THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. V.] OCTOBER; 1897: [No. 59. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during October, on the r2th and 26th, 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. 
At the former meeting a lecture will be given at 3 p.m., by Mr. C. C, 
Hurst, of Hinckley, entitled ‘‘ Curiosities of Orchid Breeding,” when a very 
interesting discussion may be anticipated. 
The October meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society are fixed for the 7th and 2ist, at the Coal Exchange, Market Place, 
Manchester. The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are 
open to inspection from one o'clock until four. 
We learn that Mr. H. A. Burberry has resigned his position as Orchid 
grower to the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., at Highbury, and 
intends to commence business on his own account, offering his services to 
amateurs of Orchids in the capacity of adviser in cultural matters generally. 
Mr. Burberry’s long experience and abilities are well known to our readers, 
and we cordially wish him success in his new sphere. An announcement 
appears in our advertisement columns. 
We learn that the well-known collection of Orchids brought together by 
M. Robinow, Esq., of Didsbury, and E. H. Woodall, Esq., of Scarborough, 
are to be dispersed, having been acquired by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., 
Heaton, Bradford, from whom we have received an illustrated catalogue. 
Both collections contain many rare and interesting plants, in addition to 
