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Lelio-cattleya elegans, with which the flower of the hybrid is comparable, 
except in being rather smaller. The sepals and petals are light purple, with 
many small dark spots, chiefly near the apex; the throat of the strongly 
three-lobed lip is white, and the front lobe and apex of the recurved side 
lobes purple, with a few purple streaks running into the white. The other 
is about the same size, but has broad rosy-lilac sepals and petals, a 
broad open three-lobed lip, which is pure white in the throat, and the front 
lobe and apex of the side lobes deep purple, recalling a richly coloured L.-c. 
Schilleriana. They form a very beautiful series. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
A FINE inflorescence of Catasetum Imschootianum is sent by Mr. Puddle, 
Scampton Hall Gardens, Billington, Yorks. It is said to have been 
collected by E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, Esq., in Bahia, while ona cruise with 
Lord Crawford in the “ Valhalla,” R.Y.S. 
NOTES. 
Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural will be held at the Royal Horti- 
cultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during October, on the 13th 
and 27th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 
o’clock noon. 
The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 
meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on October 8th and 22nd. 
The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to inspection from 
1 o'clock to 4 0’clock p.m. The following meeting is fixed for November 5th. 
A very fine group of Miltonia vexillaria, as cultivated at Drumlanrig 
‘Gardens, Dumfriesshire, the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, is illustrated 
in the Gardeners’ Chronicle ior September 5th. Mr. David Inglis, the 
gardener there, remarks that for many years the plants were in winter 
placed in the Cattleya house, where they grew splendidly, but did not 
flower satisfactorily. Three years ago it was decided to keep them all the 
year round at the warmest end of the Odontoglossum house, and since then 
the plants have grown splendidly and flowered with freedom. The house 
is a span-roofed structure, and is not an ideal one for Orchids, for it 
faces both north and south, and has no bottom ventilation; great care has, 
therefore, to be taken in admitting air by the top ventilators. The house 
has the advantage of remaining very cool in the warmest weather. The 
plants are potted and top-dressed alternately every year, during August or 
September. The photograph was taken by the foreman at Drumlanrig, 
with a pin-hole camera, made by a local plumber, and shows a very 
beautiful group of plants. 
