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NOTES. 
At the commencement of this our second volume we take the opportunity 
of wishing our numerous readers a Happy New Year. May our favourite 
Orchids flourish during the coming year more than in the one that is past, 
and may our second volume show a marked improvement on the one which 
preceded it! No effort on our part shall be wanting to secure this desirable 
end. And we appeal to our readers to assist us by sending interesting notes 
and specimens, and by making the work known as widely as possible, both 
of which will materially aid in accelerating its progress. 
One interesting feature of our first volume, to which attention has 
already been called elsewhere, is that it contains a record of the History 
of Orchid Hybridisation from its commencement down to the present 
date, and the origin and parentage of the different hybrids can be readily 
ascertained by means of the Index. 
At the time of going to press we have not yet received the programme 
of the Royal Horticultural Society for 1894, so that we cannot indicate 
the date of the January meeting of the Orchid Committee, 
é Mr. H. A. Burberry, who has charge of the splendid collection of the 
Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., at Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham, 
who will contribute our Colca of Operations for 1894, is about to 
publish a book entitled The Amateur Orchid Cultivator’s Guide Book, 
object being to give plain, simple, and fully written instructions Lei 
_ for young beginners in Orchid culture, who often experience great difficulties 
at the commencement. The price is half a crown. We cordially wish 
it success. 
