18 THE ORCHID REVIEW [ JANUARY, 1917. 
@| SOCIETIES. &| 
; RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
HE usual fortnightly meeting was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall 
on November 21st, 1916, and brought together a fair display of 
Orchids, the awards consisting of four Awards of Merit and five medals. 
Orchid Committee present:—Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., (in the 
Chair), J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, S. W. Flory, W. H. White, 
Arthur Dye, J. E. -Shill; C. H. Curtis, W. H. Hatcher, J. Cypher, J. 
Charlesworth, Walter Cobb, A. McBean, Pantia Ralli, F. J. Hanbury, 
R. G. Thwaites, J. Wilson Potter, Stuart H. Low, and R. A. Rolfe. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
CATTLEYA CLAESIANA ALBA ORCHIDHURST vAR. (Loddigesii alba X 
intermedia alba).—A charming albino, having well-shaped flowers of 
moderate size, and the disc of the lip light yellow. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown. 
CATTLEYA Monastir (Freya var. Mrs. Fred. Sassoon x Dowiana 
aurea).—A well-shaped and richly-coloured hybrid, having rose-purple sepals 
and petals, and a broad, open, ruby-red lip, lined with yellow at the base. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
CyYPRIPEDIUM MADAME ALBERT FEVRIER CHARDWAR VAR. (Germaine 
Opoix X insigne Harefield Hall var.).—A handsomely blotched hybrid, 
most like the former in general character, and having a circular, yellowish 
green dorsal sepal, margined with white, and with rows of claret red spots, 
the petals tinged with mahogany red and spotted with purple-brown below, 
and the lip mahogany red in front. Exhibited by G. F. Moore, Esq.; 
Bourton-on-the Water (gr. Mr. W. H. Page). 
L#LIOCATTLEYA SOULANGE BRYNDIR VAR. (Lc. Lustre x C. Dowiana 
aurea).—A handsome variety, most like the former in general shape, and 
having broad, rose-coloured sepals and petals, with an underlying shade of 
yellow, and a purple-crimson lip with yellow veining on the basal half. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Flory & Black. 
GENERAL EXHIBITs. 
G. Hamilton Smith, Esq., Leigh Woods, Bristol (gr. Mr. Coningsby), 
showed Cymbidium Castor var. aureum (Woodhamsianum xX insigne), 
having large, light cream yellow sepals and petals, tinged with rose, and a 
zone of red-purple blotches on the lip. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a fine group, 
including Cattleya Saturn alba and other white Cattleyas, Sophrocattleya 
Cassiope (Sc. Chamberlainii x C. Chamberlainiana), with well-shaped 
rosy flowers, Cypripedium Daisy Barclay, Lzliocattleya Aries (Lc. Henry- 
