May, 1915. ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 159 
\¢ ORCHID. NOTES AND NEWS. 3 
 epe next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at 
the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on May 
11th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock 
noon. The afternoon lecture at 3 o’clock will be given by Mr. W. Bateson, 
D.Sc., F.R.S., on ‘‘ Inheritance.” 
The following meeting is the great Spring Show, to be held at the 
Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 
May 18th, roth, and 2oth. Class 1 is devoted to Orchids, and Silver Cups 
and Medals will be awarded at. the discretion of the Council. The 
Davidson Annual Cup will be awarded in Open Competition for the finest 
variety of Cattleya Mendelii. Judging commences at 10 a.m., and the 
Orchid Committee will meet in the Central Tent at 10.30 a.m. Plants for 
Certificate must be entered before May 13th. The Show will open at 12 
noon on the first day, and at 7 a.m. on the following days, and the hour of 
closing is 8 p.m. on the first two days, and 6 p.m. on the third day. 
The Council desires that all groups should be less crowded, and that 
masses of colour be broken up by the use of green foliage. The staging for 
Orchids will be nine feet wide, and the front two feet high, and the group 
may thence rise to an average of nine feet from the ground. This limit 
does not apply to the foliage plants used as a setting. 
The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on May 13th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from 1 to 4 p.m. The Annual Meeting will be held in the afternoon of the 
Same day. 
At a meeting of the Horticultural Society of New York, held at the 
American Museum of Natural History, on March 17th, unusually fine 
displays of cut Orchid blooms were made by Mr. Clement Moore and 
Lager & Hurrell. The exhibit made by Mr. Moore was very rich in 
Cattleya forms, one of the most interesting being a goss made and reared 
by himself from Cattleya Dowiana X C. Schreedere. The display of 
Lager & Hurrell was rich in genera and species. 
Mr. FRANK READER, who has just completed twenty-five years’ service 
as Chief Cashier to the Royal Horticultural Society, has been presented by 
the Council with a silver tea service in appreciation of the fact. He has 
also received presents from the Treasurer, Secretary, and members of the 
