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ripen in. two months from the- time of flowering, and .the seeds were 
_perfectly plump and good when examined under the microscope. 
We should be glad to hear of any one who has made experiments in 
raising seedlings, and especially of any experiments in hybridising. Natural 
hybrids are not at all rare on the Continent, and a few have been found in 
Britain, and their production by hand should present very little oe if 
the seedlings could be grown. 
NOTES. 
THREE meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, West ter, during August, on 
the 3rd, 17th and 31st, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour, 12 o’clock noon. 
No meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society 
will be held during August. The date of the next meeting is September 
gth. The Society has again arranged a very attractive programme for 
the Igog-Io session. There are five Cup competitions. The Charlesworth 
Cup, value 50 guineas, is again offered to the amateur exhibitor who gains 
the largest number of points for plants which have not previously been 
certificated by the Society, with a prize of five guineas to the gardener. The 
Ward Cup for amateurs who grow Orchids without the aid of a gardener is to 
be competed for according to the Society’s table of points, and to be won out- 
right in the session. The Sander Cup for Cypripediums, value 50 guineas, is 
limited to amateurs, and must be won twice, not necessarily in succession. 
A prize of five guineas will be given to the gardener. Stuart Low & Co.’s 
Cup is for Cattleyas, Lzlias and allies, and is limited to amateurs, with a 
prize of five guineas to the gardener. The Robson Cup for Odontoglossums, 
value 40 guineas, will be given to the amateur who gains the highest number 
of points for Odontoglossums, with a prize of five guineas to the gardener. 
The fine group of Dendrobiums exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown 
at the R.H.S. meeting held on April 6th last, and to which the Society’s 
Gold Medal was awarded, is figured in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for July 3rd 
as a supplementary illustration. 
R.H.S. OrcHID COMMITTEE.—Some interesting Orchids have appeared 
at recent meetings of the Orchid Committee, and the following notes are 
extracted from the report :-— 
May 4th, 1909 :— 
Hysprip Orcuips.—Mr. Rolfe showed flowers of Epidendrum evectum 
(purple) and E. xanthinum (yellow) and the hybrid raised by crossing them 
(= E. & kewense, of a salmon colour). He also showed flowers of E. xX 
