THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



me of those raised by M. Vuylsteke, even the very com 

 would also be interesting to see a flower of every dis 

 is particular cross, just to see how great a range of i 

 •tained out of a single capsule. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



A Meeting of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 

 Westminster, on June ioth, when there was a good display of Orchids. 



H.T. Pitt, Esq., was awarded a silver-gilt Flora Medal for a magnifi- 

 cent group of Orchids, containing Odontoglossum crispum Pittianum, O. c. 

 Alexandra-Regina, O. c. Corona, O. c. Lady of the Lake, O. c. Purity.O. c. 

 Curiosity, having some purple spots inside the slightly incurved margin of 

 the petals, and other crispum varieties, O. Hunnewellianum, O. sceptrum, 

 O. citrosmum, O. Rossii majus, O. nebulosum, O. Hallii, and other Odonto- 

 glossums ; Bulbophyllum barbigerum, B. Lobbii, Thunia Marshalliana, T. 

 Bensonae, Cymbidium tigrinum, Platyclinis filiformis with many graceful 

 racemes, Chondrorhyncha Chestertoni, Epidendrum Medusae, Pescatorea 

 Klabochorum, Promenaea citrina, Amguloa Clowesii, Dendrobium revolutum, 

 D. Falconeri giganteum, D. Dearii, Cattleya Mossiae, C. Mendelii, C. inter- 

 media Parthenia, Laelio-cattleya X Canhamiana, L.-c X Hippolyta, Laelia 

 tenebrosa, L. purpurata, Miltonia vexillaria, M. Roezlii, M. Phalasnopsis, 

 Cypripedium Chamberlainianum, C. X Swanianum, C. callosum Sanderae, 

 C. X Wiertzianum, and others. 



Sir F. Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Young), received a Silver 

 Flora Medal for a fine group, containing many fine forms of Cypripedium 

 bellatulum, including two of C. b. album, six plants of C. Godefroyae 

 leucochilum,C. callosum Sanderae, Masdevallia Carderi,Cochlioda Noetzliana, 

 Eria acervata, Cymbidium tigrinum, Laelia purpurata, some well-flowered 

 L. majalis, Cattleya Mossiae, a fine example of Epidendrum prismatocarpum 

 with many spikes, many forms of Odontoglossum crispum, including O. c. 

 Albion, a fine white, O. c. marmoratum, O. X Adrianae and many others. 



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

 a Cultural Commendation for a magnificent specimen plant of Cattleya 

 Mossiae, completely covered with its beautiful flowers, some forty-eight in 

 number. 



H. S. Leon, Esq., Bletchley Park (gr. Mr. A. Hislop), received an 

 Award of Merit for a fine flower of Laelio-cattleya X Mabel (C. Trianae X 

 L. tenebrosa), having sepals and petals rose, suffused with bronze, and the 

 lip rose with dark purple veining in front. 



