82 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Marcu, roit. 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyvaAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, on January 31st, when there was a fine display of Orchids, 
the awards consisting of seven Medals, two First-class Certificates, four 
Awards of Merit, and one Cultural Commendation. 
Orchid Committee present: Harry J. Veitch, Esq. (in the Chair), and 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (Hon. Sec.), Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., H. Little, 
W. Thompson, F. Sander, C. H. Curtis, J. Cypher, W. P. Bound, H. G. 
Alexander, W. Cobb, A. Dye, W. H. White, Gurney Wilson, R. G. 
Thwaites, J. Wilson Potter, W. Bolton, and de Barri Crawshay. 
Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. 
Alexander), sent a few choice Orchids, three of which gained awards. The 
others were Brassocattleya Euterpe (C. Schilleriana x B.-c. Veitchii), with 
neat rosy lilac flowers, and a fringed lip with greenish primrose disc, 
Cattleya Sulla, a hybrid of C. Mendelii, three spikes of Coelogyne Moorei 
with seven or eight flowers, and sprays of Vanda Watsonii. 
H. F. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. G. H. Day), received a 
Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, including the brilliant Odontioda 
Cooksoniz Royal Scarlet, a fine O. Lutetia, three good Odontoglossum 
armainvillierense Herbert Goodson, and a few others, with Cypripedium 
Minos Youngii, some good Brassocattleyas, and a fine specimen of 
Cymbidium Lowio-grandiflorum in the centre. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. 
Davis), sent a good Cypripedium Mary Beatrice. 
Captain Hope, R.N., St. Mary’s Isle, sent a spike of Arachnanthe 
Maingayi, from a plant brought by him from Singapore some years ago. 
S. Larkin, Esq., The Ridgeways, Haslemere (gr. Mr. Hale), sent a small 
group, including Cattleya Triane alba and C. T. Edith Noel, the latter a 
fine coloured form, C. Octave Doin, Larkin’s var., with broad rosy crimson 
lip, Lelia anceps Sanderiana, Cypripedium aureum varieties, and others. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. 
H. White), sent a spike of Epicattleya nemorale-gigas (Epidendrum 
nemorale X Cattleya Warscewiczii), most like the former in shape, but the 
flowers white, tinged with lilac, and the ovate lip veined with purple in front. 
John S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill, Bishops Waltham (gr. Mr. C. Kench), 
‘sent a fine specimen of Odontoglossum nevadense with several spikes. 
Edward Roberts, Esq., Park Lodge, Eltham (gr. Mr. Carr), sent a small 
group of Cypripediums, noteworthy among them being good examples of 
C. Sir Redvers Buller, C. aureum Pomone, C. St. Albans, and C. Victor 
Cavendish. 
