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small acute side lobes, and a broadly elliptical, very undulate front lobe, 
covered with bright purple radiating and reticulated veins. Though chiefly 
of botanical interest its appearance in cultivation is interesting. R. 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 February, on the 
8th and 22nd, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. The Annual General Meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on the 
former date. The agenda includes Report of the Council, Presidential 
Address, and Election of Officers. On the latter date the third Masters’ 
Memorial Lecture will be given by Mr. A. D. Hall, M.A., F.R.S., on the 
Adaptation of the Plant to the Soil. Chairman, Arthur Dendy, Esq., B.Sc. 
Meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will 
be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on February 3rd and 17th. The 
Orchid Committee meets at noon, and exhibits are open to inspection from 
Ito4p.m. The following meeting is fixed for March 3rd. 
The following notes are extracted from the Report of the R.H.S. 
Council for 1910 :— 
A large and valuable gift of Orchids received from J. B. Field, Esq., 
together with others from the Hon. Mrs. Henry Gladstone, Colonel Rippon 
(a valuable consignment of Vanda coerulea), Mrs. Davies Evans, and our 
Treasurer, have emphasised the necessity for a new Orchid house, which it 
is hoped may be built during the coming year. 
The Lawrence Medal for 1909 has been awarded to Lieut.-Col. G. L. 
Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., in recognition of the beautiful exhibits of Orchids 
which he has made during the past year. (The first Medal struck was 
presented to the President of the Society, whose name it bears). 
The Council are arranging to co-operate with the Royal Agricultural 
Society in the promotion of a great Horticultural Show at Liverpool in June 
next, in connection with the R. A. S. Annual Show. Fellows are requested 
to give all the assistance in their power. 
Lisprary.—Negotiations are pending with the Trustees with the object 
of uniting the Lindley Library more indissolubly with the Society—legal 
difficulties stand in the way, but there is every hope that the year rgr1o will 
see them overcome, and the union between the Lindley Library and the 
Society placed on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. 
OrcHIp NoMENCLATURE.—The rapidly increasing number of multi- 
generic hybrids, and the confusion likely to arise unless a definite system of 
