﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



NOTES. 



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

 Society's New Hall, Vincent Square, S.W., during August, on the 9th and 

 23rd, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual hour, 12 o'clock 



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 

 meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on August nth and 25th. 

 The Orchid Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to 

 inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 



A drawing of the handsome white Laelia purpurata Queen Alexandra, 

 which was exhibited at the Temple Show, is sent by Messrs. William Bull 

 & Son, Chelsea. The albino form of this species is very rare. 



Mr. E. V. Low sends the following interesting note respecting a plant 

 of Oncidium phymatochilum in the collection of T. Miller Crook, Esq., 

 Stanley Grange, Hoghton, near Preston. The plant was a perfect picture 

 in itself. The spike stood fully 5ft. high, and the branches were over 3ft. 

 across in either direction. There were thirteen sprays on the spike, varying 

 from twenty-five to thirty flowers on each, and the aggregate would total 

 up to fully 400 blooms. The plant was by no means a specimen, having 

 nine bulbs and one lead only. 



At the Hanley Horticultural Fete, held on July 6th and 7th, prizes were 

 offered for a group of Orchids in bloom, arranged for effect, not to exceed 

 100 square feet. The first prize was won by Mr. Blair, gardener to the 

 Duke of Sutherland, Trentham ; the second falling to Messrs. James Cypher 

 & Son, Cheltenham ; and the third to Mr. John Robson, Altrincham. 

 Prizes were also offered for the best eight specimen Orchids, distinct, and 

 here Messrs. Cypher were first, Mr. Blair second, and Mr. Robson third. 

 The premier group consisted of Vanda ccerulea, Epidendrum prismato- 

 carpum, with seven spikes, Cattleya granulosa, C. Warscewiczii, Brassavola 

 Digbyana, Thunia Winniana, Aerides odoratum, and Cypripedium 

 Curtisii. 



A noble specimen of Dendrobium nobile, bearing 1,350 flowers, from 

 the collection of A. Kellar, Esq., Sandown, Isle of Wight (gr. Mr. Bryant), 

 is figured in the Gardeners, Magazine (pp. 424, 425). It is grown in a 

 15-inch basket, and is four feet through every way, forming a charming 



A fine specimen of Angraecum sesquipedale, from the collection of 

 W. M. Hook, Esq., of Nottingham (gr. Mr. Bacon), is figured in a later issue 



