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seem to succeed well under the usual treatment given to such plants. The 

 very fleshy roots are remarkable. 



NOTES. 



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

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during May, on the 3rd and 17th, 

 when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o'clock noon. 



The Great Annual Flower Show will be held in the Middle Temple 

 Gardens, Thames Embankment, on Tuesday, May 31st, and two following 

 •days. Cups and Medals will be awarded, as usual, according to merit. The 

 Orchid Committee will meet at 11.30 a.m. on the opening day. 



The next meeting of the Manchester and North of England Orchid 

 Society will be held on Friday, May 13th, on which date the Annual 

 General Meeting will also be held. The Committee meets at noon, and the 

 exhibits are open to inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 



A remarkable form of Odontoglossum X loochristiense is sent from the 

 collection of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. 

 The spike is 3^ feet long and bears thirteen flowers, which are much spotted 

 on the petals. Curiously enough these spots increase in number and 

 ■decrease in size upwards, being very numerous on the upper flowers. It 

 may be called var. punctatissimum. O. crispum Annie is also enclosed, 

 jiow very finely developed. 



A flower of the charming little Cypripedium X Wellesleyanum, to 

 which an Award of Merit was given by the R.H.S. on April 19th, is sent 

 from the collection of Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. 

 Hopkins). In colour it most resembles C. concolor, but the segments are 

 •unusually broad, hence it has been suspected to be a natural hybrid between 

 that species and C. bellatulum. 



