82 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [MarcH, 1915. 
|e SOCIETIES. Fes) 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Ai Westminster, on February 2nd, when there was a good display of 
Orchids and a much increased attendance of visitors. Six medals were 
awarded to groups, and an Award of Merit to a beautiful albino of Cattleya 
Triane. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair), 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), De Barri Crawshay, W. Bolton, S. W. 
Flory, W. H. White, A. Dye, W. P. Bound, J. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, 
_J. Cypher, W. Cobb,’ T. Armstrong, F. J. Hanbury, Pantia Ralli, Stuart 
Low, Gurney Wilson, J. Charlesworth, C. H. Curtis, R. A. Rolfe, and Sir 
Harry J. Veitch. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Brackenhurst, Pembury (gr. Mr. Davis), 
exhibited Odontioda Joan Fowler’s var., heavily marked with red on a 
yellow ground, O. Vivid (C. Neetzliana x O. illustrissimum), bearing a 
panicle of about twenty bright crimson flowers, and Sophrocatlelia Sylvia 
Fowler’s var. 
Baron Bruno Schréder, The Dell, Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Shill), sent 
-a fine spike of Cymbidium Pauwelsii Dell var., 
plant, and the beautiful Cattleya Triane The B 
flowers. 
one of three borne by the 
aroness, with nearly white 
Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. Farnes), sent Odonto- 
glossum amandens Queen of Spain (Wilckeanum x Rolfez), a bright 
yellow flower with chocolate blotches. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Newchurch (gr. Mr. Gilden), sent 
‘Odontoglossum Cervantesii decorum, with a six-flowered spike. 
Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, staged a very fine group, 
including many plants of Cattleya Maggie-Raphael alba, Odontoglossum 
Royal-Purple, several good O. Thompsonianum, and some blotched seed- 
lings, Brassocattleya Vesta, B.sc. Clifton albens, Maxillaria sanguinea, 
several brightly-coloured Odontiodas, Cypripedium Juno, and various others 
(Silver Flora Medal). : 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, staged a choice group 
of well-grown plants, the centre consisting of a fine specimen of Cymbidium 
insigne bearing eight spikes, Cattleya Trianze Admiral Beatty, a finely- 
shaped form of good colour, C. Enid var. Firmin Lambeau (Mossiz 
Reineckeana x Warscewiczii Frau Melanie Beyrodt), a charming white 
flower with pink veining on the lip, C. Clotho, a good plant of the richly- 
