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flowered scapes in one small collection at the same time, the complete list 



being, P. barbatum, P. callosum, P. insigne, P. Spicerianum, P. 



venustum, P. X Lathamianum, and P. X vexillarium. It is quite evident 

 that the plants were strong and well grown. Still more remarkable is it 

 when we find the development of three perfect flowers on the same scape, 

 which we have seen on three different occasions. First in the case of P. 

 Spicerianum, then P. X Rossianum (P. barbatum X tonsum), in the 

 collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., of Florence, in 1899, and, lastly, P. X 

 Cymatodes (a hybrid from P. Curtisii and P. superbiens). The latter 

 occurred in the collection of S. G. Lutwyche, Esq., of Beckenham, and 

 was illustrated at page 184 of our eighth volume. The parents of these 

 two hybrids, as well as P. Spicerianum, are all normally single-flowered, 

 and these truly racemose scapes must be the result of exceptional vigour 

 in the plants. 



LeptoljiLIA.— Speaking of the new hybrid Leptolaelia X Veitchii, the 

 writer of the Gardeners' Chronicle report remarks (p. 280) :— " Leptotes 

 bicolor being now referred to Tetramicra, probably Tetralaslia would be 

 the better name." But he has overlooked the fact that in the List 

 of Garden Orchids it was pointed out that Leptotes and Tetramicra 

 are quite distinct, both in habit and structure (Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron., 1889, vi., p. 323), so that, fortunately, there is no need to amend 

 the name in the way suggested. Tetramicra is not yet known in cultivation. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



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

 Gate, Westminster, on May 6th, when there was a very fine display of 

 Orchids. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gr. Mr. Thurgood), staged a magnificent group of 

 Orchids, principally Odontoglossums, and was deservedly awarded a Gold 

 Medal. O. crispum Pittiae, a handsome heavily blotched form, received a 

 First-class Certificate, and Awards of Merit were given to O. c. Fairy 

 Footsteps, O. Hallii Queen Alexandra, and O. hystrix secundum nulli. 

 Other well-known varieties were O. c. Bonnyanum, and O. c. Annie, 

 together with forms of O. triumphans, O. luteopurpureum, O. X Adrians, 

 and other hybrids ; also Miltonia Roezlii, M. vexillaria, Vanda teres, 

 Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni, Brassia longissima, Phalaenopsis amabilis, 

 Cypripedium Mastersianum, C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum, Dendrobium X 

 rhodopterygium, with some Cattleyas, Lselias, and other plants. 



