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ever, a rather broader lip, and much paler sepals and petals. A second 
flower from a seedling of doubtful parentage is also sent, which has much 
of the L. cinnabarina character, both in the shape and colour of the flower, 
and in having long reddish pseudobulbs. It may bea form of Leliocattleya 
Oliveri (O.R., xvi. p. 187). 
OPHRYS HYBRIDS. 
With reference to the Ophrys hybrids noted at page 199, M. Fernand 
Denis, Balaruc-les-Bains, the raiser, writes: “Of the twenty-three 
hybrids obtained from O, tenthredinifera x aranifera sixteen have 
flowered.” He also sends a copy of the Revue Horticole containing an 
account of the hybrid, by M. Camus, with figures (pp. 226, 227, fig. 72). M. 
Denis also states that he has this year flowered three artificial hybrids 
between Ophrys lutea and O. aranifera, which differ from O. quadriloba, 
described by M. Camus, and which the latter considers to be a natural 
hybrid between these two species. He hopes that when the plants flower 
next year the question may be definitely settled. With respect to Ophrys 
bombyliflora, which is rare in France, and which had not previously been 
recorded from the province of Herault, he remarks that he found a colony 
of about a hundred plants in a wild state, and in the same locality he found 
Ophrys litigiosa var. virescens, Camus, which is new to the Department. 
We hope that M. Denis will continue his experiments with Ophrys, and 
we particularly wish that he would raise a batch of seedlings from O. 
arachnites and O, aranifera. In making this suggestion we have in mind 
the remarkable series of O. aranifera (so-called) figured by M. Barla. 
A. R. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during August, on 
the 13th and 27th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The first meeting of the 1912-1913 Session of the Manchester and 
North of England Orchid Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, 
Manchester, on August 22nd. The Committee meets at noon, and the 
exhibits are open to inspection of members and the public from 1 to 4 p.m. 
The following are the Competitions for the coming year :— 
The President’s Cup (S. Gratrix, Esq.), and a prize to the Gardener, 
for groups and individual plants. 
O. O. Wrigley’s Gold Medal, and a Silver-gilt Medal to the Gardener, 
for Cypripediums. 
