~ THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Vor. V.] FEBRUARY, 1897. [No. 50. 
NOTES, 
THE next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, on February 9th, when the 
Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock, noon. The 
annual general meeting will be held at the Society’s Office, 117, Victoria 
Street, at 3 p.m. 
Two of the Society’s afternoon lectures announced for the coming year 
relate to Orchids, namely, May 11th, ‘“ Diseases of Plants, especially of 
Orchids,” by Mr. G. Massee, F.L.S. ; and October 12th, ‘“‘ Some curiosities 
of Orchid breeding,” by Mr. C. C. Hurst. 
A twin-flowered scape of Cypripedium insigne Fcerstermanni has been 
sent from the collection of S. G. Lutwyche, Esq., Eden Park, Beckenham. 
The dorsal sepal is of medium breadth, and the spots of the dorsal sepal 
are rather small, while a few small spots are also found at the base of the 
petals and lower sepal. It is a very pretty variety, one of the older ones, 
_ hot one of the recent so-called “ montanum ” forms. 
Lelia anceps Bradshawiana is a very handsome variety, sent by Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, which has flowered out of their recent im- 
Portations. The sepals and petals are of a uniform bright rose-purple, as 
are also the margins of the lip, the disc having the usual markings. The 
petals are not quite twice as broad as the sepals. It is a very brilliantly 
_ coloured variety, and exceptionally rich in this respect, as Messrs. Low 
Point out. 
: An albino of Cypripedium Spicerianum is sent from the collection of 
. a, ©, Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, in which the brown markings 
, have vanished from the petals and lip, and the purple from the staminode, 
