a very handsome hybrid, exhibited by 
Messrs. Hassall & Co., Southgate, under the name of Cattleya Sybil var. 
Lord Kitchener, obtained a First-class Certificate. It was derived from C. 
Dowiana aurea X C. iridescens, and it came out of the same batch as the 
big very diverse forms that were figured at page 265, when the history of 
the cross was given. This handsome thing is figured at page 297- Three 
other forms were exhibited at the following meeting, all showing strongly 
the C, bicolor influence, though in two cases the sepals and petals were 
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