2 THE ORCHID REVIEW. {January, 1918. 
giants in those days, for we find that Mr. Lutwyche also exhibited two 
large plants of Zygopetalum ‘“‘ Mackayi” (possibly Z. intermedium) bearing 
an aggregate of 116 large flowers, and the Duke of Northumberland, Syon 
House, staged twenty-four large plants of Cypripedium insigne in a bank 
about thirty feet long, with large plants of Calanthe Veitchii behind. One 
can quite realise the effect of such an exhibit. 
At this meeting three First-class Certiflcates were awarded, the subjects 
being Cattleya labiata alba, exhibited by M. Wells, Esq. ; Cypripedium 
Johnsonianum (nitens X Lawrenceanum), by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. ; 
and Sophrocattleya Calypso (S. grandiflora x C. Loddigesii) by Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons. Awards of Merit were given to Cattleya amethysto- 
glossa Selwood var., from G. D. Owen, Esq., Rotherham; Cypripedium 
Arete (concolor x Spicerianum), from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons; Laelia 
Finckeniana (a natural hybrid from L. albida and a white L. anceps) from 
C. W. Fincken, Esq., Barnsley, and Masdevallia McVittiz (tovarensis X 
Veitchiana), from W. Thompson, Esg., Stone. Botanical Certificates 
were also given to Dendrobium Treacherianum, from W. P. Brymer, Esq., 
Dorchester, and Pleurothallis punctulata, from R. I. Measures, Esq., 
Camberwell. It is further interesting to note that there were fifteen 
amateur exhibitors and six nurserymen. 
The Calendar of Operations was in the capable hands of Mr. W. H. 
White, then Orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., whose collection 
is the subject of a long article from another pen. A review of ‘‘ Orchid 
Portraits” shows that there were then three illustrated works devoted solely 
to Orchids, the Orchid Album, Lindenia, and Reichenbachia. All are to-day 
extinct. The history of the Dendrobium is remarkable, and those who 
possess the first number will be interested at its re-perusal. 
Among imported plants, the outstanding events of 1893 were the 
appearance of Eulophiella Elisabethe and Cypripedium Charlesworthii. 
The former was introduced by Messrs. Linden, and exhibited at the Ghent 
Quinquennial Exhibition, of which it was recorded as perhaps the most 
remarkable exhibit, and the latter by Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth 
& Co., this receiving a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. on September 
26th, its appearance creating quite a sensation on account of the unique 
colour of the dorsal sepal and the ivory-white staminode. A good many 
other interesting novelties were described, as may be seen from a summary 
of the Orchids of 1893 (O.R., 1894, pp. 3-7). Hybrid addition$ were 
numerous, and we find Cattleya Lawrenceana, Disa tripetaloides, Cypri- 
pedium Rothschildianum and C. Sanderianum added to the list of parents 
for the first time, while the genus Vanda was also added to the list. 
In the following year the imported novelties included Dendrobium 
Sanderianum and D. Hildebrandii, with a good many others of more 
