MARCH, 1909.| THE ORCHID REVIEW. 95 
ERIA ERIAZOIDES. 
Tus is the Dendrobium erizoides, F. M. Bailey (Syn. Queens. Fl., suppl. 2, 
p- 56), a species described in 1888 from a plant collected by Dr. T. L. 
Bancroft, at the Johnstone River, Queensland. The author remarked: 
“The pollen masses correspond, both in form and number, with those of 
Dendrobium, but the general aspect of the plant is so unlike that of any of this 
genus with which the author is familiar that its final inclusion under 
Dendrobium is a matter of uncertainty.” A specimen at Kew, sent by Mr. 
Bailey, has all the flowers fertilized, so that the pollen masses cannot be 
made out, but the habit, structure and hairy flowers agree so completely 
with Eria that I believe it must be transferred there. It seems to be a 
somewhat anomalous species of the section Urostachya. The description 
was made from a plant which flowered at Bowen Park, Queensland. 
Rk. A. ROLFE. 
CYPRIPEDIUMS. 
The monthly meeting of the Bolton Horticultural and Chrysanthemum 
Society was held on Tuesday, February 2nd, at the Spinners’ Hall, St. 
George’s-road. The subject was the cultivation of Cypripediums, by a 
well-known expert grower, Mr. Robert Johnson, lately of Stand Hall, 
Whitefield, Manchester, now of Southport. The Chairman, Mr. R. Smith, 
commented upon the subject as one that had rapidly come to the front. 
Mr. Johnson said anyone who had attended the Orchid meetings in London 
and Manchester during the last three months would agree that eighty per 
cent. of the plants exhibited had been Cypripediums, a proof that Cypri- 
pédiums were greatly prized. Commenting on the most beautiful varieties 
that had been raised from seedlings and by hybridisation, he expressed a 
firm belief that still better results would be obtained in the future. He 
said division was the best method to adopt for increasing the stock. 
Cypripediums were a most valuable family, especially for flowering in the 
dull months of the year. They remained uninjured by fog, whilst many 
other Orchids were destroyed.—Journal of Horticulture. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during March, on the 
gth and 23rd, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. The next meeting will be held on April 6th. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on March 4th and 18th. The 
Committee meet at noon, and the-exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 
4p.m. The next meeting will be held on April ist. 
