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Odontoglossum crispum Luci-Masereel (Luciani x Franz Masereel), 
and Brassocattleya Rutherfordii (Gaskelliana alba X B. Veitchii Queen 
Alexandra) ; from Col. Rutherford, M.P. 
Cattleya Purity (Warneri alba X intermedia alba), and Odontoglossum 
King George V.; from J. J. Holden, Esq. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during March, on the 
5th and rgth, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. The following meeting will be held on April 2nd. 
We note with interest that the Society’s Summer Show will this year be 
held at Holland House, Kensington, on July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th; also that, 
in order to demonstrate the value of hybrid Orchids as autumn-flowering 
plants, an exhibition will be held at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, 
on,November 5th and 6th. Cups and Medals are offered as prizes, and 
particulars will be announced later. A Conference on Orchids will be held 
in connection with the November exhibition. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold meetings 
at..the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on March 7th and 21st. The Com- 
mittee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection of members 
and the public from 1 to 4 p.m. The following meeting will be held on 
April 4th. 
ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.—At the request 
of M. Louis Gentil, Editor of the Tribune Horticole, Brussels, the Belgian 
State Railway, and the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies 
have agreed to issue cheap tickets (50 per cent. under the usual price), to 
Belgian visitors to the London International Show in May next. These 
tickets will be issued from all the leading towns of Belgium direct to 
London, vid Ostend or Calais, from May 18th up to May 26th, and will be 
available for fourteen days. 
. The Secretary of the North of England Horticultural Society writes that 
at its Annual Meeting, held on January 17th last, a resolution was 
unanimously passed ‘“‘that Members of the R.H.S. Council and Committees 
be Hon. Members of the N.E.H.S. Council and Committees.” 
«~ At the Annual Meeting of the R.H.S. held on February 13th, the 
President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., announced that the Victoria Medal 
of Horticulture had been awarded to Lt.-Col. D. Prain, F.R.S., Director of 
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. E. H. Wilson, who has 
introduced so many interesting Chinese plants to our gardens, ) 
