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dorsal sepal is well-coloured at the base, and the dark band of Spicerianum 
is very prominent. Three good forms of P. insigne, and avery 
well-shaped Odontoglossum crispum complete the list. 
A good, richly-coloured flower of Cattleya Dowiana aurea is sent from the 
collection of F. M. Burton, Esq., Highfield, Gainsborough, which illustrates 
the decorative value of the plant at this season. A fine form of Paphio- 
pedilum tonsum is also sent. 
A beautiful inflorescence of Epidendrum vitellinum is sent from the 
collection of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone. Mr. Stevens 
remarks that they have plants carrying five to eight spikes, and that they 
are very bright and showy at this season of the year. The rare Odonto- 
glossum prestans is also sent. 
NOTES. 
THE next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on December 17th, when the 
Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold its last 
meeting for the present year at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on Decem- 
ber 12th. The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open 
to inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 
A Singapore paper states that the plant of Grammatophyllum speciosum 
in the Singapore Botanic Garden has this year produced fifty-five spikes, 
with an aggregate of over 3,000 flowers and buds. It is interesting to note 
that the large plant in the Victoria House at Kew is at last producing two 
spikes, which are now about half grown. 
A very large and handsome form of Lelio-cattleya x bletchleyensis has 
been sent by M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, with the record of 
parentage Cattleya Warscewiczii @? xX Lelia tenebrosa ¢. The petals 
measure 4 inches long by over 2} inches broad, and are bright rose-purple 
in colour, while the lip is of corresponding dimensions, and is rather darker 
in colour, with a zone of blackish-purple in the throat. 
Two flowers of Paphiopedilum insigne with curiously deformed lips are 
sent from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, and 
Mr. Rogers states that last year the flowers of this plant were without any 
lips at all. 
Flowers of what appear to be Paphiopedilum x regale (insigne x 
purpuratum) are sent from the collection of E. F. Clark, Esq., of Teign- 
mouth, one of which has the lip divided into two almost petal-like organs, 
while the column bears three stamens in addition to the usual staminode. 
