﻿June, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



NOTES. 



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

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, during June, on the 14th and 28th, 

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



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold two meet 

 ings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, during June, and these, according 

 to the new arrangements, will be held on Thursday, June 16th and 30th 

 such meetings to be held in future two days later than the R.H.S. meetings 

 in London. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to 

 inspection from one to three p.m. 



We gave an account of Mr. Chatterjee's Orchid Show at Calcutta in our 

 last issue (p. 142), and now we have received a copy of The Empress, pub- 

 lished monthly at Calcutta, containing three fine half-page photographic 

 illustrations, showing the hot-house where the Orchids were exhibited, the 

 Central Rockery, with festoons of Orchids, and the group of Orchids and 

 Palms shown by the Hon. A. A. Apcar. They are very tastefully arranged, 

 and the exhibits are less crowded than at some of our home exhibitions, 

 which is a decided advantage. Dendrobiums, Phaius, and Phalcenopsis are 

 chiefly conspicuous in the illustrations. 



A curious form of Odontoglossum triumphans has flowered in the 

 collection of A. E. Wilson Browne, Esq., of Sutton Coldfield. The flower 

 sent consists of three sepals and the lip. The petals appear to be absent, 

 but are probably confluent with the sepals. It was purchased as O. 

 Pescatorei, and it will be interesting to see whether the character remains 

 constant. 



A very beautiful flower of Cattleya Mossia; Reineckeana is sent from the 

 collection of J. Wilson Potter, Esq., of Croydon, by Mr. Young, which has 

 an additional sepal and petal. The latter takes the place of the dorsal 

 sepal, and only differs from an ordinary petal in being quite straight, while 

 the dorsal sepal is replaced by two, which are situated on either side of the 

 additional petal, and of course exterior to it. It enhances the beauty of the 

 flower. It is really twin, as shown by the broadened column and pedicel. 



A very beautiful shower bouquet of Orchids was presented to H.R.H. 

 the Princess of Wales by the Mayor of Bradford's grand-daughter, on the 

 occasion of the opening of the Cartright Memorial Exhibition in that city 

 by the Prince and Princess of Wales on May 4th. A photograph of it has 

 been sent by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., together with one of a bouquet 

 of Orchids which was placed by them in the Royal saloon carriage in the 

 afternoon prior to the Royal visit. Both are extremely beautiful. 



