346 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
W. Duckworth, Esq., Flixton (gr. Mr. Tindall), staged an effective 
group, in which plants of Cattleya Dowiana aurea were conspicuous, for 
which he received a Silver Medal. : 
Messrs. Cypher and Son, Cheltenham, were awarded a Silver Medal for 
an interesting miscellaneous group. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A MEETING of the Royal Horticultural Society was held at the Drill Hall, 
Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on October gth, when some very interest- 
ing and beautiful Orchids were exhibited, though only one Award of Merit 
and two Botanical Certificates were granted. The members of the Orchid 
Committee present were :—H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and Messrs. 
H. J. Chapman, W. Cobb, De B. Crawshay, J. Douglas, J. G. Fowler, E. 
Hill, H. Little, H. M. Pollett, T. Rochford, A. H. Smee, H. A. Tracy, 
W. H. White, C. Winn, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien (Hon. Secretary). 
The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury, Birmingham (gr. Mr. 
Smith), staged a handsome group of Orchids, including a finely-flowered 
example of Cattleya Bowringiana, a good typical C. x Mantinii, C. x M 
superba, a large and richly coloured variety, C. X Bowringiano-velutina 
var. Hilda, with rose-purple sepals and petals, and a lip most resembling 
C. velutina in shape and colour, C. X Minucia, the handsome Laeio- 
cattleya x Duke of York (L.-c. x elegans x C. Brymeriana), with light- 
rose-coloured sepals and petals, and a carmine-crimson lip, and the 
handsome Dendrobium Phalznopsis Chamberlain’s variety. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), sent a 
fine spike of Vanda Sanderiana, Masdevallia X Ajax superba, the eraceful 
Angrecum citratum with three racemes, a good example of Maxillaria 
striata, spikes of Epidendrum sceptrum, and Cirrhopetalum guttulatum, the 
latter receiving a Botanical Certificate. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), 
sent the handsome Leelio-cattleya x Ingrami, and Cattleya labiata The 
Puritan, a fine white with a pink tinge on the front of the lip. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., Tring Park (gr. Mr. Hill), sent 
Cattleya xX Maroni Tring Park var., a handsome form with flowers six 
inches across, in which the characters of C. Dowiana and C. velutina are 
well combined. 
Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Chapman), sent some 
fine flowers of Dendrobium formosum giganteum, two fine light-coloured 
Dendrobium Phalznopsis, and some hybrid Cypripediums. 
H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), showed 
Cattleya Dowiana aurea and C. D. superba, the latter a large and richly- 
coloured form; also a fine spike of Cattleya Bowringiana. 
