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Io in. by $. Leaves two, very stiff, coriaceous, 54 in. by 2}. It occurs to 
me that it may be a hybrid between C. intermedia and C. amethystoglossa, 
of H. G. R., figured in Sc. Bk. xii, 57, and which has a labellum much like 
this, and brownish sepals and petals. Named and described by Prof. 
H.G. R. in G. C. Oct. 17th, 1885.” Now the C. amethystoglossa just 
cited is C. porphyroglossa, Rchb. f., as has recently been pointed out (O. R., 
X, Pp- 330, 331), and a comparison of the figures fully bears out Mr. Day’s 
suggestion of its origin and parentage. The resemblance to C. porphyro- 
glossa in the lip of C. X scita is particularly marked, and on the other 
hand we have the information given by Reichenbach that ‘‘ Mr. Williams 
imported this very fine novelty amidst a mass of Cattleya intermedia,” and 
the approach to C. intermedia in other parts of the flower. Reichenbach 
thought C. guttata was the other parent, and added :—* There can scarcely 
be a doubt about its origin. Substitute C. porphyroglossa for C. guttata, 
and the remark still holds good. It would be interesting to know what 
has become of the original plant of C. x scita. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
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NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 
Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during August, on the 4th 
and 18th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, twelve 
o'clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold a 
meeting at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on August 14th. The Com- 
mittee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 
3 p-m. 
The Gold Medal of the Massachussetts Horticultural Society has been 
awarded to Mr. E. O. Orpet, gardener to E. V. R. Thayer, Esq., 
S. Lancaster, Mass., in recognition of his work in hybridising Orchids, of 
which numerous exhibits have been made at meetings of the Society 
during recent years. On the particular occasion when the award was 
made (August 30, 1902) a group of twelve plants, representing nine 
distinct crosses, was exhibited, one of which received a First-class 
Certificate, namely Lzelio-cattleya x Gladys (L. tenebrosa x C. 
Gaskelliana alba). ‘‘The flower is a pleasing shade of lemon yellow in 
colour with a lip of lilac rose and prettily veined.”—T rans. Mass. Hort. Scc. 
1903, p. 148. 
Captain C. C. Hurst, F.L.S., will read a paper at the meeting of the 
British Association, at Stockport, entitled “Recent Experiments in the. 
