THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. TL JUNE, 1895. [No 30. 
} NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held during June 
—on the 11th and 25th respectively—when the Orchid Committee will meet 
at the usual hour of 12 o’clock noon. | 
- On the former occasion a Silver-gilt Flora Medal or a prize of one guinea 
| is offered for the best seedling Orchid not exhibited previous to January rst, 
_ 1895. The competition is open to all. 
Very little progress has yet been made in the raising of seedling 
Odontoglossums, though two or three successful cases are on record. We 
_ are glad to learn that M. Ch. Vuylsteke, of Loochristy, Gand, has a batch 
of twenty plants, obtained from O. Insleayi @ and O. crispum ¢, and a 
single one from O. crispum ? and O. Harryanum 4, both very interesting 
: crosses. M. Vuylsteke has tried sowing them here and there in his houses 
, inall possible ways for a long time without result, and those now produced 
were obtained by sowing the seed broadcast and quite carelessly. 
A fine flower of Cypripedium Chamberlainianum has been sent by W. 
Vanner, Esq., of Camden Wood, Chislehurst, with the information that it 
is one of four on the raceme all expanded at the same time, which is certainly 
unusual, and we do not remember to have seen it recorded before. It 
probably indicates strength on the part of the plant, and good culture in 
any case. The imported plants were necessarily weak for a considerable 
time, but have now had time to become established and vigorous, so that 
the true character of the species can show itself. fs 
A very pretty variety of Cattleya Schroederee comes from the same 
