THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1914. 
Fal SO CTE4 Lire. |e] 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
HE last show of the year was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on December 2nd, and produced a fine | 
display of Orchids, the awards consisting of six medals, one First-class 
Certificate, six Awards of Merit, and one Cultural Commendation. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair), 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Gurney Wilson, de Barri Crawshay, W. 
Bolton, S. W. Flory, W. H. White, H. G. Alexander, J. Es Shill; Woe 
Bound, W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, W. Cobb, A. McBean, T. Armstrong, 
F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, R. A. Rolfe, Stuart Low, Arthur Dye, and 
Sir Harry J. Veitch. 
Baron Bruno Schréder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Shill), sent 
a splendidly-grown plant of Odontoglossum crispum Leonard Perfect, 
bearing a spike of fifteen very_fine flowers, the chaste Cattleya O’Brieniana 
alba, and a fine Brassocattleya Veitchii Queen Alexandra. 
Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. 
Alexander), sent a very fine example of the richly-coloured Leliocattleya 
Nella, and Cypripedium Artemis aureum (nitens x Fairrieanum), a pretty 
yellow flower with a white apex to the dorsal sepal. 
Crofton Black, Esq., Upminster, sent a very fine form of Odontoglossum 
grande, bearing two sturdy spikes of very richly-coloured flowers. 
M. Henri Graire, Amiens, France, sent Odontoglossum Saturne var. 
flavescens (apterum X spectabile), having light yellow flowers spotted with 
red-brown, O. Jupiter (armainvillierense X apterum), closely blotched all 
over with cinnamon-brown on a whitish ground, and O. Neptune vat. 
splendens, bearing three handsomely blotched flowers. 
W. Hewitt, Esq., Newlands, Frenchay, Bristol, showed Cypripedium 
Frenchay (bellatulum X Lawrebel), a handsome hybrid most resembling 
the latter. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. White), sent a 
good plant of the West African Listrostachys Monteire, bearing two 
racemes of white flowers. 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood (gr. Mr. Branch), sent 
Cypripedium Arachne, a striking yellow and brown hybrid, approaching C. 
Buchanianum, with a white apex to the dorsal sepal, and a few other good 
things. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent 
Cypripedium Delhi (Earl of Tankerville x insigne Harefield Hall var.), 4 
very fine form, bearing six flowers, somewhat resembling the latter. 
