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VoL. VI.} OCTOBER, 18908. LNo. 70. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during October, on the 11th and 25th, 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. 
The October meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society will be held on the 13th and 27th. The Orchid Committee meets 
at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection after 1 o’clock. ; 
A Lecture on the “ Structure and Fertilisation of Orchids ” will be given 
by Mr. R. A. Rolfe, A.L.S., at the meeting of the Birmingham and Midland 
Counties Gardeners’ ‘Association to be held on Monday evening, October 
17th, at 8 o’clock p.m. Gas OG AE SEE ale 
A-flower of the beautiful Odontoglossum x -crispo-Hallii is sent from 
the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, 
by Mr. Murray, who remarks that the lip is more expanded and the spotting 
better than when it first flowered: in November, 1896, and. received a First- 
class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. It is certainly very 
beautiful. : ; as : 
A very fine flower of Cattleya Warscewiczii is sent from the collection 
of Isaac Carr, Esq., Poolemeade, Tiverton-on-Avon. It is of excellent 
shape and measures eight inches in diameter across the petals, while the 
lip is 2} inches across, and of a brilliant crimson-purple with the eyes in the 
throat pale yellow. The rest of the flower is light rosy purple. 
