274 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 



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

 Gate, Westminster, on August 5th, when the Orchids exhibited were not 

 numerous, though including some good things. 



Captain G. L. Holford, m.v.o., ci.e., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 

 Alexander), received a Silver Flora Medal for a fine group containing 

 Lselio-cattleya X C. G. Roebling, L.-c. X Pharos (L. tenebrosa X C. 

 superba), L.-c. X elegans Westonbirt variety, bearing a spike of nine fine 

 rose-coloured flowers, Cypripedium X cenanthum superbum, C. X Bryan, 

 C. X Cleopatra, C. superbiens, C. purpuratum, Miltonia Regnellii citrina, 

 Cattleya X Patrocinii, Sophronitis grandiflora, and others. A magnificent 

 specimen of Vanda ccerulea, consisting of a single stem, and bearing thirty- 

 seven leaves, perfect from base to apex, and two spikes of twelve and 

 sixteen large flowers, all fully expanded, was deservedly awarded a 

 Cultural Commendation. 



J. F. Alcock, Esq., Northchurch, showed a dark variety of Odonto- 

 glossum Harryanum. 



H. Little, Esq.., Baronshalt, E. Twickenham (gr. Mr. Howard), showed 

 cut spikes of Cattleya Mendelii, and of two fine varieties of C 

 Warscewiczii. 



F. A. Rehder, Esq., Gipsy Hill (gr. Mr. Norris), exhibited Cypripedium 

 X Sophie (Gowerianum X niveum), a fine hybrid having a white flower, 

 tinged with green on the lower part of the segments, and with rose on the 

 outer halves, and the nerves marked with rows of purple dots. 



Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, staged a fine group, 

 containing Cypripedium X Chapmanii magnificum, C. X Eleanor, C. X 

 Leander var. Hyades, C. X A. de Lairesse, C. X Lawrebel, C. X Ian 

 Hamilton (Argus Moensii X Charlesworthii) having the dorsal sepal 

 tinged with rose, and the lines spotted with purple, while the broad petals 

 were rose-coloured and bearing large blackish spots ; Cattleya X 

 Hardyana, C. X Germania superba, a pretty hybrid between C. bicolor 

 and C. Lueddemanniana, and Laelio-cattleya X purpurato-Schilleriana. 

 A First-Class Certificate was awarded to L.-c. X Adolphus superba 

 (L. cinnabarina X C. Aclandia), a charming little plant, with most of the 

 habit of Cattleya Aclandise, and an erect inflorescence of several flowers, 

 having the sepals and petals Indian yellow in colour, regularly spotted with 

 purple-red, and the disc of the lip yellow, passing into purplish rose on the 

 front lobe and tips of the side lobes. 



Messrs. H. Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, received a Silver Flora Medal 

 for a fine group consisting chiefly of Cattleyas, and containing C. labiata, 



