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from C. X Chamberlainiana, and an analysis of parentage would give half 
C. Dowiana, anda quarter each C. Leopoldi and C. Warscewiczii. 
A three-flowered inflorescence of a pretty little hybrid is sent from 
the. collection of Mrs. T. Fielden, Grimston Park, Tadcaster, by Mr. G. 
P. Bound, who remarks that it was derived from Cattleya Harrisoniana X 
C. granulosa, and is the first hybrid raised at Grimston. It is a form 
of C. x Gratrixie (Orchid Stud-Book, p. 58), and has rosy lilac sepals 
and petals, and a strongly-three lobed lip, with acute side lobes, rosy 
lilac outside and pale yellow inside, and the broadly-stalked front lobe is 
veined and reticulated with crimson purple. It shows unmistakable 
evidence of its parentage. 
A fine flower of Cattleya Grossii is sent from the collection of Richard 
Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, Manchester, by Mr. Fletcher. It is a near 
ally of C. b*color, but has a much broader front lobe to the lip. The sepals 
and petals are purple-brown, and the lip light rose-purple, with a broad 
white band on the disc. It was figured at page 305 of our tenth volume. 
NOTES, 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during September, 
on the r4th and 28th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 
hour, 12 o’clock noon. On the latter date, at 3 p.m., the second Masters 
Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Hugo de Vries, the subject 
being “‘ The Production of Horticultural Varieties,’ and will be illustrated 
by lantern slides. Chairman, Prof. Bateson, F.R.S., V.M.H. 
Meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will 
be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on September 9th and 23rd. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection 
from I to 4 p.m. 
An International Exhibition of Horticultural and allied subjects will be 
held at Ghent from October 30th to November Ist, 1909, under the auspices 
of the Société Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, in which 
thirteen classes are set apart for Orchids. Prizes are offered for groups of 
50, 25 and 20 Orchids, also for groups of Odontoglossums, Cattleyas and 
Lzlias, and Cypripediums, also for single specimens of the same. 
CATTLEYA MENDELII His Majesty.—The Gardeners’ Magazine states 
that the owner of this superb variety (which it previously illustrated), Mr. 
Francis Wellesley, J.P., Westfield, Woking, has succeeded in dividing it, and 
that Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to accept from him 
