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nobile are very fine, and include D. n. nobilius, D, n. Cooksonianum, 

 D. n. majus, a richly coloured form, with an expanse of 4^ inches, and some 

 others. D. X Ainsworthii is represented by the type and the varieties 

 roseum, Cypheri, a still darker form, Leechianum, marginatum, in which 

 the rose colour is chiefly found on the margin of the sepals and near the 

 apex of the petals, and Leeanum. The others are the fragant D. aureum, 

 D. X Dominianum, D. X Cybele and D. X C. roseum, the latter a very 

 richly coloured and beautiful variety. D. X Rubens var. Virgil, a fine 

 light variety, and what is apparently a form of D. X Galatea. A flower of 

 the rare Vanda X Charlesworthii is also sent, having been cut from an 

 eight-flowered raceme. The white forms of Lgelia anceps are said to have 

 been fine in the collection, numbering about 400 blooms, but are now just 



A good flower of Cattleya Trianae delicata, from a newly imported 

 plant, is sent from the collection of Arthur Dodd, Esq., Piedmont Villa, 

 Aintree. It is from an importation made by Messrs. John Cowan & Co. 



Several beautiful Dendrobiums are sent from the collection of R. G. 

 Thwaites, Esq., of Streatham, including D. nobile burfordiense, remarkable 

 for the disc-like markings on the lateral sepals, D. n. Ballianum, the pure 

 white D. n. virginale, a good D. X Wiganias, the charming D. Wardianum 

 album, D. X Cybele nobilius, D. X melanodiscus and its varieties Rainbow, 

 Pearl, and Dido, and the pretty little D. X x\ndromeda, the whole forming 

 a charming little group. 



NOTES. 



Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during March, on the nth and 25th, 

 when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o'clock, noon. 



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 

 meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on March 6th and 20th. 

 The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 





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We are informed that Mr. F. Sander has taken into partnership his 

 three sons, Conrad Fearnley, Frederick Kropp, and Louis Lohmann, anc 

 that the business will henceforth be carried on at St. Albans and Bruge: 

 under the style of Sander & Sons. Mr. J. Godseff will act as Manager 

 as before. 



We have received the Descriptive Catalogue of Orchids of Messrs 

 Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, containing a fine series of species, 



