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showed a pretty seedling derived from C. bellatulum and C. barbatum 
Warneri. 
M. Florent Claes, Brussels, showed the pretty little Physurus Ortgiesii 
(whose history is given at p. 296 of our last volume.) 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, sent Lelio-cattleya xX — 
Wellsiana, Cypripedium xX Jocasta (insigne Chantini ? xX Haynaldianum) 
and some good Dendrobiums. ; 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, staged a very pretty 
"group, to which a Silver Banksian Medal was given. It contained some 
good Cattleyas and Odontoglossums, together with Epidendrum alatum, a 
fine Oncidium Papilio, Cypripedium conco-bellatulum, &c. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, sent a group of showy Cattleyas, 
including C. citrina with six flowers, Masdevallia Schreederiana, Oncidium 
Marshallianum, Dendrobium Phalznopsis, a strong plant of the remarkable 
Bulbophyllum barbigerum, &c. ¢ 
Mr. H. A. Tracy (Twickenham) showed Cattleya Schroedere regalis, a 
fine form having a bright purple blotch in the centre of the lip. 
_ NOTES. 
The next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, on May 8th, when the Orchid 
Committee will meet at the usual hour, twelve o’clock, noon. 
At three p.m.,a lecture will be given by W. Bateson, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., 
entitled, “Is there any Natural limit to the Improvement of Cultivated 
Plants?” The subject is of considerable interest to Orchidists. 
The Society’s Great Annual Show will be held as usual in the Inner 
Temple Gardens, Thames Embankment, on May 23rd, 24th, and a5th. . | 
The Orchid Committee will meet at eleven a.m. Exhibitors must make 
_ their entries upon a regulation form which may be obtained upon applica- 
tion. Silver Cups and Medals will be awarded according to merit. 
The next méeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held on May 1oth, when the Orchid Committee will meet at 
12, noon. The Annual Meeting of the Society will be held in the afternoon 
of the same day. 
An exceptionally fine form of Odontoglossum x Adriane, called var. 
Argus, is sent from the establishment L’Horticulture Coloniale, Brussels, 
by M. L. Linden. The inflorescence is compact, and bears large flowers of 
excellent shape, which are beautifully tinted with rose and heavily spotted. 
It is a most charming form. . : 
