382 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [DECEMBER, 1913. 
Thirty-six of the plates originally appeared in the author’s earlier Orchids of 
the Cape Peninsula, published in 1888, now out of print, and nine are by Mr. 
F. Bolus, a son of the author. It is intended to proceed with the drawing 
of African Orchids, and materials are invited from those who have an 
opportunity of collecting them. The work forms a valuable contribution 
to Orchidology. 
— Cattleyen und Lelien, Samenzucht und Pflege. Von Anton Hefka, k.u.k. 
Hof-Obergartner in Schonbrun-Wien. Mit einem Gelietwort von Anton 
‘Umlauft k.u.k. Hofgartendirector. Published by Wilhelm Frick, Vienna 
and Leipzig. 
We have received a copy of this interesting cultural treatise on the 
Cattleya group, which should prove valuable to those conversant with 
German. It contains 83 pages and 20 photographic figures, with an Index. 
There are cultural directions, methods of hybridising and raising seedlings, 
with a sketch of the various species, and other supplementary matters, 
including a balance-sheet showing the satisfactory profit of 16 per cent. on 
capital invested in growing cut blooms for market. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
AN ordinary meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on December 2nd, 
when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
There will be no Show on December 16th, but the Orchid Committee 
will sit upstairs, and only plants submitted for Certificates will be received. 
The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 18th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from i to 4 o’clock p.m. 
We have much pleasure in announcing that the Calendar of Operations 
for next year will be contributed by Mr. T. W. Briscoe, late Orchid 
foreman to Messrs. James Veitch & Sons at Langley, in succession to Mr. 
John Seden, and previously in charge of the Orchid Department at Kew. 
Mr. Briscoe’s long experience as hybridist in charge of Messrs. Veitch’s 
important Orchid Department at Langley should be of value to the many 
readers of the Orchid Review who are engaged in raising Orchids from seed, 
a business which is every day gaining fresh adherents. 
Mr. GeorGE Gorpon, V,M.H.—The Gardeners’ Magazine for November 
22nd announces the retirement of Mr. George Gordon, V.M.H., from the 
Editorship of that journal, a post which he has ably filled since the death 
of Mr. Shirley Hibberd, in 18q0. The issue contains a portrait and an 
