May, 1906. ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 159 
Schilleriana and X elegans, also Miltonia vexillaria and Epidendrum 
radicans, in each case with their hybrids. 
The Great Annual Flower Show will be keld in the Inner Temple 
Gardens, Thames Embankment, on May 2gth, 30th, and 31st. The 
Orchid Committee meets at Ir a.m. on the first day. Cups and Medals 
will be awarded, as usual, according to merit. 
The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on May roth. 
The Committee meets at noon and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from 1 to 3 p.m. The Annual General Meeting will be held on the 
same day. 
Flowers of Paphiopedilum xX Robbinsii and var. superbum are sent 
from the collection of J. E. Vanner, Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst, by 
Mr. Robbins. The latter is a fine and very richly coloured form, closely 
dotted with dark brown on the upper halves of the petals and base of the 
dorsal sepal, the latter passing into purple above, terminating in a broad, 
white margin. The parentage was P. X Godseffianum X Calypso. A very 
fine dark form of P. villosum called Pollett’s var. is also sent. 
A four-fowered inflorescence of a pretty hybrid Dendrobium is sent from 
the collection.of W. G. Moore, Esq., Pollokshields, Glasgow. It was pur- 
chased three years ago as a cross between D. nobile and D. Farmeri. Mr. 
Moore remarks that last year the plant made three very strong bulbs of 
sixteen to eighteen inches long, having the top of the bulbs extra stout, and 
the necks quite thin, and asks our opinion on the matter. We should like - 
to know more of the exact circumstances, for the short axillary inflorescence 
is quite unlike that of D. Farmeri, though the description of the bulbs 
agrees better with what might have been expected. The flowers are more 
comparable with D. x Ellisii, being yellowish white tipped with light 
purple, and there is a slight maroon marking on the hairy yellow disc. The 
colour shows a wide departure from D. nobile. We should like to know 
the experience of others who may have attempted this cross. It may be 
possible to clear the matter up later on. 
Several interesting flowers are sent from the collection of R. I. Measures, 
Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, by Mr. Smith. They include forms 
of Paphiopedilum x villosum, the beautiful P. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, 
with the hybrids P. x Youngianum, X Smithii, x barbato-Lawrenceanum, 
x Vidor, x Lachmee, and xX Zeus. The four latter were all raised in the 
collection. A good flower of the beautiful Phragmopedilum x Schroedere 
is also sent. 
