THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



hundred thousand dollars. 



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

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during August, on the 5th and 19th, 

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



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold a 

 meeting at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on August 14th. The Orchid 

 Committee meets at 10.30 a.m., and the exhibits are open to inspection 

 from 12.30 to 3 p.m. 



A flower of the remarkable peloriate form of Cattleya Mendelii, which 

 was figured at page 241 of our seventh volume, is sent from the collection 

 of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, this being the third year of 

 flowering, and it is interesting to find that it remains perfectly constant. 

 The petals are exactly like the lip in shape, markings, and colour, but all are 

 shorter than the normal lip, and the infolding of the side lobes makes the 

 flower appear double. It is a remarkable deviation from the normal type, 

 and is very striking. 



A beautiful form of Cattleya X Hardyana having white sepals and 

 petals is sent by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. It is from a very small plant 

 which it was not supposed would bloom this season, until a single bud 

 appeared without a sheath, which has now expanded. It has the true 

 shape, and some of the typical Dowiana yellow veining on the lip, while the 

 ground colour is rich purple, becoming lilac at the undulate margin. The 

 flower is undeveloped at present, and can better be compared with other 

 white forms of Hardyana when it flowers again. 



A photograph of a fine group of white forms of L<elia anceps inthe 

 establishment of Mr. J. Cypher, at Cheltenham, is given in a recent issue of 

 the Garden (1902, lxii, p. 31). 



An inflorescence of the pretty little Bifrenaria aurantiaca is sent from 

 the collection of J. W. Arkle, Esq, West Derby, Liverpool. The flowers 

 are orange with some brown spots. It is a native of British Guiana, and 

 r sixty years ago. 



titroduced to cultiva 



A good flower of Cattleya Mendelii is also sent from the same collectk 

 is fairly typical, except that the yellow of the disc is nearly absent. 



