THE ORCHID REVIEW . 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), showed the fine 
Odontoglossum Mauretania, with a spike of eight large flowers; and 
Odontoglossum Radiant, of bright rose-violet colour, blotched with 
purple. 
Baron Bruno Schroder, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. J. E. Shill), staged 
some fine flowers of Lc. Mrs. Willoughby Pemberton. 
Messrs. Flory & Black exhibited an excellent variety of Cattleya 
Mossiae Wageneri. 
HOLLAND HOUSE SHOW. 
C HE Royal Horticultural Society held their Summer Show in the 
beautiful grounds of Holland House, July 5th, 6th and 7th, when the 
following members of the Orchid Committee were present:—Sir Jeremiah 
Colman, Bart, (in the chair), Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), T. Armstrong, 
J. E. Shill, Pantia Ralli, R. G. Thwaites, H. G. Alexander, Gurney Wilson, 
Fred. K, Sander, C. H. Curtis, A. Dye, J. Wilson Potter, E. R. Ashton, 
W. J. Kaye, W. H. White, J. T. Barker, Stuart Low and W. H. Hatcher. 
First-class Certificate. 
Odontioda magna rubra, from Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. A 
beautiful result in which the erect spike carried seven flowers, having broad 
segments of bright scarlet colour; the extreme edge of the sepals and petals 
as well as the apex of the labellum being of lighter tint , and making a 
pleasing contrast. 
Award of Merit. 
Lasliocattleya Soulange, Ralli’s variety, from Pantia Ralli, Esq., 
Ashstead Park, Surrey. A charming hybrid with a couple of large flowers 
of soft rose-pink colour, the labellum of darker rose-purple, obscurely 
blotched on the side lobes with yellow. 
Groups. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. J. Collier), 
was awarded the Cain Challenge Cup for the best exhibit in the Show 
staged by an amateur, as well as the R.H.S. Gold Medal. Plants of special 
attraction were Cattleya Warscewiczii, var. Mrs. E. Ashworth, with a spike 
of three delicately-tinted flowers; Lycaste Locusta, Sander’s var., in which 
the greenish flower has the lip more heavily fringed; Dendrobium Victoria 
Regina, with bluish flowers ; Scaphosepalum octhodes, known as the Owl 
Orchid; Anguloa Cliftonii, richly coloured; A. brevilabris, of recent 
introduction; Nanodes Medusae, with its singular greenish flowers ; 
Dendrobium Aphrodite, very scarce; Odontoglossum hybrids in great 
variety ; Cattleyas and their derivatives in excellent condition ; as well as a 
host of smaller flowering species of botanical interest. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., were awarded a Gold Medal for an 
