﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[October, 1904. 



tessellatum porphyreum is a charming little hybrid derived from P. barbatum 

 and P. concolor, and the scape sent is twin-flowered, but the upper flower 

 not yet expanded. P. X Wottoni (P. callosum X bellatulum), is much 

 larger, having the dorsal sepal nearly 2$ inches and the petals over an inch 

 broad, the flower being particularly well developed, and, like the preceding, 

 very rich in colour. They are excellent examples of good culture. 



Mr. Smith also states that they have a fine plant of Oncidium 

 ornithorynchum album now flowering in the collection, bearing fourteen 

 spikes, several of them over two feet long, and well branched. It is evidently 

 a very handsome specimen. 



NOTES. 



A meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society will be held at the Royal 

 Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, on October 18th next, 

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



Meetings of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society 

 will be held at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on October 13th and 

 27th. The Committee meets at noon, and the exhibits are open to 

 inspection from 1 to 3 p.m. 



Mr. W. F. Oliver, for the last six years gardener and Orchid grower to 

 Mrs. Grogan, Slaney Park, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, and previously with 



C. Winn, Esq., Selly Hill, Birmingham, has been appointed gardener to 

 Col. Crosby, Shadbally Hall, Queen's County. 



Messrs. Stanley Ashton and Co., of Southgate, write to announce that 

 they have dissolved partnership by mutual consent, Mr. F. W. Ashton 

 retiring from the firm. The business will, however, be carried on as before 

 by Mr. H. Stanley, in co-partnership with A. Hassall, and they will dis- 

 charge all debts due by and collect all assets due to the firm. The change 

 in the title of the firm dates from October 1st, after which it will trade 

 under the style of Stanley and Co. It is added that Mr. F. W. Ashton will 

 give the new firm the benefit of his life-long experience in a responsible 

 position. 



The September number ol the Dictionnairc Iconographique des Orchidees, 

 just received, contains figures of the following Orchids : — Brassavola 

 Perrini, Cattleya X Sapho, C. X Saint-Gilles, Cypripedium X aureum 

 var. Marie Closon, C. X Chapmani superbum, Dendrobium aggregatum, 



D. fimbriatum oculatum, Lycaste cruenta, Laelia X Gratrixiai, Maxillaria 

 porphyrostele, Oncidium concolor, Phaius maculatus, and Vanilla Hum- 

 blotii. We observe that the name of Prof. Cogniaux no longer appears on 



