194 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
regret to notice, however, that Mr. Cookson’s paper on Hybrid Orchids is Q 
omitted from the revised programme, which thus contains no paper specially 
devoted to Orchids. There is, however, “‘ Experiments in Hybridisation 
and Cross-breeding,” by C. C. Hurst, F.R.H.S., F.L.S., (July tzth), 
and “ Hybridisation viewed from the standpoint of Systematic Botany,” 
by R. Allen Rolfe, A.L.S. (July 12th), so that Orchids will not be 
unrepresented, while among the exhibits they are likely to take a 
leading position. 
The second meeting of the month will be held at the Drill Hall, 
James St., Westminster, on July 25th, when the Orchid Committee will 
meet at 12 o’clock, noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
two meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, during July, on the 
6th and 2oth respectively, when the Orchid Committe will mcet at the 
usual hour, 12 o’clock, noon. 
A curious flower of Paphiopedilum x Arthurianum has just appeared in — 
the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, in which « 
the scape is almost completely suppressed. The flower is thus crowded in 
between the leaves of the growth, and is also out of season, which is 
probably due to the same cause as led to the arrest of the scape. 
Stenorhynchus speciosus is a handsome species of the Spiranthes group, 
with variegated leaves and crimson flower-spikes, both flowers and bracts 
being brilliantly coloured. It is terrestrial, and succeeds well in an ordinary 
stove. An inflorescence has been sent by Messrs. Stanley Mobbs and 
Ashton, of Southgate. 
A very large and richly coloured form of Cattleya Warneri is sent from 
the collection of Mrs. Hollond, Wonham, Bampton, Devon, by Mr. Stacey. 
It measures 9? inches across the expanded petals, which, together with the _ 
sepals, are bright rose-purple in colour, while the perfectly formed lip is 
beautifully undulate, and of the most brilliant amethyst in front. The 
spike bears four flowers. 
A flower of the large and handsome Odontoglossum x Coradinei 
Crawshayanum, to which an Award of Merit was given by the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society, on June 13th last, is sent from the collection of De Barri 
Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks. It is one of a raceme of fourteen, 
and measures 3 inches from tip to tip of the petals, The shape is good, 
and the blotches very large and richly coloured. 
