_ THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
- VoL. VII.] DECEMBER, 1899. [No. 84. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during December, on the 5th and roth 
Tespectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
O'clock noon. 
* The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 14th. 
The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspec- 
tion from 1 to 3 p.m. 
The hybrids of Lzelia Perrinii prove to be great acquisitions as autumn 
flowering plants. Magnificent inflorescences of Lelio-cattleya xX 
Statteriana and L.-c. x Semiramis are sent from the collection of the 
Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., by Mr. Smith. The former has three 
flowers, which rival those of C. labiata, the pollen parent, in richness of 
‘Colouring, the sepals and petals being rosy-lilac, and the lip of the darkest 
Crimson-purple, which colour extends right round the side lobes half way 
to the base, leaving the throat only of a rather lighter shade. The second, 
| Lec, X Semiramis, is still stronger, having four flowers, and considering 
that the allied Cattleya Gaskelliana was the pollen parent, it is remarkable 
how much it differs from the preceding in the details of the lip. The shape 
1S more undulate, the crimson-purple lighter in shade, and only extending 
round the apex of the side lobes as a natrow band, while at the throat 1s 
found a large area nearly white in colour. The sepals and petals, however, 
very Similar, both in shape and colour. The scapes are stout, and the 
| flowers large and well-developed—in short, they form excellent examples of 
— §00d culture. 
