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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. VIL] DECEMBER, 1808. [No. 72. 
NOTES. 
THE last meeting of the year of the Royal Horticultural Society will be 
held at the Drill Hall, James’ Street, Westminster, on December 13th, 
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 
one meeting, at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on December 1 5th. The 
Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from 1 until 4 o’clock. 
A splendid inflorescence of Odontoglossum luteopurpureum hystrix is 
sent from the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, ‘Dorking, 
by Mr. White. The main stem bears seventeen flowers, and there are six 
others on a side branch, making twenty-three in all, and those near the 
base are very large. It is an excellent example of good culture, for only a 
strong plant could produce such an inflorescence. It is pointed out that 
the flowers smell strongly of Vanilla, but there seems to be also a dash of 
heliotrope in the perfume. 
A light form of Odontoglossum xX Coradinei, with primrose yellow 
ground and very few brown markings, is also sent. Light-coloured forms 
of this hybrid seem to be rare, but one with white ground is reported to 
have appeared with Mr. Bull, in 1883, namely, the variety hemileucum 
(Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1883, xix., p- 683). 
A flower of the beautiful Cattleya Bowringiana Lady Wigan, which 
received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society the other 
