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darker nerves, the petals purple, forming a decided contrast, and the lip, which 
is completely broken up into a mass of hair-like segments, light green. It is 
found on heathy downs on Table Mountain, and for some distance further 
east, and Mr. Bolus remarks that it is by far the tallest and strongest of 
the group, and the racemes bear from four to twelve flowers. It is a very 
quaint and interesting botanical Orchid. The most beautiful species of this 
group is D. graminifolia, which does not appear to have been introduced to 
Europe—or at all events to have been successfully cultivated. Bolus 
remarks that it is one of the commonest species on Table Mountain, has a 
rather long flowering period, and attracts universal observation by its 
beauty and brilliancy ; so much so that Lindley, in dedicating it to the great 
astronomer, Herschel (who was also a great Orchid-lover and cultivator), 
felicitously speaks of it as ‘species hoec pulcherrima colore cali australis 
intense cceruleo superbiens.” 
D. Harveiana is a very different species, the dorsal sepal bearing a long 
slender spur over two inches long. The flowers are borne in a loose raceme 
of three to seven each, the colour being a delicate lilac or French grey, 
with dark purple lines on the petals and base of the dorsal sepal. It is a 
native of Table Mountain, being found on rocky clefts and ridges at 1,500 to 
2,500 feet altitude, though scarcely abundant. Many of the Cape Disas are 
very interesting and pretty little plants, and several have ffowered in 
cultivation during recent years. 
R.A. K. 
MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID 
SOCIETY. 
THE meetings of this Society will be held on alternate Thursdays, at the 
Coal Exchange, Market Place, Manchester. The Committee will meet 
at Twelve o'clock, prompt, for the purpose of adjudicating upon Orchids 
submitted for award. Doors open at 10 a.m. Only members will be 
allowed to exhibit except by special consent of the Committee. 
The dates of the three next meetings are June 3rd and 17th, and 
July ist. 
The plants will be open to the inspection of members of the Society 
and the public also, from 1 o’clock to 4 o’clock. A charge of 6d. each 
for admission will be made to all who are not members. 
The first Meeting of the Committee for the purpose of adjudicating upon 
Orchids submitted was held at the Headquarters of the Society, The Coal 
Exchange, Market Place, Manchester, on May 20th, when a fine show of 
some of the rare and choice specimens under cultivation was sent up. 
