FEBRUARY, 1917.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 47 
Benstead) ; to S. Gratrix, Esq., Whalley Range (gr. Mr. Jemmison) ; Dr. 
Craven Moore, Victoria Park, Manchester (gr. Mr. T. Arran); Messrs. 
Hassall & Co., Southgate; Messrs. J. & A. McBean, Cooksbridge ; Messrs. 
Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham; Mr. W. Shackleton, Bradford; Messrs. 
Keeling & Sons, Bradford; and Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards 
Heath, several of which appear in the above list of awards. 
EY ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. I 
WO meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
London Scottish Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during 
February, on the 13th and 27th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at 
the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Secretary of the R.H.S. announces the abandonment of the 
Chelsea and Holland House Shows for the current year. The Council 
has had great anxiety in coming to a conclusion, but, in addition to the 
shortage of labour, the difficulties of transport, and the desire of the 
Government to reduce railway travelling as much as possible, there is the 
further trouble that at the last moment the contractor has reported that he 
cannot guarantee to put up the tents. These abandoned meetings will be 
replaced by Shows at the London Scottish Drill Hall on the usual fort- 
nightly dates, namely, May 22nd and July 5th. The Council hopes to have 
the approval and support of the Fellows in these arrangements. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on February 1st and 15th. 
The Committee sits at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from 1 to4 p.m. The following meeting is fixed for March tst. 
An interesting Orchid paper is one of the subjects for the meeting of 
the Linnean Society, to be held at Burlington House, Piccadilly, at 5 p.m. 
on February 1st, namely, “ The Structure of the Leaves of Hybrid 
Orchids,” by Messrs. J. Charlesworth and J. Ramsbottom, F.L.S. 
Two interesting hybrids have just flowered in the collection of H. 
Worsley, Esq., Sherfin, Bakenden, near Accringt on, namely, Cattleya W. H. 
Evans ( Mantinii X Mrs. Pitt), and Leliocattleya Sir David Beatty (Domin- 
iana X Wellsiana). We hope to see the flowers when they bloom again. 
By an oversight we omitted to mention, at page 1, that Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, also obtained a Gold Medal for a 
brilliant group staged by them at the R.H.S. Chelsea Show. 
