pee ORCHID REVIEW. 
Vou. V1.| JUNE, 1898: LNo. 66. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James St., Westminster, during June, on the 14th and 28th respec- 
tively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock 
noon. 
On the former occasion a lecture on ‘‘ Hybrid Orchids” will be given at 
3 p-m., by Mr. James O’Brien, V.M.S. 
Two meetings of the Manchester Orchid Society will also be held at the 
Coal Exchange, Manchester, on the 16th and 30th. The Orchid Committee 
meets at 12 o’clock, noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
1 until 4 o’clock. We regret an error that crept into our last month’s 
announcement. A single meeting only was held, and that on the roth of 
the month. 
The Hon. Secretary of this Society is now Mr. Thos. Mills, 37, Cross 
Street, Manchester, in succession to Mr. W. A. Gent. 
We regret to learn that in consequence of the death of Hamar Bass, 
Esq., and the consequent changes at Byrkley, Mr. James Hamilton, who 
has presided over the establishment with such success, is under the necessity 
of seeking another engagement. Mr. Hamilton’s abilities in the culture 
of Orchids and every other branch of gardening are so well known that 
his services ought not to remain long unsought for. 
A very fine twin-flowered scape of Cypripedium or Paphiopedium 
niveum is sent from the collection of H. Gurney Aggs, Esq., Pippbrook, 
‘Dorking. The flowers are large, being over 24 inches across and the petals 
over I inch broad, and they come equally large each year, and often two on 
