SEPTEMBER, 1910] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 287 
ORCHID NOTES AND NEWS. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during September, on 
the 13th and 27th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 
12 o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold meetings 
at the Coal, Exchange, Manchester, on September 8th and 22nd. The 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 
4 o'clock p.m. The following meeting is fixed for October 6th. 
THE GHENT QUINQUENNIAL.—We are reminded, by the receipt of the 
first provisional programme, of the seventeenth International Horticultural 
Exhibition of the Société Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, 
to be held at the end of April, 1913, and we note that, as usual, a large 
number of classes are set apart for Orchids, classes 22 to 106, to be precise. 
They include classes for 100, 50 and 25 Orchids, for the best general collec- 
tion, for the collection containing the greatest number of distinct species, 
and for groups of the various popular genera, in most cases with separate 
classes for amateurs and nurserymen. There are also classes for single 
specimens of the various popular genera, for certain geographical collec- 
tions, for 12 hardy Orchids, for the best 50 Orchids suitable for cut flowers, 
to of each kind, and for the best 12 and 25 free-flowering Orchids, not to 
exceed 200 and 500 francs, respectively, in value. We hope to see the 
meeting again a great success. 
A photograph of the fine group of Orchids exhibited by Messrs. 
Mansell & Hatcher at the Show of the Leeds Agricultural Society, held 
from July 26th to 28th, and to which a Gold Medal was awarded, is given 
in the Gardeners’ Magazine for August 6th, p. 616. 
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CATTLEYA X Fabia ALBA.—I sent you recently a flower of a seedling 
supposed to be from Cattleya labiata, white var., crossed with C. Dowiana 
aurea. It was noted at page 253. At the time of sending I had my doubts 
about it. Mr. Leemann therefore wrote to M. Peeters, the raiser, who 
replied that it was Fabia, but in answer to another letter said possibly it 
might be a stray seedling of Gaskelliana alba X Warneri alba, that is, C. 
x Myra Peeters. This is what we have decided to call it, and I think you 
will be interested to know. I don’t know how Peeters becomes Preston, but 
would like to point out the mistake in the note of raiser’s name. S. SMITH. 
We think the amended parentage the more likely of the two, and it 
may be possible to compare them next year.—Ep. | 
