THE ORC Eel vali 
Vor. IT] JUNE, 1894. [No. 18. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Victoria Street, Westminster, during June, on the 12th 
and 26th, respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour of 12 o'clock, noon. 
On the former occasion a prize of £1 is offered for the best Seedling 
Orchid, not exhibited previous to January 1, 1894. The competition is 
open to all. 
We learn that Sir Trevor Lawrence was unable to give the Lecture on 
‘‘ Orchids,” which was announced for the meeting on May 8th. 
The May number of the Kew Bulletin contains descriptions of an eighth 
Decade of New Orchids by Mr. Rolfe, which are more particularly noted on 
another page. 
The sale of the first portion of the celebrated Pickering Lodge collection 
took place on May gth and roth, and realised an aggregate sum of £2,600. 
The seedlings sold for £100. A plant of Cattleya Mossiz Reineckiana was 
purchased by Messrs. Sander for 160 guineas, and C. Mendelii Firthii by 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., for 70 guineas. The best plant of Cattleya 
Skinneri alba realised 160 guineas, and part of the original C. Mendelii 
Quorn House variety 150 guineas, Mr. Fred Hardy being the purchaser. 
Lelia purpurata Hardyana went to Mr. W. Wells for 130 guineas. Of 
course these are exceptional prices, but the average price is said to have 
reached the high figure of between £4 and £5 per plant. 
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