30 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during January, on the gth and 23rd 
respectively, whcn the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 
I2 oclock, noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold a 
meeting at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on January 11th. The Orchid 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
I until 3 p.m. 
Flowers of the charming winter-flowering Lelio-cattleya x Hon. 
Mrs. Astor are sent from the collection of T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, 
Whitefield, by Mr. Johnson. It has retained very largely the colour of the 
pollen parent, Lelia xanthina, with broader segments and a rather larger 
flower, in which the influence of the mother, Cattleya Gaskelliana, is seen. 
In connection with the note on yellow Cattleyas at page 364 of our last 
volume, we may remark that Lelia xanthina seems a very promising parent 
to use in attempting to obtain a race of yellow hybrids, being so much 
larger than L. flava, while retaining the tendency to transmit its colour to 
its offspring, which is so sadly wanting in C. Dowiana. And we would 
Suggest that both the Lelias in question should be crossed with 
C. Dowiana, for the probability is that excellent hybrids would result. 
Another elegant little hybrid from the same collection is Lzlio-cattleya 
Xx Tresederiana, the result of inter-crossing Lelia crispa and Cattleya 
Loddigesii. It is fairly intermediate between the two, being more compact 
than the Lelia, though with its characteristic shape and markings on the 
lip, and the sepals and petals prettily tinged with rose. 
A flower of the plant noted at page 334 of our sixth volume as Cattleya 
Dowiana Imschootiana is sent from the collection of W. S. M’ Millan, Esq., 
of Maghull, Liverpool. The sepals and petals are white tinged with pale 
yellow, and thus it forms a marked contrast with the typical C. Dowiana. 
Flowers of the beautiful Paphiopedilum x magnificum (P. X 
Pollettianum x insigne), which received an Award of Merit from the 
Manchester Orchid Society on November gth last, are sent by Mr. A. J- 
Keeling, of Bingley, Yorks. It isa plant of rather complicated parentage, 
and shows the combined influence of P. insigne, barbatum, venustum, and 
villosum, though the first-named largely preponderates, for P. X 
Pollettianum itself has ¥ insigne blood in it. It can best be compared with 
P. insigne, but the dorsal sepal has much less white, and the spots are 
