199 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during June, on the 5th and rgth, when 
the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
A special meeting of the Society will also be held at the Old Deer Park, 
Richmond, on Wednesday, June 27th, in conjunction with the Annual 
Flower Show of the Richmond Horticultural Society. Single plants for 
certificate may be entered with the Secretary on the ground on this date up 
to 10.45 a.m., and may be removed at 8 p.m. if considered necessary. 
Groups are ne invited, and will be eligible for medals, the same as at 
Westminster. These, however, must be entered by June 16th, and must be 
left for the second day of the show, when they may be removed at 7 p.m. 
The plants must be on the ground by 9.30 on June 27th, and the staging 
must be completed by 10.30 a.m. A special luncheon has been arranged, 
for which invitations will be issued to the Committees, &c. : 
This meeting is an interesting departure from the Society’s routine, and, 
we hope, will be well supported. The local Show is always a good one, 
and with fine weather and ‘in such surroundings the gathering ought to 
prove a great success. | 
The June meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society are fixed for the 7th, and 21st, at the Coal Exchange, Manchester. 
The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to 
inspection from 1 to 3 o’clock p-m. 
A handsome form of Paphiopedilum x Carnusianum has just flowered 
in the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., of Sefton Park, Liverpool. The 
parents were fine forms of their respective species, P. X Haynaldianum 2 
and P. Spicerianum ¢, and the plant is further interesting as being derived 
from the very first cross made in the collection, about ten years ago—the 
actual’ dates were not recorded... The purple stripe in the dorsal sepal, and 
the spotting on its base and on the petals are particularly well marked. 
A particularly fine spike of Odontoglossum crispum is sent from the 
collection of Mrs. John Holland, Wonham, Bampton, Devon. It measures 
over 2% feet long, and bears seventeen flowers of excellent form and 
substance. It is further interesting on account of its bearing two perfect 
flowers from the same node and out of a single bract, which is probably the - 
fully developed condition of what is known asa pair of fused flowers, of 
which also there is a good example on the raceme. This flower has eight 
segments, besides the two lips, and a double column. Had these also been 
