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possession some seven years, it brings their age at the time of flowering to 

 eleven years. The plants are very vigorous growers, and remarkably 

 strong, and it is astonishing that they do not flower better. I wonder if 

 this is the experience of others who have raised or grown this cross. 

 Brookline, Mass., U.S.A. J. E. ROTHWELL. 



NOTES. 



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

 Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, during November, on the 

 1st, 15th, and 29th, when the Orchid Committee will meet at the usual 

 hour, 12 o'clock noon. 



The Manchester and North of England Orchid Society will hold 

 meetings at the Coal Exchange, Manchester, on November 10th and 24th. 

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

 1 to 3 p.m. 



A flower of the remarkable Cypripedium Charlesworthii var. Madame le 

 Doux, which received an Award of Merit and a Bronze Medal from the 

 Manchester Orchid Society on October 14th is sent from the collection of 

 R. le Doux, Esq., West Derby, Liverpool (gr. Mr. Davenport). The 

 dorsal sepal is remarkably developed, measuring as much as 3! inches 



A flower of the very handsome C. X Mrs. Fred. Hardy, Le Doux's var. 

 {superbiens X bellatulum), which received an Award of Merit at the same 

 meeting, is also sent from the same collection. The petals are handsomely 

 spotted throughout with dark purple on a cream-yellow ground, and 

 measure 3 inches long by i£ inches broad ; while the front of the lip is dark 

 purple, and the dorsal sepal pale greenish yellow, more or less veined with 

 purple on the lower half. 



A correspondent complains of the buds of Cymbidium Lowianum 

 turning yellow and dying, and enquires what can be the cause. He says 

 that two years ago he purchased an imported plant, and recently it threw up a 

 fine spike with about twenty buds, most of which have now gone yellow 

 and seem to dry up. The plant is growing in a stove, where the tempera- 

 ture falls to about 70 in the morning, and the compost is kept fairly moist. 

 We immediately replied that Cymbidium Lowianum is one of the coolest 

 of Orchids, and suggested too much heat as the cause of the mischief, 

 recommending that it be at once removed to the Cool house. We have 

 previously seen a somewhat similar case with C. grandiflorum grown in a 



