ii 4 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



should, I think, be discarded. I am uncertain whether Lindley's note is 

 later than that of Klotzsch, for the volume is dated 1851-2, and it makes a 

 complication that Klotzsch reduced Lindley's Lycaste to a section of 

 Maxillaria. The paper containing Klotzsch's description is dated July 12th. 

 L. Lawrenceana, according to Reichenbach (Walp. Ann., vi., p. 604), 

 appeared subsequently as a garden name. Lindley's original remark that 

 it is among the dwarfest in the genus is still applicable, and some of its 

 forms are very brilliantly coloured. 



R. A. R. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



A meeting of the above Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham 

 Gate, Westminster, on March nth, when there was a particularly fine 

 display of Orchids. 



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

 received a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group of well-grown plants, 

 including Dendrobium X burfordiense, D. X Rolfese, D. X Dominianum, 

 D. X Cybele, D. nobile Ballianum, D. X melanodiscus Rainbow, a fine 

 example of D. barbatulum, with over thirty fine spikes ; the rare D. 

 superbum Burkei, a finely-flowered specimen of D. X specioso-Kingianum, 

 Masdevallia leontoglossa, M. triangularis, M. X Hincksiana, the orange 

 M. X xanthino-Veitchiana, and the bright yellow Sophrolselia X Marriott- 

 iana flavescens. 



F. A. Rehder, Esq., Gipsy Hill, S.E. (gr. Mr. Norris), was awarded a 

 Silver Flora Medal for a very good group of Dendrobiums, including a fine 

 lot of varieties of Dendrobium nobile, D. X Socius nobilior, D. X Sibyl, 

 D. X xanthocentrum, D. X splendidissimum grandiflorum, and the fine and 

 richly coloured D. X Magda (nobile nobilius X melanodiscus), having the 

 deep purple colouring of the former parent and the broad petals of the 

 latter. 



H. Whateley. Esq., Priory Lawn, Kenilworth (gr. Mr. Cook), received 

 an Award of Merit for Lselio-cattleya X purpurato-Schilleriana Whateleyse, 

 a pretty hybrid most resembling C. Schilleriana in general character. The 

 sepals and petals are tinged with light purple ; the side lobes of the lip 

 white veined with purple, the front lobe ruby crimson, and the disc yellow 

 with some dark lines. 



J. Ebner, Esq., Beckenham (gr. Mr. Scutcher), showed Cypripedium 

 villosum, and a distinct hybrid between it and C. X Lathamianum, also 

 Odontoglossum mirandum, the latter receiving a Cultural Commendation, 



