JANUARY, 1911] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 31 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
THREE meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during January, 
on the 3rd, 17th, and 31st, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the 
usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold meetings 
at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on January 5th and roth. The 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
Ito4p.m. The following meeting is fixed for February 2nd. 
Mr. John James Cypher, the well-known Orchidist, has been elected by 
the President and Council of the Royal Horticultural Society a Victoria 
Medallist of Horticulture, to fill one of the five vacancies caused by death 
during 1910. Mr. Cypher, who is 56 years of age, is the head of the well- 
known firm of Messrs. James Cypher and Sons, of the Cheltenham 
Nurseries, which has long held a prominent position as Orchid growers 
and exhibitors. His skill asa cultivator of Orchids, as well as in their 
artistic arrangement, is well known, and he has also done good work as a 
hybridist. Mr. Cypher is a member of the Orchid Committee of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, and of the Committee of the Manchester and 
North of England Orchid Society. 
Mr. H. Stanley, 15, Palmerston Crescent, Palmers Green, W., writes: 
““On and after December 20th, 1910, I ceased to have any interest in the 
firm of Messrs. Stanley and Co., of Southgate, my connection having 
ceased from that date. I may add that I shall continue to devote myself 
to Orchids, as heretofore.” 
ORCHID PORTRAITS. 
ANGR&CUM SANDERIANUM.—Orchis, iv. p. 120, fig. 24. 
ANGULOA CLIFTONI.—Orchis, iv. p. 119, t. 3- 
Brassia ForGETIANA.—Gard. Chron., 1910, ii. p. 463, fig. 209. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA THORNTONI.—Journ. Hort., 1gto, ii. p. 601, with fig. 
CATTLEYA TRIANZ.— Journ. Hort., 1910, iL. p- 553, with fig. 
CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII.—Journ. Hort., 190, i. p. 529, with fig. 
CEPHALANTHERA ENSIFOLIA.—Gard. Chron., 1910, ii. p. 482, fig. 214. 
CyMBIDIUM STEPPEANUM.—Rev. Hort. Belge, 1910, p. 397, with col. fig. 
_ CYpRIPEDIUM BARON SCHRODER.— Journ. Hort., 1910, ii. p- 505, with 
fig. 
_CYPRIPEDIUM BriITANNIA.—Rev. Hort. Belge, 1910, p. 401, with fig. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CHARLESWORTHII TEMERAIRE.—Gard. Chron., 1910, il. p. 
424, fig. 177. 
