May, 1910.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 159 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during May, 
on the 3rd and 17th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
The Society’s Spring Flower Show will be held at the Inner Temple 
Gardens, Thames Embankment, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 
May 24th, 25th and 26th. The Orchid Committee will meet at 10.30 a.m. 
Class I. is devoted to Orchids, and Silver Cups and Medals will be awarded 
according to merit. The Sherwood Cup, value twenty guineas, is again 
offered to Amateurs for the best group of Orchids, quality being preferred to 
quantity. A smaller Cup will be awarded by the Council as a second prize 
if the exhibits are sufficiently meritorious. Notice of intention to compete 
must be sent to the Secretary eight days before the competition takes place. 
The Show opens at noon on May 24th, but there will be a private view from 
7 a.m. Admission by Member’s Annual Tickets only. 
A meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will 
be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on May 5th. The Committee 
meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from I to 4 p.m. 
The meeting announced on the programme for May 26th is postponed untll 
June 2nd, on account of the Temple Show. The Annual General Meeting 
of the Society will be held in the afternoon of the latter date. 
We have received the Schedule of Prizes of the Exhibition of Orchids 
and other plants to be held by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society at 
Boston, Mass., U.S.A., from May 26th to 30th, Igo. Thirty-one classes 
are set apart for Orchids, and numerous Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals are 
offered. For a group to fill 400 square feet there are three prizes of 1,000, 
500, and 250 dollars, in addition to Gold, Silver and Bronze .Medals. We 
regret that the notice came too late for our last issue, but a preliminary 
notice appeared at page 62 of our last volume. 
Messrs. Jack announce a new series of books entitled ‘‘ Present-day 
Gardening,” and each devoted toa particular flower. The editor is Mr. 
R. Hooper Pearson, Editor of The Gardeners’ Chronicle. Each volume will 
be written by an acknowledged expert, and will contain eight plates in 
colour, photographed direct from actual specimens by the most improved 
method of colour photography. The first two volumes. will be ‘‘ Pansies, 
Violas, and Violets,” by William Cuthbertson, and ‘‘ Sweet Peas,” by 
Horace J. Wright. These will be immediately followed by ‘‘ Daffudils,” by 
