318 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Ocroprr, tot2. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
A FEw interesting Orchidsare sent from the collection of E. F. Clark, Esq., 
Evershot, Dorset. A flower of Odontioda Bradshawie is a good light 
scatlet form, bought as an unflowered seedling from the Chessington 
collection. It has produced a long spike, and the flower sent is over 2t 
inches across, so that it should develop into a fine thing. A flower from 
Lelia tenebrosa xX L. Diana—itself a seedling from L. Dayana X 
purpurata—is most like L. Diana in shape, and has rosy-purple sepals and 
petals, anda three-lobed, very dark purple lip. It also is very promising. 
The third flower was supposed to be from Cattleya Dormaniana x Lelia 
Dayana, but is not identical with Leliocattleya porphyrites, so that the 
cross remains a little doubtful. The flower is much larger than in either 
parent, the sepals and petals bright purple, and the lip very deeply three- 
lobed, with a much darker stalked front lobe. It should be taken care of, 
and the question of parentage must be left for the present, as an alternative 
parentage has been snggested. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during October, on 
the 8th and 22nd, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
_ The succeeding meeting will be the Special Show of Autumn-flowering 
Orchids on November 5th and 6th, with a Conference on the second day, 
of which particulars were given at page 190. Respecting the latter the 
following additional information has just reached us :— 
The Conference will be held in the Lecture Room of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, Westminster, on Wednesday, 
November 6th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p-m., when Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, the 
Treasurer of the Society, will occupy the Chair. Luncheon will be 
obtainable on the premises. 
The following papers have been promised :— 
I. Some Epiphytal Orchids, by Mr. H. G. Alexander. 
2. The Physiology of Fertilisation, by Professor Keeble. 
3- The application of Genetics to Orchid Breeding, by Major C. C. 
urst. 
4. Albinism in Orchids, by Mr. R. G. Thwaites. 
As the seating accommodation of the Lecture Room is limited, seats 
should be secured beforehand by application to the Secretary, R.H.S., 
