fTIE ORCHID REVIEM 
Vor. VII.) NOVEMBER, 1899. [No. 83. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during November, on the 7th and 2ist 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 
12 o’clock, noon. 
_ The November meetings of the Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on the 
gth and 23rd. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to 
inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 
A superb form of Cattleya x Hardyana has been sent from the 
collection of W. M. Appleton, Esq., Tyn-y-coed, Weston-super-mare. The 
_ lip is very richly coloured, but the beautiful golden veining of C. Dowiana 
extends over the basal half of the front lobe and beyond the yellow 
blotches at the sides. The richly coloured petals are also slightly mottled 
at the base, and veined throughout with yellowish white, and the sepals 
are also somewhat mottled. It is a very charming variety. 
An unusually brilliant form of Dendrobium Phalznopsis is also sent 
from the same collection, the petals and lip being of a rich rose-purple 
shade, except at the nearly white base, while the sepals are nearly as dark. 
Mr. Appleton, who is very successful in growing this species, considers 
it the most brilliant variety which he has seen. 
The remarkable Brassia brachiata, of which a flower is enclosed, is also 
flowering in the collection, and resembles a giant edition of B. verrucosa. 
