FEBRUARY, Ig11.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 63 
ae ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during February, on the 
14th and 28th, 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 February 2nd and 16th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from 1 to 4 p.m. The following meeting is on March 2nd. 
In connection with the Annual Show of the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England, to be held at Norwich from June 27th to 3oth next, under the 
patronage of His Majesty the King, there will be a Horticultural Exhibition. 
We note in the Schedule of Prizes :— 
Crass 2.—Collection of Orchids arranged for effect on a stage 
100 square feet. Palms, ferns, or other suitable foliage plants may 
be used to give effect to the exhibits. 
First Prize, Gold Medal and £10. 
Second Prize a a ee 
Third Prize th ek 
Gold and Silver Medals will also be awarded to exhibits of special 
excellence. 
From the R.H.S. Book of Arrangements just received we are glad to 
note that the Society’s Spring Flower Show will be held, as usual, in the 
Inner Temple Gardens, Thames Embankment, on Tuesday, Wednesday, 
and Thursday, May 23rd, 24th, and 25th next. The Summer Show will be 
held at Olympia, Kensington (not Holland House), on Tuesday, 
Wednesday, and Thursday, July 4th, 5th, and 6th. Particulars and 
Schedules can be obtained from the Secretary. 
The Gentlemen’s Journal of December 17th last contains a finely- 
illustrated article, by Mr. Percy A. Ongley, on Orchid Cultivation at the 
establishment of Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath. It 
contains portraits of Mr. Joseph Charlesworth (Principal), Mr. Henry 
Harwood Smith (Manager), views in the houses devoted to the culture 
of Phalznopsis Schilleriana, P. amabilis Rimestadiana, Odontoglossum 
hybrids, groups of Vanda ccerulea, Cattleyas and Lelias, the interior of a 
packing house, one of the Corridors, the stables and boiler houses, &c., also 
a group of Cups and Medals won by the firm, and ofthe Charlesworth Cup, 
presented to the Manchester and North of England Society. 
We are requested to notify that the late firm of Messrs. Stanley & Co 
