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richly-coloured D. x Sibyl, and some good examples of D. nobile Cooksoni- 
anum and D. Wardianum, one of the latter having unusually short and 
broad petals, with small dark tips, and the lip very concave. 
A good inflorescence of Dendrobium atroviolaceum is sent from the 
collection of F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough. Mr. Burton 
remarks that this Dendrobium does very well with him, and flowers abun- ~ 
dantly. A good dark form of D. nobile is also sent, together with a large 
form of Lelia Jongheana. 
A good form of Paphiopedilum x pavoninum is sent from the collection 
of H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, alsoa pretty rosy flower of Lycaste xX 
Janetz, from one of the plants mentioned on page 95. 
Three forms of the pretty little Odontoglossum Rossii are sent from the 
collection of G. F. Laycock, Esq., Wiseton, Bawtry, Notts., one being the 
rare variety Ehrenbergii, in which the markings on the sepals and base of 
the petals are greenish-brown in colour. There are also two good O. cris- 
pum, one of which is very heavily blotched with red-brown on a clear 
white ground, though at present below the average in size. 
A beautiful series of Dendrobiums is sent from the collection of W. P. 
Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, Hull, by Mr. Barker. It includes ten different. 
forms of D. nobile, ranging from the richly-coloured D. n. nobilius to D. 
n. Amesize, which is white with the exception of a dark maroon disc, and the 
charming albino D. n. virginale, the intermediate stages showing consider- 
able variation in size and richness of colouring. D. x Ainsworthii 1s 
represented by the varieties splendidissimum, flavescens, having a tinge of 
yellow in the sepals and petals, andillustris, a fine, rose-purple form with 
the usual dark disc. D. xX Rubens is both large and very richly coloured, 
and the variety Apollo is about intermediate between itand D.x R. albens, 
which is nearly white with the exception of the disc. Other beautiful 
hybrids include D. X Wiganie, D. x Venus, the handsome D. X Pitcher- 
lanum roseum, D. X Owenianum, D. x xanthocentrum, D. x Sybil, D. 
x Rainbow, and D. x Luna, the whole forming a very charming group. 
NOTES. 
MEETINGs of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill Hall 
Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on April gth and 23rd, when the Orchid 
Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on April 4th and 18th. The 
Orchid Committee meets at noon and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from 1 to 3 p.m. 
