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from the same batch, and you will notice that they are all totally different 
from the one which I-sent you previously, and no two of them are alike. 
Only one shows traces of O. Harryanum in the lip, while another might be 
taken for a blotched crispum on a purple ground. The other two seem to 
have reverted right back to O. crispum, a state of things which, I suppose, 
might have been expected in some of them, when one considers the large 
amount of crispum that goes to make up the hybrid. We still have a few 
plants of the same batch to flower, but they are hardly strong enough yet.” 
MANURE FOR ORCHIDS, 
In answer to the enquiry as to Manuring Orchids in America, Mr. W. E 
Eglington remarks (page gg) that most of the Cattleyas in the United. 
States, are grown in polypodium fibre. I think our worthy friend will soon 
find that osmunda fibre is mostly. used. I can with confidence say that the 
finest lot of Cattleyas grown in this country are to be seen in the establish- 
ment of the Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, New Jersey, where they grow 
over 30,000 in osmunda fibre only. Cattleya Mossiaz and C. Gaskelliana 
making four growths from one lead is unheard of among Orchidists, and it 
would be most interesting to readers of the Orchid Review if Mr. Eglington 
could send photographs of such plants. Mr. Eglington also speaks of using 
manure-water during the weeks of August, September and October, when 
closing the houses during the afternoon, but that is the period for ripening 
the bulbs, when forcing the plants by shutting up the house is out of the 
question. The climate here being much warmer than in England, top 
ventilation is used day and night from now on till the fall of the year 
weather permitting. aa 
Gro. H. Hunt, Orchid Grower to Mrs. Geo. B. Wilson. 
* “West Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during June, on the 
6th and 2oth, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 
12 o’clock noon. 
The following meeting will be the great Summer Show, to be held at 
‘Olympia, Kensington (instead of at Holland House), on July 4th, 5th, and 
6th. The Orchid Committee will meet on July 4th at 10.30 a.m. Silver 
Cups and Medals will be awarded according to Merit, and in addition the 
fifty guinea Silver-gilt Challenge Cup is offered in open competition for the 
most meritorious exhibit in the Show. 
We regret that the programme of the Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society has not reached us in time for the current issue. 
