a4S THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
_ was found on this occasion for the entire series, now numbering about 41 5, 
and we are informed that the Council, on considering the recommendation 
made by the Orchid Committee at the previous meeting, have decided to 
make the higher award of a Gold Medal to the artist, Miss N. Roberts, 
72, Loughborough-road, Brixton, in recognition of the accuracy and artistic 
excellence of her work. 
We also learn that the Orchid Committee have allowed the name of Sir 
Trevor Lawrence’s Cypripedium x Rothschildiano-Lawrenceanum, certifi- 
cated at the last meeting, to be amended to C. x Wiertzianum Burford 
variety. It is, however, doubtful whether the original C. X Wiertzianum 
was derived from the same parentage. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during August, on the 14th and 28th, 
when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold a 
meeting at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on August 16th. The Com- 
mittee meets at 12 o’clock noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from I to 3 p.m. 
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An illustration of a beautiful group of Cypripedium spectabile in the. 
garden of F. Hollins, Esq., Grey Friars, Preston, is given in the Gardening x 
World for July 14th (p. 724). , mc 
At a meeting of the Linnean Society, held at. ‘Barlngion House, 
Piccadilly, on June 21st last, a series of dried Orchids was exhibited on 
behalf of Dr. O. St. Brody, in which the flexibility of the plant and the 
natural colours were to a great extent retained. The process was described 
as “ new,” and details were not given, though we surmise that the essential 
principle is the rapid withdrawal of water from the plant by the Appheanons 
of heat. 
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An illustration of the interior of Mr. Oakes Ames’ Cattleya house at 
North Easton, Mass., U.S.A., is given in the issue of American Gardening _ 
for July 14th, and shows a very fine series of forms of Cattleya Mossiz — 
Lelia purpurata in bloom. 
Cattleya Loddigesii alba is a charming pure white variety, with only a. 
faint trace of light yellow down the centre of the lip’s disc. A flower has 
been sent from the collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., The Woodlands» ey 
Streatham, which maintains its purity to the last. : 
