foie ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. V.| DECEMBER, 1897. (No. 60. 
NOTES. 
THE next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, on December 14th, when the Orchid 
Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock, noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold its last 
meeting for the year at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 16th, 
when the Committee will also meet at mid- day. 
Flowers of Vanda Sanderiana Holmewood variety, from the collection 
of J. T. Bennett-Poé, Esq., of Cheshunt—a plant which was exhibited at the 
Drill Hall, Westminster, on November 9th—show that this variety has 
the petals broader and more rounded than usual, hence more overlapping 
the sepals, these latter also being shorter than usual, giving the flower a 
nearly circular outline. It is also very well coloured. 
A very pretty form of Cattleya labiata is sent from the collection of H. 
H. Scott, Esq., of Tynemouth, by Mr. F. Roslin, in which the sepals, 
petals, and side lobes of the lip are irregularly veined and marbled with 
rosy purple on a lighter ground. ‘It is not flamed as in C. 1. Hardyana, and 
may be called C. 1, marmorata. A good Cypripedium insigne with 
numerous large blotches on the dorsal sepal is also sent. 
A very beautiful Cattleya labiata alba is sent from the collection of F. 
Hardy, Esq., of Ashton-on-Mersey, by Mr. Stafford. It is pure white with 
orange veinings on the disc, and in this respect recalls C. Mossiz Wageneri. 
A flower is also enclosed of C. Bowringiana gigantea, in which the petals 
are over 1} inches broad, and the remaining parts of corresponding 
development. 
