66 THE ORCHID. REVIEW.  |Marcn-Aprn., 1919. 
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Meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society are announced to be held 
at the London Scottish Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on 
March 11 and 25, April 8 and 29, and May 13, when the Orchid Committee 
‘will meet at 11.45 a.m. The succeeding meeting has been provisionally 
arranged as a great Spring Show to be held at Chelsea, on May 20, 21 and 22, 
in aid of the Wisley Endowment Trust Fund. Further definite arrange- 
ments are to bé announced. 
ORCHID, NOTES AND NEWS. ise 
On June 24 and 25, will be held a Floral Fete and Exhibition in the 
Chelsea Gardens, in aid of the R.H.S. War Relief Fund, the object of which 
is to assist in restoring the Gardens and Orchards of our Allies, which have 
been so ruthlessly destroyed. It is proposed that the general arrangements 
shall be on the same lines as the Chelsea Show of a month earlier, and itis 
hoped that Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, and several other Members of 
the Royal Family will be present during the Fete. The arrangements have 
been entrusted to Mr. W. A. Bisset. Offers of plants or cut flowers to be 
sold for the benefit of the Fund will be gratefully received. Further 
particulars are to be announced. 
Last yeara Flower Fair was held in Trafalgar Square, under the Presidency 
of the Duke of Portland, K.G., in aid of the British Ambulance Committee. 
Orchid flowers were sent by the Duke of Marlborough, Lt. Col. Sir George 
L. Holford, Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Col. Sidebotham, Mrs. Norman 
C. Cookson, Mrs. F. M. Ogilvie, Mr. Walter Cobb, Mr. S. Gratrix, 
Mr. James Watson, Mr. C. J. Phillips, and Mr. F. Swanzy. A fine lot of 
roses was sent from the Royal Gardens at Windsor. The result was a 
substantial addition to a very worthy Fund. 
The remaining meeting of the year of the Manchester and North of 
England Orchid Society are fixed for March 6 and 20, April 3 and 17, and 
May 8, and on the latter date the Annual General Meeting will be held. The ~ 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from I 
to 4 p.m. 
ORCHIDS IN BELGIUM.—We learn from M. Th. Pauwels, Meirelbeke, 
that on February 21st he had the honour of a visit from His Majesty, King 
Albert, the object being to see his devasted Nursery, of which it will be 
remembered that an account was given at pp. 22, 23, of our last issue. 
_ THE LATE M. Jurts Hye pe Crom.—At the meeting of the R.H.S. 
‘Orchid Committee held on January 14th, the Chairman, Sir Jeremiah 
