114 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [APRIL, I9II, 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HorTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, on February 28th last, when many fine groups were staged, 
eight of which received medals; one Award of Merit and five Botanical 
Certificates being also given. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the Chair), and 
Messrs. Gurney Wilson, F. Menteith Ogilvie, A. A. McBean, T. Armstrong, 
J. E. Shill, J. Charlesworth, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, W. P. Bound, 
A. Dye, W. H. White, C. H. Curtis, J. Wilson Potter, W. Bolton, J.S. Moss, 
and Walter Cobb. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. White), staged 
a group of interesting Orchids, including well-flowered plants of the rare 
Catasetum scurra, Pleurothallis scapha, Scaphyglottis Behrii, Maxillaria 
variabilis, Masdevallia Shuttryana var. Chamberlainii, and three others 
which received Botanical Certificates. 
E. Roberts, Esq., Park Lodge, Eltham (gr. Mr. Carr), received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for a pretty group of Cypripediums, including C. Emile 
Cappe, a fine form which has received a First-class Certificate at Paris, 
C. nitens Prince Olaf, a dark form of C. St. Albans, C. Euryades, 
C. beechense Sander’s var., C. Sir Redvers Buller, and other good things. 
Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. H. J. 
Chapman), sent Odontioda Bradshawiz superba, a handsome form, Odonto- 
glossum percultum purpureum, a fine purple flower with a white lip, and 
Dendrobium oakwoodiense, a hybrid from D. Haywoodii, having broad 
rose-purple petals and a dark blotch on the lip. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), sent 
the handsome Odontioda keighleyensis Fowler’s var., carrying a panicle of 
about fifty flowers. 
H. F. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. H. G. Day), showed 
Odontioda Floryi (C. Neetzliana xX O. Andersonianum), having reddish 
orange flowers. 
H. S. Leon, Esq., Bletchley Park (gr. Mr. Cooper), sent a series of good 
Cypripediums raised in the collection. 
R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham (gr. Mr. J. M. Black), 
sent a good form of Sophrocattleya warnhamiensis, Odontioda Bradshawie, 
Dendrobium Austinii, D. nobile Thwaites’ var., D. chessingtonense, and 
D. mirandum, a handsome hybrid from D. Wigania x Thwaitesiz. 
F. W. Moore, Esq., Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, sent flowers of 
the handsome Maxillaria Lindenize, Ccelogyne sulphurea, C. perakensis and 
C. Huettneriana, Ione scariosa, Pleurothallis thombipetala, and P. 
