THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Voi. UL] JANUARY, 1895. [No. 25. 
NOTES. 
THE present number commences our third volume, and we have the satis- 
faction of knowing that it will reach a number of new subscribers, whom 
we welcome among the circle of our readers. Some of the difficulties 
incidental to the establishment of a new work having been surmounted, we 
hope to find the course smoother in the future. It may not be amiss to again 
point out that THe Orcuip Review not only aims at giving useful cultural 
and other information, but also to provide a means of communication 
between Orchidists generally, for the interchange of opinions and the 
recording of interesting facts, and we would again invite our readers to send 
us notes of their experiences in a form suitable for publication, which would 
no doubt increase the interest of the work. By this means, and by making 
it as widely known as possible among their friends, they would materially 
accelerate its progress and extend its usefulness. Lastly, we desire to 
thank all those who have assisted us in the past, and to wish all our readers ; 
a Happy New Year. 
The programme of the Royal Horticultural Society for 1895 has not 
yet reached us, so that we are not able to announce the date of the next 
meeting. 
A spike of a very handsome dark variety of Lelia anceps, called 
Chamberlain’s variety, has been received from the collection of the Right 
Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham. The 
lip is very deep crimson-purple, and the front lobe over an inch broad. The 
petals are also sixteen to seventeen lines broad, and the flowers altogeth. 
very large and handsome. . 
Catasetum xX splendens, which was recorded last month, has also 
