286 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
The Odontoglossum house contains many beautiful and interésting 
plants. Here is an example of the rare Comparettia macroplectron, the 
brilliant» Disa grandiflora, a beautiful example of Oncidium incurvum, the 
rare O. Geertianum, Odontoglossum aspidorhinum, the rare O. purum, the 
handsome O.. grande and O. maxillare, the very rare Ccelia macrostachya 
bearing three spikes of its pretty rose-pink flowers, a plant of Sophronitis 
grandiflora bearing six flowers, rather out of season, the rare Polystachya 
Kirkii, good examples of Masdevallia floribunda, and M. Reichenbachii, 
Scaphosepalum verrucosum, Epiphronitis x Veitchii, the rare Sigmato- 
stalix radicans, and a number of examples of Stenoglottis longifolia and its 
variety alba, and Spathoglottis Fortunei, the two latter being very floriferous 
and giving quite a gay effect to the house. 
NOTES. 
THE Royal Horticultural Society will hold two meetings at the Drill Hall, 
Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during September, on the roth and 24th, 
when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold meet- 
ings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on September 5th and 26th. The 
Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from I to 3 p.m. 
In connection with the figure and history of Stanhopea Wardii given at 
page 209, it is interesting to note that a photograph of this species, showing 
a magnificent 1o-flowered inflorescence, has been sent by R. Hogarth Clay, 
Esq., Wembury House, Plymstock, S. Devon. The plant was purchased 
some time ago of Messrs. John Cowan and Co., of Gateacre. When thus 
grown it forms a very striking object. 
Another illustration comes to hand of the way Odontoglossum crispum 
and O. Hunnewellianum grow intermixed in the district whence some of 
the more recent importations have been collected. Flowers of two plants © 
which were purchased as imported O. crispum have been sent from the 
co lection of Joseph Broome, Esq., Sunny Hill, Llandudno, but one proves 
to be a typical O. Hunnewellianum and the other a fine and extremely 
pretty form of O. x Adrianz, the natural hybrid between the two species 
just mentioned. The latter measures 23 inches across its broadest diameter, 
and has a light yellow ground colour, much deeper near the margin, with : 
rather large, deep brown blotches, which are more or les‘ confluent, especially 
on the sepals, while the lip and column wings closely resemble those of O- 
Hunnewellianum except in their proportionately larger size. We do not 
