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NOTES. 
Two meetings of the R. H. S. will be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, West ter, during August, on the r4th and 28th, when 
the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. ‘lhe 
subjects of the special competition on these dates are :—Aug. 14th, Leelio- 
cattleya elegans and its hybrids; Aug. 28th, Cattleya Warscewiczii and its 
hybrids. 
The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on August 16th. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from I to 3 p.m. 
__ A photograph of the beautiful Cattleya labiata alba is sent from the 
collection of Clement Moore, Esq., Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A., 
through Mr. A. Dimmock, who remarks that it is of fine shape, and very 
distinct, on account of the usual yellow throat being almost suppressed» 
while its long fringed lip and fine texture make the variety highly prized by 
its owner, who is one of the most successful growers of Cattleyas in America. 
The spike bears four flowers. A photograph of Cattleya x Hardyana is 
also sent, showing a three-flowered inflorescence, which is remarkable for 
the fact that one flower shows two distinct eye-like blotches in the throat, 
recalling those of the C. Warscewiczii parent, while in the other two 
flowers they are absent. In each case the Dowiana veining in the throat 
is very marked. 
A flower of the handsome Brassocattleya Madame Hye (Cattleya 
Harrisoniana X Brassavola Digbyana), to which an Award of Merit was 
given at the Holland House Show, is sent from the collection of Major 
Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, by Mr. Alexander. It is most like an 
enlarged edition of the former, the flower having an expanse of 54 inches 
across the petals. The colour is rosy lilac, with the disc of the strongly 
three-lobed lip light yellow. The front lobe is 1} inches broad, and some- 
‘what reflexed, while all the lobes are somewhat fimbriate. It is very dis- 
tinct from the Brassocattleyas which have previously appeared. 
Odontoglossum X Fletcherianum is a very interesting hybrid between 
‘O, Edwardii @ and O. cirrhosum ¢, exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons, 
St. Aliens, at the R.H.S. Meeting on July 31st, when it received an Awaid 
of Mérit. It has the general habit and inflorescence of O. Edwardii, as 
well as its dark purple colour, but the sepals and petals are more acumiuate, 
and the lip is modified in shape. The colour shades off to rose at the acute 
apex, and the crest is deep yellow. 
