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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[April, 1904. 



plant stove, or East Indian house, as the extra warmth will assist them to 

 swell up the pseudobulbs. The young growths and flower buds of Chysis 

 are liable to the ravages of thrips, but these insects maybe easily kept down 

 by the numerous chemical preparations now in use. 



W. H. W. 



NOTES. 



Two meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the 

 Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during April, on the 5th and 

 19th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o'clock 



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold three 

 meetings during the month, at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on April 

 8th, 15th, and 29th. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are 

 open to inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 



The March issue of Messrs. Cogniaux & Goossens' Didionnaire 

 Iconographique des Orchidees, just received, contains figures of the following 

 Orchids :— Cattleya X massiliensis, Cypripedium X Madioti, C. X nitens 

 var. Hyeanum, C. X Romulus, Geodorum citrinum and var. Augusti, 

 Laelio-cattleya X Binoti, L.-c. X Clive, L.-c. X Truffautiana var. 

 Fournieri, Maxillaria variabilis vars. lutea and crocea, Mormodes igneum, 

 Odontoglossum X Duvivierianum var. burfordiense, Stanhopea Wardii 

 var. Froebeliana, and Zygopetalum maxillare var. Gautieri. 



A figure of a noble specimen of Cypripedium insigne Sanderas, bearing 

 sixteen flowers, from the collection of C. G. Roebling, Esq., Trenton, New 

 Jersey (gr. Mr. H.T. Clinkaberry), appears in American Gardening for March 

 12th last (p. 171). It was obtained as a small scrap in the winter of 1895, 

 and has been grown on to its present condition — an example of excellent 



Hybrid Dendrobiums in the garden of Mrs. Haywood, Woodhatch Lodge, 

 Reigate, is the subject of a figure in the Gardeners Chronicle for March 26th 

 (p. 197). It is a view along the centre of the house. Many of the pseudo- 

 bulbs are remarkable for their length, and are wreathed in flowers. Mr. 

 Salter must be congratulated on his success as a grower of these beautiful 

 plants. 



A superb specimen of Ccelogyne cristata from the collection of W. 

 Alston Dykes, Esq., Hamilton, N.B., bearing four hundred flowers, appears 

 in the Journal 0/ Horticulture for March 24th. It was exhibited by Mr. 



