THE ORCHID REVIEW. 

 SOCIETIES. 



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

 Gate, Westminster, on September 2nd, when the display of Orchids was 

 rather small, though cf good quality. 



N. C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman), 

 sent Cattleya X Cybele Oakwood var. (Lueddemanniana X Gaskelliana), 

 and Cypripedium X vexill-Io. A First-class Certificate was given to 

 Odontoglossum X Wilckeanum Rothschildianum, one of the finest forms 

 of this beautiful natural hybrid, the flowers being <\\ inches in diameter, 

 and having a light yellow ground, heavily blotched with bright red-brown. 

 Lselio-cattleya X Cooksona; (L.-c. X Clive X C. labiata) also received 

 a First-class Certificate. This was a very beautiful hybrid, most like 

 C. labiata in shape, the sepals and petals deep rose-lilac, and the lip deep 

 •crimson, suffused with yellow in the centre, and lined with rich purple. 



W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, near Hull (gr. Mr. Barker), received 

 an Award of Merit for Cattleya Schofieldiana Hessle var., a fine form of 

 <C. granulosa with a yellow ground colour and numerous spots. 



W. B. Latham, Esq., Botanic -Gardens, Birmingham, sent a well-grown 

 plant of Cypripedium X A. de Lairesse (Curtisii X Rothschildianum), 

 raised by the exhibitor, and fairly intermediate in character, the dorsal 

 sepal being cream white, shading to green at the base, and lined with 

 purple, the petals handsomely spotted, and the lip deep chocolate-brown 



De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), showed 

 Odontoglossum X Crawshayanum (Hallii X Harryanum), bearing a 

 raceme of two fine flowers. 



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

 three-flowered spike of the fine white Habenaria Susannas. 



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

 the fine natural hybrid Cattleya X Hardyana (Warscewiczii X Dowiana 

 aurea), bearing three flowers, a very fine form of C. X Dowiana, and a 

 •variety of C. Gaskelliana called Pitt's var., having small and almost pure 

 white flowers. 



J. S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill, Bishop's Waltham (gr. Mr. Kench), 

 sent a plant called Laelio-cattleya X Wylamiana (L. crispa X C. granulosa) 

 most like the Cattleya parent in general character, and having the lip deeply 

 marked with rich purple. It must be considered as a form of L.-c. X 

 Mandarin, described at page 270. 



F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Gilbert), sent some 

 hybrid Cypripediums, together with La:lia X Iona (tenebrosa X Dayana). 



