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the aim being to get the choicest Orchids from any source, rather than 
indiscriminate lots for mere show. It is intended that the meetings shall 
not clash with those of the Royal Horticultural Society, and it is proposed 
to hold them on alternate Tuesdays. Particulars may be obtained from the 
- Hon. Secretary or Treasurer. 
- Several choice Orchids were exhibited ; Odontoglossum Thompsonianum, 
O. X Wilkeanum with two splendid spikes, thirty inches long, O. Hallii 
xanthoglossum, O. luteopurpureum, and Cattleya Lawrenceana with about 
two dozen brilliantly coloured flowers, from the collection of W. Thompson, 
Esq., being all very noteworthy. A very fine Odontoglossum crispum also 
came from the collection of John Leemann, Esq., West Bank House, Heaton 
Mersey, the spike bearing ten flowers, nearly four inches in diameter, pure 
white with deep chestnut blotches. Awards will be made at future meetings, 
and in cases of difference of opinion voting will be by ballot. 
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ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Ar the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society held at the Drill Hall, 
James Street, Victoria street, Westminster, on April 13th, Orchids were 
exhibited in large numbers and in excellent quality, and the awards 
included nine medals, five Cultural Commendations, three First-class 
Certificates, and two Awards of Merit. 
The President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. 
Mr. White) staged a fine well-cultivated group, to which a Silver Banksian 
Medal was given. It included the handsome Phaius xX Marthe, Epiden- 
drum Endresii, the rare Dendrobium Devonianum album, D. signatum, 
~—. Brymerianum, D. xX The Pearl, Cypripedium prestans, Masdevallia 
x Shuttryana Chamberlainii, M. X Gelenyana, M. leontoglossa, and a 
very pretty little plant of Leptotes bicolor. Cultural Commendations were 
given to the three following :—A large specimen of Miltonia cuneata, 
Cymbidium Devonianum with several fine spikes, and a well-flowered 
Maxillaria grandiflora. Maxillaria Houtteana gained a Botanical Certificate, 
as also did cut spikes from a large specimen of Coelogyne elata. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine) showed 
a magnificent variety of Odontoglossum x Wilckeanum, called ‘‘ Queen- 
Empress,’’ to which a First-class Certificate was deservedly given. The 
flowers were very large, the ground colour clear yellow, with the petals 
heavily blotched with brown, the latter colour monopolising nearly the 
whole area of the sepals. He also sent an infloresence of the handsome 
O. X excellens dellense. 
