May, 1y15.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 147 
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RoyaL HoRTICULTURAL. 
MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, on April 13th, when there was a good display of 
Orchids, and the awards consisted of five medals, three Awards of Merit, 
and one First-class Certificate. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Gurney Wilson, W. Bolton, C. J. Lucas, W. H. 
Hatcher, S. W. Flory, W. H. White, A. Dye, W. P. Bound, H. G. 
Alexander, J. E. Shill, J. Charlesworth, W. Cobb, A. McBean, F. M. 
Ogilvie, Pantia Ralli, F. J. Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, Stuart H. Low, 
W. Thompson, R. A. Rolfe, J. Wilson Potter, and Sir Jeremiah Colman, 
Bart. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr. Collier), 
staged a very interesting group of botanical Orchids, including well- 
flowered plants of Pleurothallis Grobyi, Masdevallia troglodytes, Arminil, 
and xanthina, Polystachya paniculata with four inflorescences, Scapho- 
sepalum ochthodes, Maxillaria flava, and others. Also a strong plant of 
Odontioda Bradshawiz purpurea, bearing a magnificent panicle of scarlet 
flowers margined with purple. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), sent Odonto- 
glossum crispum H. S. Goodson, a well-shaped, blotched flower, and 
‘Sophrocatlelia Olive var. Fairlawn (S.-l. Psyche x C. Enid), bearing 
three rosy flowers, with the lip deep purple in front of the yellow disc. 
W. R. Lee, Esq., Plumpton Hall, Heywood (gr. Mr. Branch), sent 
Miltonia Charlesworthii var. Beatrice (vexillaria Cobbiana x Hyeana), 
‘Odontioda Brewii var. Leeana, with dark chocolate flowers, and two good 
examples of Brassocattleya Cliftonii magnifica. 
C. J. Phillips, Esq., Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Bucknell), sent Odontoglossum 
Phillipsianum. (luteopurpureum Vuylstekeanum xX eximium), a promising 
hybrid, having light orange-buff sepals and petals margined with white, 
and the lip rather darker with a yellow crest. 
W. R. St.-Quintin, Esq., Scampston Hall, Rillington (gr. Mr. Puddle), 
showed Brassocattleya Vanessa (C. Triane x B.-c. Marie), bearing an 
enormous flower, with a light yellow disc to the lip. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. Hannington), 
sent a seedling Odontioda Madeline (Oda. Charlesworthii xX Odm. 
-crispum), bearing its first flower, and two blotched seedling Odonto- 
glossums. 
