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Vote ¥.] “MARCH, 1897. [No. 51. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during March, on the gth and 23rd 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. 
Several beautiful hybrid Cypripediums have been sent by Messrs. James 
Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, showing their great value as decorative winter 
blooming plants, and the decided improvements which are gradually being 
effected. They are, C. X Tityus (C. Spicerianum ? X C. X cenantham ¢), 
C. X Minos (C. Spicerianum ? X C. X Arthurianum 3), C. X Leeanum 
var. Prospero (C. Spicerianum . 3A Sanders 2), C.. %. Mild (C. 
insigne Chantini @ X C. X cenanthum superbum ¢'), and C. X Earyades 
(C. x Leeanum ? X C. Boxallii ¢). This almost serves to indicate their 
character, so well combined are the features of their well-known parents. 
In C. X Minos, however, the characters of C. xX Arthurianum are very 
marked, and in C. X Euryades those of C. Boxallii predominate, the petals 
and lip being very dark, and the dorsal sepal very heavily blotched. C. X- 
Leeanum var. Prospero is an unusually light form, which shows that the 
influence of C. insigne Sander has not been lost. 
The beautiful Lzlio-cattleya x Pallas, Epiphronitis x Veitchii, and 
Dendrobium Wardiano-japonicum, are also enclosed, each of them being 
valuable decorative plants at this season. 
An exceptionally fine raceme of Dendrobium crassinode Barberianum 
with no less than five flowers, has been sent by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
of Clapton, a number which we do not remember to have met with before, 
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