wat ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. IV.] FEBRUARY, 1896. [No. 38. 
NOTES. 
THE next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, on February rrth, when the Orchid 
Committee will meet at the usual hour of twelve o'clock, noon. The Annual 
General Meeting of the Society is held at 3 p.m., at 117 Victoria Street, for 
the election of Council, Officers, Fellows, &c. 
With the hope of encouraging individual effort and original research, the 
Council of the R.H.S. offer medals, silver or silver gilt, according to merit, 
for the porbhes (amongst others) :— 
(1 he best introduced Orchid not previously shown at “ed of the 
Society’s eben os Two classes—one for Amateurs, the other Open. 
(2) The best hybrid Orchid, raised and shown by an Amateur, with 
record of parentage, &c., not previously shown at any of the Society’s 
meetings.—A mateurs. 
(3) The best Orchid raised in this country, with record of ase 
&c., not previously shown at any of the Society’s meetings. —Ope 
The above Special Prizes may be competed for at any meeting of the 
Society in 1896, except at the Temple and Crystal Palace Shows. The 
judging will be by points which will be duly kept and recorded, and the 
winner will be announced at the end of the season. All entries for the above 
must be made before 11.30 a.m. on the morning of the show, on a Special 
Form, which may be obtained of the Clerk at the table. As many details 
as possible should be given about the exhibits. 
A flower of the pretty little Soprolelia <x leta, which was described at 
page 333 of our second volume, has been sent by Messrs. James Veitch & 
Sons, It was derived from Lelia pumila Dayana @ and Sophronitis 
