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rparertt. The hybrid, C. X Edmund Rothwell, flowered for the first time 

 on January 3rd, 1902, and was derived by crossing C. X Sallieri Hyeanum 

 with the pollen of C. Hookerae, on January 5th, 1896, requiring just six years 

 to flower. The seed was sown on January 27th, 1897. The description of 

 ;the flower is as follows :— Dorsal sepal primrose yellow, darkest towards 

 the base, with a white margin. Petals rich butter yellow, with a strong 

 suffusion of the purple of the pollen parent over the lower half, most intense 

 at the ends. Inferior sepal, greenish, with much the shape of C. Hookera;. 

 The staminode strongly resembles the seed parent, C. X Sallieri, and is a 

 strong yellow in color. The pouch also resembles the seed parent in 

 shape, and is a dark yellow suffused with a tawny color. The spots of C. X 

 Sallieri have entirely disappeared from the dorsal sepal, and the general 

 appearance of the flower is a decided improvement over either of the 

 parents, and yet is quite intermediate. 



The plant which bloomed is very small, and I look for a decidedly 

 larger flower from the next growth. The foliage is almost exactly inter- 

 mediate in coloring and appearance, being beautifully tessellated like C. 

 Hookerae, although a much lighter color, but with the upright habit oi 

 C X Sallieri. 



J. E. Rothwell. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



A meeting was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, 

 •on April 8th, when the display of Orchids was very fine, though the 

 awards were much fewer than on the last occasion. 



Baron Sir H. Schroder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), 

 •exhibited a fine group, consisting chiefly of cut flower spikes, for which 

 a Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. It contained Odontoglossum, 

 •coronarium, O Pescatorei Schrcederianum, O. X elegans, O. X Lceani.ni 

 O. crispum Rex, Angraecum Ellisii, Laelia X Edissa, and others. A 

 First-class Certificate was given to Odontoglossum X Adrian* Memoria 

 Victoria; Reginae, a fine form with white ground, closely and regularly 

 blotched with dark purple. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), waa 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, containing Cypripedium 

 Mastersianum, a pretty hybrid from C. niveum called C. X Sir George 

 Llewellyn, having white flowers marked with purple, Angraecum ses- 

 quipedaile, Dendrobium atroviolaceum, Odontoglossum crispum Abner 

 Hassell, O. Pescatorei, O. triumphans, O. X Adrian*, O. X Humeanum, 

 •O. X Andersonianum, Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni, and a good many 



