170 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A MEETING of the Royal Horticultural Society was held at the Drill. Hall, 
James Street, Westminster, on May 8th, when there was an excellent | 
display of Orchids, and the pressure in ather departments’ being less than 
at the previous meeting, there was sufficient space available for the different 
exhibits. Two of the groups were of ‘such exceptional.merit as to secure 
the award of a Gold Medal in each case, and other exhibits were of ex- 
cellent quality. The members of the Orchid Committee present were :— 
Norman C. Cookson, Esq., in the Chair, and Messrs. i J. Chapman, W. 
Cobb, J. Colman, De B. Crawshay, J. Douglas, E. Hill, J. Jaques, H. 
Little, C. J. Lucas, H. T. Pitt, J. W. Potter, T. Rochford, H. A. gia 
H. J. Veitch, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien. (Hon. Sec.). 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury Park tee Mr. Reynolds 
staged a magnificent group of Vanda teres, bearing an aggregate of over 
two hundred spikes, and artistically surrounded by graceful foliage plants. 
The group secured the award of a Gold Medal. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), staged a 
beautiful group, consisting largely of Odontoglossums, to which a Silver 
Flora Medal was given. It included some richly blotched forms of O. 
crispum, O. X Wilckeanum, O. X Andersonianum and other hybrids; also 
some good Miltonia Roezlii, &c. A First-class Certificate was een to a 
most beautiful hybrid called O. X Wilckeanum Pittianum. 
Lt.-Col. Shipway, Grove House, Chiswick (gr. Mr. Walters), staged a 
small group of Cattleyas and other things, in which some forms of Cattleya 
Mendelii were noteworthy. A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Cooke), sent a 
fine, broad-petalled form of Odontoglossum crispum with flowers of a 
bright canary-yellow tint, which received a First-class Certificate under the 
name of O. c. aureum rosefieldense. 
Sir F. Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), sent a 
small group, containing some beautiful forms of Cattleya Mossiz, the rare 
Lelia Boothiana, &c. An Award of Merit was given to L. purpurata Ethel 
Gray, a beautiful white form with rich purple-rose in the front of the lip. 
W. M. Appleton, Esq., Weston-super-mare, received an Award of Merit 
for a fine hybrid called Cypripedium Xx Phoebe (philippinense xX 
bellatulum), having ivory-white sepals and petals slightly tinged with 
green, and the dorsal sepal and broad petals striped with purple. 
R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. 
Chapman), exhibited a plant of the rare and curious little Masdevallia 
O’Brieniana, bearing small yellow flowers barred with brown at the base 
of the leaves. It received a Botanical Certificate. 
