CONNECTICUT ORCHID SOCIETY

<body bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <p align="center"><img src="costitle.gif" align="top" width="527" height="47"> </p> <p><b>PURPOSE:</b> Nonprofit organization for the preservation and extension of knowledge concerning the ecology, cultivation, hybridization, appreciation, and uses of orchids. </p> <p align="left"><b>MEETINGS:</b> The Connecticut Orchid Society (COS) meets every month except July and August as per the following schedule unless otherwise posted: </p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellspacing="10" width="450"> <tr> <td>DATE:</td> <td>Second Wednesday of every month</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TIME:</td> <td>7:30 PM; Show & Sales Table @7:00 PM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LOCATIONS:</td> <td>Consult monthly schedule</td> </tr> </table> </center></div><p>Meetings general consist of a short business meeting, followed by the special topic or lecture, and then a review of the Show Table. </p> <p><img src="cosshowt.jpg" align="left" hspace="2" width="259" height="194">The Show Table, actually tables, includes flowering orchids that are displayed by Society members. This is the equivalent of a mini-monthly flower show devoted to orchids representing an extremely varied cross-section of the orchid world. The review of the Show Table provides insights about judging standards and care and culture of orchids. </p> <p>Guests are always welcome to Society meetings and if you sign the guestbook, you will receive 3 introductory issues of the Newsletter. </p> <p align="left"><b>NEWSLETTER:</b> Members receive the Connecticut Orchid Society Newsletter, which is printed monthly and mailed at the beginning of each month. It contains information on the next meeting, current news, and a listing of plants and their growing that were displayed on the Show Table at the previous meeting.<br clear="left"> </p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td><a href="cossched.htm#sched"><font size="2">SCHEDULE</font></a></td> <td><a href="cosnext.htm#next"><font size="2">NEXT MEETING</font></a></td> <td><a href="cosmembr.htm#membership"><font size="2">MEMBERSHIP</font></a></td> <td><a href="cosboard.htm"><font size="2">BOARD MEMBERS</font></a></td> <td><a href="cosevent.htm"><font size="2">EVENTS</font></a></td> <td><a href="coslinks.htm"><font size="2">LINKS</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div><p><img src="cosowl.gif" align="left" hspace="0" width="582" height="27"><br clear="left"> </p> <p align="center"><font size="2">Website last updated October 20, 1999</font> <br> <br> <br>  </p> </body>