VOL. 1V.] OCTOBER, 1896. [No. 46. 
NOTES, 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James’ Street, Westminster, during October, on the 13th and 27th 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour of 
12 o’clock noon. 
We learn that Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of the Clapham Nursery, have 
acquired the entire collection of Orchids belonging to the late Mr. F. G. 
Tautz, of Dibdin House, Hanger Hill, Ealing. It consists for the most 
part of unflowered seedlings of Cypripedium, fully a thousand plants, and as 
Mr. Tautz was an enthusiastic hybridist it is anticipated that some good 
things will be found as they come into flower. Among named forms, 
Cypripedium X Cowleyanum, C. X Mrs. Tautz, and C. x Nandii may be 
mentioned, : 
It is exceptional for Miltonia spectabilis to produce two-flowered scapes, 
but a plant of the variety Moreliana, in the collection of John W. Arkle, 
Esq., West Derby, Liverpool, has just produced one. It is one of a few 
imported about a year ago, and the only one that will flower this season. 
An unusually large form of Cattleya Leopoldi has appeared in the 
collection of H. B. Boardman, Esq., Thornleigh, Burton, Westmoreland, 
in which the flowers measure over 5} inches across the petals, all the 
parts being correspondingly well developed. The raceme bears thirteen 
flowers. It flowered out of Messrs. John Cowan & Co.'s importations. 
We learn that an albino of Lelia prestans has appeared in the collec- 
tion of D. BL Rappart, Esq., Liscard, Cheshire, as an imported plant. 
Sepals, petals, and lip are all pure white, with only the.addition of a trace 
