SHE ORCHID REVIGe. 
VoL. V.] MAY, 1897. [No. 53. 
NOTES. 
THE next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, on May 11th, when the Orchid Com- 
mittee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock, noon. The subject of the 
afternoon lecture on this occasion is ‘‘ Diseases of Plants, especially of 
Orchids,” by Mr. G. Massee, F.L.S., of Kew. 
The great Annual Flower Show will be held, as usual, in the Inner 
Temple Gardens, Thames Embankment, on Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday, May 26th, 27th, and 28th. On the first day the Orchid Committee 
will meet at rr a.m. Silver Cups and Medals will be awarded according 
to merit, as on previous occasions. Intending exhibitors must give notice 
to the Secretary not later than Saturday, May 22nd. 
The great Whitsuntide Show of the Royal Botanical and Horticultural 
Society of Manchester will be held at the Old Trafford Gardens, 
Manchester, from June 4th to roth. As usual, many classes are devoted to 
Orchids. 
Flowers of the beautiful Dendrobium Devonianum are sent from the 
collection of R. Le Doux, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool, from a growth 
bearing as many as eighty-five flowers, forming quite a picture. A flower 
of Cymbidium Lowianum is also enclosed, in which the blotch on the front 
of the lip is very dark and richly coloured. 
A fine flower of Odontoglossum Pescatorei comes from the collection of 
W. S. M’Millan, Esq., Maghull, near Liverpool, which measures 3 1-8th 
inches in diameter across the petals. It is white, with the exception of a 
