24 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [January, 1918. 
HE opening meeting of the year of the Royal Horticultural Society is — 
fixed for January 15th at the London Scottish Drill Hall, Bucking- — 
ham Gate, Westminster, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the © 
usual hour, 11.45 a.m. Succeeding meetings will be held on January 2gth — 
and February r2th. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. Fa 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold meetings — 
at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on January 3rd and 17th. The — 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection of — 
members and the public from 1 to 4 o’clock p.m. The following meeting 
is fixed for February 7th. { 
We deeply regret to hear that Mr. H. Arthur, Secretary of the Man- 
chester and North of England Orchid Society, has lost his only son, 
R. W. H. (Roy) Arthur, 22nd Batt. R.F., who was killed in France 
on June gth, 1917. He joined the forces in May, 1915, went out with his — 
battalion in the following November, and during this period had not been 
home on leave. Mr. Aythur himself is assisting in the local Volunteer and — 
Red Cross work, and has been gazetted a Lieutenant (commanding a 
section) in the Lancashire Motor Volunteer Corps, Blackburn Station. 
_ Flowers of Cypripedium Boxallii and Lelia anceps are sent by F. S. i 
Mumford, Esq., Wrexham, and it is interesting to note that they are from ~ 
a small amateur’s collection, which gives a great deal of pleasure to its — 
owner. | 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Orchids ave named sg uestions answered here as far as possible, Correspoi sc yp are 
requested to give the native country or parentage of plants sent. An ADDRESSED postcard must be — 
sent if a hs ied by post is desired (abroad, rely _bosteards should be used). Subjects fe spacial 4 
interest i be dealt with in the body of t ork]. q 
C.H.L.—30, Binge ap aint daoare albida, Rolfe in Kew Bull., 1808, 1953 an = 
Oncidium, very n r the Guatemalan O. Suttonii, Lindl., bu t not certainly identified ian 4q 
complete spe cae is ig ired). The white Odontoglossum is probably O. Krameri album, ~ 
the = of the spec : 
T.L— Pag oe te the Eee to be Pxpipediam Madiotianum (Chamberlainianum X — 
sum), as the presence of both these ‘parents can be clearly traced. This hybrid — 
orginal a ap — ahr 3 - wenty years ago. a 
We do not find a record ef the hybrid, Lelia purpurata x Cattleya Jopite 4 
replies, eve have been suitably acknowledged. Tie matter is alluded to on another page 1 
