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of D. sanguinolentum, a good plant of Ccelogyne Sanderiana, and an 
inflorescence of Catasetum Naso. 
Among showier things may be mentioned a nice lot of Dendrobium 
Phalz:nopsis, D. formosum, Leelia crispa, Lelio-cattleya x Nysa, Vanda 
Kimballiana, Cattleya Loddigesii, C. Aclandiz, C. Eldorado Wallisii, 
Miltonias, &c., which collectively make a fine show. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Drill 
Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during September, on the 1st and 
15th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o’clock 
noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold a 
meeting at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on September 11th. The 
Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
T to 3 p.m. 
A group of four Cypripedium Fairrieanum hybrids, from the collection 
-of N. C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, is illustrated in the 
Gardening World for August 8th (page 682). They are C. x vexillarium, 
C. x Juno, C. x Edwardi, and C. x vexill-Io. The photograph was 
taken last autumn by Mr. Chapman, when five plants were in flower, but it 
is not stated which is which. One plant, it may be noted, is also bearing a 
seed-pod. 
CATTLEYA WARNERI ALBA.—Indian Gardening for July 25th speaks of 
this beautiful plant as follows:—A 1000 Guinea Orchid.—At the 
Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society held last week in the 
delightful grounds of Holland House, the London residence of the Earl 
and Countess of Ilchester, M. A. A. Peeters, of Brussels, exhibited a 
splendid plant of Cattleya Warneri alba, bearing five flowers upon one 
‘raceme. They were very beautiful, pure white with yellow throat. M. 
Peeters asked 1,000 guineas for this rare Orchid, and considering the 
-exceptionally fine specimen, this seemed none too much, especially as there 
4s a boom in Orchids now.” 
According to the Report of the Travancore Public Gardens, by Mr. 
H. S. Ferguson, F.L.S., Orchids are very successfully cultivated at 
Trivandrum, South India, and it is said that year after year a sreater 
Number and more varieties of these plants come into flower, among those 
