THE GRCPwe few. 
Vou. II.] NOVEMBER, 1894. [No. 23. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, James Street, Westminster, during November, on the 13th and 27th 
respectively, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour of 12 
o’clock, noon. On these dates, and during the winter, the exhibits may be 
removed at 4 o’clock, p.m. 
At the Trowbridge Horticultural Society’s Show held on August 22nd, 
Mr. C. Richman, gardener to G. L. Palmer, Esq., obtained the first prize 
for a new or rare plant with Cypripedium Charlesworthii. 
On the occasion of the recent visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke 
and Duchess of York to Leeds, a beautiful bouquet was presented by the 
Yorkshire College to H. R. H. the Duchess of York, consisting of Cattleya 
Jabiata, Dendrobium Phalenopsis, Vanda ccerulea, and Odontoglossum 
crispum, relieved by sprays of lily of the valley and maidenhair—a master- 
piece of floral art, furnished by Mr. Featherstone of the Kirkstall Nurseries, 
Mr. F. W. Ashton, manager to Messrs. W. L. Lewis and Co., Chase Side, 
Southgate, has been admitted as a partner in the business, which will be 
carried on under the same name as before. 
The brilliant ‘scarlet-flowered Habenaria militaris, together with a smaller 
number of H. carnea and its variety nivosa, have made a brilliant display in 
the warm house at Burford during the present autumn, their beautifully 
marked foliage serving to enhance the effect. The method of culture 
followed with so much success was given in detail by Mr. Whiteat p. 83 
of our last volume. 
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