Novemprr, 1905.) § THE ORCHID REVIEW. 351 
become green at the apex and extreme base. The ground colour is white 
at the apex, while the lower half is suffused with brown. The petals have 
much of the venustum character, being spreading, 2} inches long, and 
shining copper-purple at the apex, with darker veins, which become light 
green at the base, and there are about twenty small dark spots on the upper 
side of the basal half. The lip is suffused with purple brown in front, but 
otherwise much as in C. venustum. The scape is dark purple in colour, 
and more villous than in C. venustum, and it is pretty clear in this case, 
too, that C. x Harrisianum was the second parent. It is interesting to be 
able to compare this plant with the others, and as it was purchased from 
Mr. B. S. Williams in November, 188g, it is evidently authentic. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the R.H.S. will be held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent-square, Westminster, during November, on the 6th and 2oth, when 
the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock noon. The 
subjects for the Special Diploma Competition are as follows :—Nov. 6th, 
Dendrobium Phalznopsis, Cattleya labiata, and Sophronitis grandiflora, 
with their respective hybrids; Noy. 2oth, Cypripedium Fairrieanum and 
its hybrids. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold meet- 
ings in the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on November 8th and 22nd. The 
Committee meets at noon and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 
3 o'clock p.m. 
With reference to the seedling Odontoglossum X Humeanum, men- 
tioned on page 299, Mr. F. H. Moore writes, from Liverpool, to say that he 
has now fat capsules on Odontoglossum citrosmum X cordatum and the 
reverse cross, also O. citrosmum on O. maculatum, and a nice batch of 
seediings of Dendrobium Devonianum X D. nobile Heathii. All are 
interesting, and the success of the latter should be insured. We have no 
record of another cross with D. Devonianum. 
A recent issue of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 
_ Contains (vol. xi. pp. 143-153) descriptions of eighteen new Philippine 
Species of Acoridium, by Mr. Oakes Ames. They will be illustrated in the 
work, Orchidacez, being issued from the Ames Botanical Laboratory. The 
Species of this genus seem to be particularly numerous in the Philippines. 
Messrs. JAMES VEITCH & Sons, Lrp.—We regret to learn that the 
lilness of Mr. James H. Veitch necessitates his relinquishing active work 
indefinitely. Mr. Harry J. Veitch, who was for so many years head of the 
