THE ORCHID REVIEW. 63 
ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
THE first meeting of the year was held at the Drill Hall, James Street, 
Westminster, on January 15th, when numerous interesting Orchids were 
staged, the exhibits in this department being fully up to the average for this 
time of year. 
The President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. 
W. H. White), exhibited a group of interesting things, including some 
beautiful hybrid Dendrobiums, including D. x burfordiense, D x Hebe, 
and varieties of D. x xanthocentron, one called D. x x. pallens being 
nearly white. D. dicuphum and D. Wattianum each received Botanical 
Certificates, the latter being a fine specimen with numerous flowers. A 
fine mass of the dwarf Epidendrum polybulbon with over forty flowers 
received a Cultural Commendation. Cypripedium x Sallieri Hyeanum, 
with six flowers, Masdevallia x Courtauldiana, Lelia autumnalis alba, 
Dendrobium nobile burfordiense, and cut spikes of Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, 
P. Aphrodite, and P. x leucorrhoda were also included in the group. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Cooke), obtained 
a First-class Certificate for Lzlia anceps Crawshayana, a very large and 
richly coloured form. He also showed another handsome form called L. 
anceps Rosefield variety, and Odontoglossum x Andersonianum pulvereum. 
The Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. Hill), received a 
Cultural Commendation for a very fine spike of Phalzenopsis x F. L. Ames. 
Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. Howes), exhibited 
Cypripedium Boxallii, Cobb’s variety, a dark, heavily blotched form, and C. 
x nitens superbum, the latter receiving an Award of Merit. 
Henry Graves, Esq., Orange, New Jersey, U. S. A., exhibited Cypri- 
pedium x Henry Graves (C. Lawrenceanum ? x C. x Marshallianum $), 
which received an Award of Merit. 
F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. Safford), 
exhibited several Cypripediums, including C. x Swinburnei magnificum, 
and a hybrid from C. Lawrenceanum x Curtisii. Also Lelia anceps 
Dawsoni, Lzlio-cattleya x Pallas superba, Cattleya Percivaliana, Tyntes- 
field variety, a richly coloured form, and Odontoglossum nebulosum 
candidulum, the latter receiving an Award of Merit. 
M. Jules Hye-Leysen, Coupure, Gand, received an Award of Merit for 
Cypripedium x Madame Jules Hye (C. Spicerianum superbum x C. 
tonsum), a large and handsome flower. 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. Mr. Johnson), 
exhibited Cypripedium Leeanum aureum, C. x nitens, C. x Euphrosyne 
(C. Spicerianum x C. x selligerum majus), C. x Daviesianum, and Seleni- 
pedium Boissierianum, the latter receiving a Botanical Certificate. 
