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RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
HE opening meeting of the year was held at the Royal Horticultural 
Hall, Vincent Square, West ter, on January 13th, and brought 
together a very fine display of Orchids. The award list included one First- 
class Certificate, two Awards of Merit, and five Medals. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the Chair), J. 
O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, W. H. White, R. Brooman White, E. R. 
Ashton, T. Armstrong, J. E. Shill, Arthur Dye, E. J. Lucas, J. Charles- 
worth, S. W. Flory, F. K. Sander, Pantia Ralli, Walter Cobb, A. McBean, 
G. Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, J. Wilson Potter, F. J. Hanbury, and C. H. Curtis. 
First-CLass CERTIFICATE. 
ODONTIODA ALCANTARA RALLi’s vaAR. (Oda. Cooksonie, X Odm, 
eximium).—A brilliant hybrid, bearing large and finely-shaped crimson 
flowers, shaded with orange, and having a white margin to the sepals and 
petals, and some crimson markings on the lip. Exhibited by Pantia Ralli, 
Esq., Ashstead Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. Farnes). 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
L2LIOCATTLEYA ALBORAK (Lc. Isabel-Sander x C. Maggie-Raphael 
alba).—A large and beautiful hybrid, with broad, pure white sepals and 
petals, and the front of the lip light violet, margined with white, and with a 
bright yellow disc. Exhibited by Baron Bruno Schréder, The Dell, 
Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Shill). 
OponToGLossuM THWAITESL® Fasery’s var. (Harryanum X Rossii 
rubescens).—A brilliant variety, showing most of the O. Rossii character, 
and having blush white sepals. and petals barred with claret-red, and the 
lip mauve with a yellow crest. Exhibited by W. R. Fasey, Esq., Holly 
Bush Hill, Snaresbrook (gr. Mr. E. J. Seymour). 
SILVER FLorA MEDAL. 
To Lady Ludlow, Luton Hoo (gr. Mr. Metcalfe), for a very fine group of 
the beautiful Lzlia Gouldiana, comprising some sixty plants with an 
aggregate of about 450 flowers, and demonstrating its value as a decorative 
plant during the Christmas season. 
To Mrs. Wm. Raphael, Castle Hill, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Brown), 
for a most beautiful group of cut spikes of the blush-white Calanthe 
Harrisii. They were remarkably strong, bearing thirty to forty flowers 
each, and being arranged with suitable foliage, produced a charming effect. 
To Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, for a rich group, 
including some excellent Odontiodas and Odontoglossums, Odm. Thetis 
