!8o the orchid review. 



At th e meeting held on May 20th there was again a brilliant display of 

 Orchids, and five medals were awarded. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence staged a superb group, about 30 feet long, and 

 gained the coveted award of a Gold Medal. It included many finely-grown 

 plants of Odontoglossum crispum, and several hybrids, some of them 

 bearing two and four fine spikes of flowers. Masdevallias were brilliant, 

 the plants bearing up to twenty flowers each. The group also included 

 some excellent Cypripedes, Dendrobiums, Cattleyas, Laslias, and Epiden- 

 drums, Epicattleya X radiato-Bowringiana, Brassia brachiata, Phalaenopsis 

 amabilis, Aerides affine with four spikes, a good A. Houlletianum, 

 Thunia X Veitchiana, and others too numerous to mention. Cypripedium, 

 Lawrenceanum hackbridgense, a very richly coloured form, received an 

 Award of Merit, and Epidendrum Schomburgkii a Botanical Certificate. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., received a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a very fine 

 group, in which Odontoglossum crispum forms were well represented, together 

 with O. Pescatorei, the chaste O. citrosmum album (figured at page 81), 

 Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, Miltonias, the remarkable Chondrorhyncha 

 Chestertoni, Batemannia Wallisii, a well-bloomed Bulbophyllum Lobbii, 

 Anguloa Clowesii, &c. Awards of Merit were given to Odontoglossum 

 crispum Lady of the Lake, a finely spotted form, and Cypripedium 

 Lawrenceanum hackbridgense. 



N. C. Cookson, Esq., received a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, in 

 which Odontoglossums and hybrid Phaius were conspicuous, together with a 

 few good Cypripedes, Cattleya X Harold, Odontoglossum X dicranophorum, 

 O. X Andersonianum Cooksoni, O. crispum Lehmanni, &c. Awards of 

 Merit were given to Phaius X Ruby (Cooksonaa X Humblotii), P. X 

 Phoebe superbus (Sanderianus X Humblotii), and Odontoglossum X 

 Adrianae Cooksoni, a fine evenly spotted form. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild received a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 remarkable group of Masdevallias, including showy and botanical species, 

 and hybrids, together with Pleurothallis Grobyi, P. macroblepharis, the 

 remarkable P. ornata, and the fine Lselio-cattleya X Hyeana. The 

 Masdevallias included M. striatella, the remarkable M. muscosa, M. X 

 Fraseri-ludibunda, M. Schlimii, and some two dozen others. 



Captain Holford, Tetbury, received a First-class Certificate for Odonto- 

 glossum X Adrians Sibyl, a very fine form, with the spots larger and 

 fewer than usual. 



R. Ashworth, Esq., received an Award of Merit for Odontoglossum 

 crispum Marjorie, a remarkable form with concave petals, spotted near 

 the margin. 



G. W. Bird, Esq., West Wickham (gr. Mr. Reddan), showed some good 

 Odontoglossum crispum, &c. 



