THE ORCHID REVIEW. 

 SOCIETIES. 



The last meeting of the year was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 

 Westminster, on December 17th, when, owing to the inclemency of the 

 •weather (some 12 of frost being registered), the Orchid exhibits were not 

 numerous, though a fine display of the Society's paintings of certificated 

 •Orchids fully compensated for the deficiency. Messrs. James Veitch & Sons 

 had entered a group of hybrids, but deemed it prudent not to bring them in 

 such severe weather. 



Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. A. Chapman), exhibited 

 a fine group of well grown Cypripediums, and was awarded a Silver Flora 

 Medal. It included some good varieties of C. insigne, as C. i. aureum, C. i. 

 Dorothy, C. i. Dormanii, C. i. montanum aureum, C. i. Horsmanii, C. i. 

 Harefield Hall var., C. i. citrinum, C. i. Sanderse, and some others ; also C. 

 X Tityus, C. X Euryades, C. X Leeanum burfordiense, C. X L. giganteum, 

 C. X Milo Westonbirt var., C. X Mrs. Tautz, having a fine, broad, white 

 •dorsal sepal, much spotted with purple ; Cattleya Walkeriana, Lselio- 

 cattleya X bletchleyensis and Vanda ccerulea. 



J. G. Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), received 

 an Award of Merit for Cypripedium X Troilus (Sallieri Hyeanum X 

 insigne Sanderae) a distinct and handsome hybrid, most resembling the 

 Hatter, having a yellow dorsal sepal, white in the upper part, and the petals 

 and lip yellowish, tinged with brown. 



R. Tunstill, Esq., Monkholme,. Brierfield, Burnley (gr. Mr. Balmforth), 

 •received an Award of Merit for Lycaste X Tunstilli, a supposed natural 

 "hybrid imported with L. Skinneri, which it most resembles, but differs in 

 having longer and more acute sepals, and a narrow lip with downy margin. 

 The sepals are rose-coloured, the petals white, with some pink spots in the 

 •centre, and the lip ruby red with white markings. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford Bridge, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), 

 showed Odontoglossum X crispo-Harryanum, a finely coloured example of 

 Cypripedium X Euryades, " Burford variety " ; and a cut spike of Vanda 

 Sanderiana roseo-alba, having the upper sepal and petals nearly white, with 

 some purple spots on the inner halves, and the lower sepals greenish with 

 some purple veining at the base. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. Hill) showed Lailio- 

 cattleya X intermedio-fiava and the clear yellow Mormodes badium var. 

 iluteum. 



F. Bibby, Esq., Hardwick Grange, near Shrewsbury, sent a fine 

 example of Ladia anceps " Lady Stanley Clarke." 



Dr. C. B. Cranstoun, Ludlow (gr. Mr. Godfrey), sent Laelio-cattleya X 



