THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. VI.] APRIL, 1898. [No. 64. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during April, on the 12th and 26th 
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 14th and 28th, at the Coal Exchange, 
Manchester. The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are 
open to inspection an hour later. 
The fourteenth International Horticultural Exhibition of the Société 
Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand will be held at Ghent from 
April 16th to 24th, when a magnificent display of Orchids may be 
anticipated, 73 classes being set apart for them. 
We have received the Schedule of Prizes for the Whitsuntide Exhibition 
of the Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society of Manchester, to be held 
at Old Trafford, from May 27th to June 2nd. There are classes for the best 
miscellaneous collection of Orchids, both for Amateurs and Nurserymen, for 
ten specimen Orchids in bloom, the best collection of Odontoglossums, the 
best of Cattleyas and Lelias, and the best garden hybrid in the Show. The 
competitions are open to all, on five clear days’ notice to the Secretary, Mr. 
P. Weathers, being given. 
An inflorescence of the graceful Epidendrum Stamfordianum is sent from 
the collection of John W. Arkle, Esq., of West Derby, Liverpool. It is 
from a plant recently brought from Central America by one of Mr. Arkle’s 
