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until the sun has lost its power to harm these tender-leaved subjects. As 
so much depends on the life and health of the leaves—being bulbless and 
stemless plants—they should be frequently sponged with clear tepid rain- 
water, to keep them free from dirt and insects, scale and thrips being 
the worst living enemies, the former attacking the roots and the latter 
the young and succulent leaves. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
At the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting at the Drill Hall, James- 
street, Westminster, on March gth, Orchids were exhibited at about 
average numbers for the season, and included several interesting things, but 
very little in the way of actual novelty. Two First-class Certificates were 
given. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Tring Park (gr., Mr. Hill), received a 
First-class Certificate for the remarkable Bulbophyllum Ericssoni, a 
remarkable Cirrhopetalum-like species, described in 1893 (vide supra me 
p- 362). 
The Right Hon. Earl Brownlow, Ashbridge, Great Berkhamstead, Herts. 
(gr. Mr. Lowe), received both a First-class Certificate and a Cultural 
Commendation for a splendid specimen of the old Cymbidium eburneum. 
C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., Elstead House, Godalming (gr. Mr. Bond), 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a group of splendidly-grown Dendrobium 
x splendidissimum grandiflorum, most of the plants being completely loaded 
with flowers. He also sent Cattleya X elata(Triane ¢ xX Lawrenceana ¢), 
a handsome hybrid with rosy-lilac sepals and petals, and a well-shaped 
bright purple lip. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), exhibited 
a very interesting group of fine and rare things, to which a Silver Banksian 
Medal was awarded. It included cut spikes of Cattleya Triane Back- 
houseana, C.'T. Leeana and C. T. Reine des Belges, all very handsome 
varieties ; Masdevallia Schroederiana, M. triangularis, covered with flowers, 
the pretty M. x falcata; Dendrobium nobile murhinianum, a most beauti- 
ful specimen of D. xX micans, and a good D. Kingianum ; Cymbidium 
Lowianum and the distinct C. L. concolor; the rare Miltonia Endresii and 
Ponthieva maculata, Maxillaria Lawrenceana, Cypripedium X barbato- 
bellum, Odontoglossum X aspersum violaceum, &c. Special awards were 
given to the following plants:—A Cultural Commendation to a very 
fine specimen of Brasso-cattleya x Lindleyana with thirty-four flowers ; 
an Award of Merit each to Masdevallia x Pourbaixii (Veitchiana 2 X 
caudata 3), which is a variety of M. X Kimballiana, and Cypripedium 
