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that Mr. Moore is as confident as can be that the seedlings were obtained 

 in the manner indicated. It also notes that "among other strange crosses 

 is that of Zygopetalum Mackaii X Cymbidium giganteum, the develop- 

 ment of which will be watched with interest." Some hybrid seedlings in 

 the collection raised between Cattleya citrina and Brassavola Digbyana are 

 more likely to show the true intermediate character, 



NOTES. 



The next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 

 Drill Hall, Buckingham (".ate, Westminster, on func iotli, when the Orchid 

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



On June 24th and 25th, the Society will hold a Conference on Roses at 

 Holland House, Kensington, by kind invitation of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of 

 Ilchester. This meeting will take the place of one of the ordinary fortnightly 

 shows, and all classes of plants, &c, may be exhibited. The Orchid 

 Committee will meet at noon of the former day, and plants for Certificate 

 may be entered up to 10.30, but groups must be entered with the Secretary 

 not later than June 17th. 



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 

 meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on June 5th and 19th. The 



3 p.m. 



A recent issue of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal contains 

 descriptions of twelve new Orchids, from the Western Himalaya, by Mr. 

 J. F. Duthie. They were chiefly collected by Mr. P. W. Mackinnon, who 

 has taken a keen interest in the botany of the Missouri district, and has 

 trained some intelligent hillmen to work as collectors. Cirrhopetalum 

 Hookeri is interesting as being epiphytic on Rhododendron arboreum, at 

 5,000 to 6,000 feet elevation in Tehri-Garhwal, and Cymbidium Mackinnoni 

 as the nearest ally of the Japanese C. virescens, both having a single-flowered 

 scape, in this respect resembling Maxillaria. 



VANILLA CULTURE in Bengal.— Indian Gardening for May 8th (page 

 326) alludes to the experimental cultivation of the Vanilla planifolia in the 

 gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society of India, and remarks that it 

 may interest readers to know that the Vanilla plants are making most 

 vigorous growth, and have fully established themselves on the stakes. 

 All the older vines are laden with pods of fine size and substance, many 

 of the pods being over nine inches long already, and have another four 

 months yet to grow in. 



