mre ORGEHD REVIEW. 
VoL. VI.] MARCH, 1808. ‘No. 63. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Drill Hall, James’ Street, Westminster, during March, on the 8th and 22nd 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o'clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will also hold 
two meetings during the month, on the roth and 24th, at the Coal 
Exchange, Manchester. The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the 
exhibits are open to inspection an hour later. 
We have received from the collection of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton 
Grange, Stone, through Mr. Stevens, a splendid inflorescence of Cattleya 
amethystoglossa, bearing seventeen fine flowers, forming quite a bouquet in 
itself. The plant which produced it must have been very strong, for the 
peduncle measures exactly half-an-inch in diameter, and thus it is a 
splendid example of good culture. It gained a First-class Certificate at 
Manchester for its size and colour. 
Equally well developed is an _ inflorescence of Odontoglossum 
luteopurpureum hystrix, with eighteen flowers of great size and substance, 
and the beautiful O. X excellens spectabile, with broad round segments nicely 
marked ona bright yellow ground. 
Some interesting seedlings of Dendrobium nobile are sent by Mr. 
Stafford from the collection of F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on- 
Mersey. They were obtained by crossing D. n. Hardy’s variety with the 
pollen of D. n. Cooksonianum, and though they vary considerably 
between themselves none of them have the blotch on the petals, as was 
