Royat Horticurturat Socrery.—At the meeting held at the Drill Hall, 
Westminster, on November 26th, 1895, some interesting plants were exhibited, the 
most meritorious of which will be noticed here. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., sent a handsome hybrid Cypripedium, the result 
of a cross between C. Stonet platytaentum and C.. concolor, labelled C. platycolor. 
The spike bore three flowers and one bud; the flowers are a_ beautiful creamy 
white suffused with rose, the sepals and petals being covered with minute purple 
dots. The influence of both parents can be distinctly traced, but that of C. 
concolor seems to predominate, although the flowers are larger than those of that 
parent. A Certificate of Merit was deservedly awarded to this exhibit. 
A beautiful plant was staged by Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, 
Manchester of Cattleya aurea Marantina; the lip is deep rich purple reticulated 
with golden yellow, the sepals and petals of a yellow bronze, the latter marked 
with rose. It received an Award of Merit. 
J. W. Temple, Esq., Leyswood, Groombridge, exhibited Cattleya Miss Williams, 
the result of a cross between C. Harrisoniae and C. Gaskelliana, the flowers being 
of a delicate lilac-rose shade, the lip blotched with magenta-crimson. Another 
hybrid Cypripedium, raised by Mr. C. Richman, gardener to G. L. Palmer, Esq,, 
Springfield, Trowbridge, named C. Madeline, which was obtained by crossing C. 
bellatulum with C. Argus, received an Award of Merit; the flowers are yellowish 
white slightly suffused with lilac-rose, and spotted with rich purple. Mr. W. H. 
Young, gardener to Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, showed Laelio- 
Cattleya William Murray, having beautiful large flat sepals and petals of a deep 
magenta, with a deep crimson lip. 
Stanley Clark, Esq., Oak Alyn, Wrexham, contributed Cattleya Trianae Mrs. 
Stanley Clark, a handsome variety, the magenta petals being feathered with crimson, 
and the lip of a rich crimson-purple. | 
Meeting of December 10th.—The rare Dendrobium Treacherianum was exhibited 
_by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.; the plant bore three spikes containing twenty-three 
flowers which are a delicate purple-rose, the base of lip dark crimson-purple. A 
First Class Certificate was awarded, while the gardener, Mr. W. H. White, received 
a Cultural Commendation. The following were also contributed by Sir Trevor: 
Angraecum pertusum, Masdevallia pachyura, Mormodes Lawrenceanum, each of which 
was awarded a Botanical Certificate; a large variety of Masdevallia macrura (Award 
of Merit); Dendrobium Coelogyne, Laelia rubescens (better and more correctly known 
as L. acuminata) in two varieties, the type with white flowers and the variety known 
in gardens as rosea, with pale rose flowers, and Bulbophyllum grandiflorum. 
Baron Sir J. H. W. Schréder staged a magnificent collection of cut Cypripedium 
flowers. embracing over fifty species and varieties, and for which he received a 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
J. T. Bennett-Poé, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt, exhibited a handsome variety 
of Vanda coerulea with rich blue flowers, Lycaste Skinneri Holmewood variety and 
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