NOTES. 



Manchester Orchid Society. — Owing 

 to the date of the Annual Meeting of the 

 Manchester Orchid Society clashing with the 

 Royal International Show in London, the 

 Committee have decided that there be no 

 Meeting on May 30th, the date being altered 

 to Thursday, June 6th, and on that day the 

 Annual Meeting will be held. The Committee 

 will sit at 12 a.m. as usual, and the Meeting 

 will be held at 3 p.m. 



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Brasso-Cattleya Mrs. J. Leemann. — 

 A very pretty flower of this well known 

 hybrid has been raised in the collection of 

 Capt. Robert Twiss, Bird Hill, Limerick. 

 The edge of the petals is fringed after the 

 style of that pertaining to the labellum, but 

 not to such a marked degree. This is 

 evidently an attempt to form a regular flower 

 by the increase of the irregular portions, and 

 thus a form of Reichenbach's term trilabellia, 

 or in present day language irregular peloria. 



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SCHOMBURGKIA LUEDDEMANII. — This 

 interesting Orchid, after having been lost 

 sight of for nearly half a century, is the subject 

 of an illustration m the April number of the 

 Botanical Maga-iine. When flowering for 

 the first time at Kew in igi i, it was identified 

 with S. Lueddemanii of Prillieux. A flower- 

 ing spike was sent to the Scientific Committee 

 meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 April 2nd, igi2, by Sir Frederick Moore, and 



some discussion arose regarding its distinct- 

 ness from S. undulata, but the Director of the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to whom it was 

 referred, stated that it was distinguished from 

 that species b}' a bright yellow crest to the 

 lip and other differences. Some difficulty is 

 often experienced m flowering the species of 

 Schomburgkia. Considerable heat and a 

 good light are necessary, and after the bulbs 

 are completed the plants should be kept in 

 a fairly dry condition to encourage the 

 formation of the flower spikes. 



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An Elegant Catalogue. — Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co.'s new Orchid Catalogue 

 for 1912 surpasses anything- previously 

 published by this progressive firm. Consist- 

 ing of 84 pages with nearly 2,000 items, it 

 forms a book of considerable value to 

 Orchidists. Faithful coloured illustrations are 

 given of the richly coloured Cattleya Rhoda 

 illummata (C. Iris x C. Hardyana), the 

 beautiful yellow Odontoglossum Harwoodii, 

 and the Shrubbery variety of the same, Laelio- 

 Cattleya Sylvia, the extremely pretty Odonto- 

 glossum Jeanette (O. Rossii rubescens x 

 O. amabile heatonense), the very large form 

 of Odontoglossum Ossulstonii known as the 

 Shrubbery variety, Sophrocatla;lia Jeannette 

 (L.-C. Martmettii x S. grandiflora), one of the 

 finest of the Sophronitis hybrids, Odontioda 

 Euterpe (C. Ncezliana x O. Uro-Skmneri), 

 and the very beautiful Sophro-Cattleya Lotte 

 Muller (C. Peetersii x S.-C. Nydia). 



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