THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Vor. VII.} OCTOBER, 1899. (No. 82. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James’ Street, Westminster, during October, on the roth and 24th 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour— 
12 o’clock noon. 
The October meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society are announced to be held on Friday, the 13th, and Thursday, the 
26th, at the Coal Exchange, Manchester. The Orchid Committee meets 
at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 o’clock until 3. 
A superb flower of Vanda Sanderiana is sent from the collection of 
G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-Water, Gloucestershire, by Mr. Morris. It 
measures five inches across its broadest diameter, and is very beautifully 
coloured. It is one of a spike of ten flowers, and is a splendid example of 
good culture. 
A fine group of Cypripediums from the collection R. H. Measures, Esq. 
The Woodlands, Streatham, appears in the Gardening World for August 
26th (p. 823), and includes C. x Annie Measures, X Hector, x H. 
Hannington, x Lucienianum, xX Mrs. Herbert Measures, X Watsonianum, 
and x William Lloyd. 
The issue for September 16th contains a view in the Dendrobium house 
in the same collection (p. 41), apparently taken when Dendrobium 
Wardianum was in bloom. 
A very curious flower of Lzlio-cattleya x elegans with three lips has 
been sent from the collection of Captain Law-Schofield, of Rawtenstall, 
Manchester, by Mr. Shill. It is quite analagous with the form of Cattleya 
Mendelii figured at page 241 of our August number, though the flower 
