THIi ORCHID VVOKLU. 
Odontoglossum Ossulstonii " The Shrubbery 
variety." 
This very fine Odontoglossum is the result 
of crossing O. crispo-Harryanum with O. 
nobile (Pescatorei), and when exhibited by 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., at the meeting 
of the Royal Horticultural Society, April i ith, 
igii, it was deservedly awarded a First-rlass 
Certificate. The Shrubbery variety is the 
largest and finest form of O. Ossulstonii )et 
seen, the flowers being four inches from top 
to bottom and heavily marked with purplish- 
maroon blotches, the tips of the segments and 
apex of the hp being white. 
The Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society. — The officers of this society 
for the season igii-12 are as follows: — 
Chairman, Rev. J. Crombleholme ; Vice- 
Chairman, Ziba A. Ward ; treasurer, G. H. 
Peace ; auditor, H. Thorp ; secretary, H. 
Arthur. 
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The Royal Horticultural Society. — Fellows 
are reminded that owing to the redecoration 
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of the Hall, there will be no show on 
August 15th. The Orchid Committee will 
sit upstairs, and only plants for certificate will 
be received. On Tuesday, August 29th, the 
meeting will be as usual, and at 3 p.m. Mr. 
Frederick Knock, F.L.S., F.E.S., will give a 
lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, on 
" Insect Pests." 
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The North of England Horticultural 
Societ)-. — We are glad to note that this 
new society is still making headway, 
and that many new Fellows have joined 
since the publication of the last 
monthly magazine. In connection with this 
society it has been decided to obtain facts 
and information about Horticultural Educa- 
tion already being given in England, Scot- 
land, Germany, and elsewhere, and publish 
papers by those competent to give such 
information in the Monthly Magazine of the 
N.E.H.S. The next meeting will be at 
Harrogate, on Tuesdeiy, August 1 5th. 
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Anoectochili. — The Anoectochili frequent 
the densest jungles, where they grow among 
dead leaves, among which their brown foliage 
is not at all conspicuous. The natives call 
them in Malacca " Bunga Tulis," literally 
" Written flowers," the reticulations on the 
leaf being supposed to resemble writing. — 
H. N. Ridley, in Jonm. Linn. Soc, XXXII , 
p. 40;. 
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The Charleroi Exhibition. — On July 8th, 
the jury, composed of 80 members, divided 
into 1 3 sections, criticised the numerous 
exhibits at this successful show. The judg- 
ing occupied three hours, and the following 
awards were made to Orchids: — ^Class 15, 
M. Ch. Dietrich, Gold Medal value 100 fr. 
Class 17, M. F. Lambeau, Gold Medal, value 
300 fr. Class ig, MM. Duchesne and Lan- 
thoine. Gold Medal, value 200 fr. Class 36, 
M. Pauwels, Gold Medal, value 50 f 1 . Class 50, 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Gold Medal 
value 200 fr. Class 57, M. Vuylsteke, Gold 
Medal, value 200 fr. 
