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the lip rather lighter in colour. The influence of C. Spicerianum is very 
marked in the staminode and dorsal sepal, and of C. villosum in the richly 
coloured shining petals, but the insigne spotting is more copious than would 
have been expected. 
A flower of a handsome hybrid, derived from Cypripedium insigne 
Sandere x Chamberlainianum, is sent from the collection of Mrs. Ardern, 
Bonis Hall, Prestbury, Macclesfield, by Mr. A. Oliver. It has a much 
more yellow ground colour than the typical C. Fowlere, and the sepals and 
petals are closely spotted with brown. 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
THE next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society is the Special Show of 
Autumn-flowering Orchids to be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 5th 
and 6th, of which particulars were given at pages 190, 318. The Orchid 
judging commences at 10 a.m. on November 5th, and the Orchid Committee 
meets at 11.30 a.m. The schedule of prizes was published at page 230 of 
our August issue. The Conference on the second day will be held from 11 
to 1 o’clock and from 2 to 4 in the afternoon. 
A second meeting will be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, on 
November 1gth, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 
12 o'clock noon. The following meeting will be held on December 3rd. 
Two meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society 
will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, during November, on the 
7th and 28th. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to 
members and the public from 1 to 4 p.m. The following meeting will be 
held on December 7th. <A special meeting will also be held on Thursday, 
November 14th, in the Town Hall, Manchester, in conjunction with the 
Chrysanthemum Show of the Royal Botanical Horticultural Society of 
Manchester. All members desiring to exhibit must notify the Secretary 
not later than November 7th of the space required, so that satisfactory 
arrangements can be made. 
At a meeting of the Carlisle and Cumberland Horticultural Society, held 
on September 4th and 5th last, a Silver Medal was awarded to Sir Benjamin 
Scott, Mayor of Carlisle, for a fine group of Orchids. 
Mr. Albert C. Smith has been appointed Manager of the firm of C. F. 
Karthaus, Potsdam, Germany, in place of Mr. Blossfeld. Mr. Smith has been 
with the firm for two years as foreman. Previously he was with Messrs. James. 
Veitch & Sons, at Langley, afterwards with the late Baron Schréder, The 
Dell, Englefield Green, and then with Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. 
