158 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



29th, and 30th. The Orchid Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 28th, 

 at 10 a.m., and the exhibition will be open to Fellows at 12.30 p.m. As on 

 previous occasions, Silver Cups and Medals will be awarded according to 



The dates of the May meetings of the Manchester and North of England 

 Orchid Society are May 1st and 15th. The Orchid Committee meets at 

 noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 



We have received the Catalogue of Hardy American Plants of Mr. 

 Harlan P. Kelsey, of Boston, Mass., U.S.A., which is illustrated with a 

 number of charming little photographs from nature. Over a dozen Hardy 

 Native terrestrial Orchids are offered for sale, including six Cypripediums, 

 one of which, the beautiful C. spectabile, is illustrated. 



They are described as " a most charming group of showy and curious 

 plants, and easy to grow if given proper conditions of soil and location. 

 But they are shy wildlings, and many of them rare and local. A rich, peaty r 

 rather moist soil, with shade, best favors the growth of most species ; and 

 some love the bog even, such as the delightful Cypripedium reginae, the 

 dainty Pogonias, Calopogon and Habenarias, though all these thrive well 

 in the rich shady garden." 



The February number of the Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidecs 

 contains figures of A ranthus ramosus, Angraecum Scottianum, Cattleya X 

 Chamberlainiana, C. X Wavriniana) Laelia X Lindleyana var. purpurea, 

 Odontoglossum grande var. Pittianum, Platyclinis filiformis, P. glumacea, 

 Promensea stapelioides, P. xanthina, Sobralia virginalis var. lilacina, 

 Stanhopea Reichenbachiana, and Trichopilia crispa var. marginata. 



Mr. William Murray, for many years head gardener to Norman C. 

 Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, has left that gentleman's 

 service, carrying with him many tokens of the esteem in which he was held 

 by his late employer, and friends in the neighbourhood. Mr. Cookson and 

 family presented him with a handsome writing desk, and the employees at 

 Oakwood gave him a clock. The Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Society 

 also gave him a clock, and Mrs. Murray a gold brooch. In all they received 

 upwards of forty presents. Mr. Murray has joined his brother, who is 

 carrying on business at 145, Queen Victoria-street, London, under the 

 name of The British and American Well Works, the business being the 

 raising of water from Artesian Wells by compressed air in place of pumps. 

 We wish him every success in his new sphere. 



Mr. Murray is succeeded at Oakwood by Mr. H. J. Chapman, late 

 gardener to R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. 



