pit ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. VI.j NOVEMBER, 1808. LNo. 71. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during November, on the 8th and 22nd 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 
12 o'clock noon. 
The November meetings of the Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society are fixed for the roth and 24th. The Committee meets at 
noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 4 o’clock p.m.- 
A splendid flower of the beautiful Cattleya Warscewiczii is sent from 
the collection of W.S. M’Millan, Esq., of Maghull, near Liverpool. It 
measures over 84 inches in diameter across the petals, and the lip is well 
developed and very richly coloured. The plant bears two trusses of four 
flowers each, and Mr. M’Millan thinks that he has never before seen a small 
plant make such an imposing display. It is from one of Messrs. Sander’s 
importations, and is now flowering for the first time. 
Lelia pumila is an extremely useful Orchid at this season, being easily 
grown and very floriferous, while some of the forms are of exceptional 
merit. A beautiful form, with very richly-coloured sepals and petals, is 
sent from the collection of James Davidson, Esq., of Dumfries. 
From the collection of Joseph Broome, Esq., Sunny Hill, Llandudno 
(gr. Mr. Axtell), we have received several handsome flowers. Two forms of 
Cattleya Dowiana aurea both have the petals beautifully veined with 
reddish near the apex, as in the old Costa Rican form. Lelio-cattleya 
X Schilleriana has a nearly entire, rich purple lip, with a white throat, and 
