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that such strong spikes would be more frequently seen if the plants were not 
allowed to bloom every year, and we quite agree that it is good policy not 
to let weak plants exhaust themselves by over-flowering. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during March, on the 12th and 26th 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. 
On the latter date a lecture will be given at 3 o’clock p.m., by Mr. W. 
H. White, Orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Vorking, 
on “Inconspicuous and Rarely Cultivated Orchids,” a subject for which he 
should find plenty of illustrations in the rich and varied collection under 
his charge. 
Meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will _ 
be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on March 7th and 21st. The 
Committee meets at noon and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
1 o'clock until 3 p.m. 
HOoNnovurR For Mr. G. Crispin.—At the annual meeting of the incorporated 
Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, held on Tuesday last at the 
Holborn Restaurant, London, Mr. George Crispin, of the firm of Messrs. 
James Crispin, F.R.H.S., and Sons, Horticultural Engineers, of Bristol, 
was unanimously elected to the vacant seat on tke council of the society. 
The council is composed of the most eminent heating and ventilating 
specialists in the United Kingdom, and Mr. Crispin is to be congratulated 
on such an honour. 
We regret to hear of the death, on February 7th last, of Mrs. James 
Cypher, the wife of M1. James Cypher, the well-known Nurseryman and 
‘Orchidist, of Cheltenham, aged 72 years. The funeral took place on 
February r1th. 
A remarkable specimen of Barkeria Lindleyana has just flowered in the 
collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking. It produced 
no less than twenty spikes, with an aggregate of over 200 flowers, and these, 
after having been out for upwards of two months, the last fortnight of 
which they had been cut, and used for decorative purposes, were sent to 
give some idea of what the plant has been like. Even after this they 
remained upwards of another week without much deterioration in theit 
beauty. The spikes form quite a small boquet, and the effect under artificia 
light is most brilliant. Mr. White must be congratulated cn his success 
with this beautitul plant. 
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