478 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (June, 1911 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HORTICULTURAL. 
‘THE usual fortnightly meeting was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent-square, Westminster, on May gth, when there was a good display 
of Orchids, and the awards consisted of four Medals, one First-class 
‘Certificate, and three Awards of Merit. 
Orchid Committee present: J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., in the chair, and 
Messrs. J. O’Brien (Hon. Sec.), Harry J. Veitch, R. Brooman White, F. 
Sander, Clive Cookson, Gurney Wilson, W. H. Hatcher, A. A. McBean, 
F. M. Ogilvie, Walter Cobb, W. H. Bound, J. Cypher, H. G. Alexander, 
J. Charlesworth, A. Dye, T. Armstreng, W. H. White, F. J. Hanbury, J. 
W. Potter, W. Bolton, and de Barri Crawshay. 
John S. Moss, Esq., Wintershill, Bishops Waltham (gr. Mr. Kench), 
staged a very interesting group of seedling Odontoglossums, to which a 
Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. It contained a very varied series of 
O. crispum, the variety Kenchii being copiously blotched nearly all over 
with light purple, O. exultans (excellens x crispum), O. Maritana (sceptrum 
< Rolfez), and a remarkable series of O. Bella (crispum X bellatulum), 
most resembling a small blotched form of O. crispum, but varying greatly 
in shape and colour. A good Odontioda Bradshawiz was also included. 
De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables), sent 
Odontoglossum Ganymede (elegans X Edwardii), O. Orion (Lucasianum xX 
crispum), and two others which are mentioned under Awards. 
F. Menteth Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), 
sent Cattleya Mendelit Shrubbery var., a beautiful white form having a 
much fringed lip, with the usual yellow disc, cut spikes of a large Odonto- 
glossum Pescatorei and a branched O. crispum, a very beautiful specimen 
of Miltonia vexillaria virginalis with twelve spikes, and another which is 
mentioned under Awards. 
Mrs. Norman Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman), 
exhibited a stand of single blooms of many fine blotched varieties’ of 
Odontoglossum crispum, including fine examples of O. c. Leonard Perfect, 
Grace Ruby, Chapmanii, with a number of good unnamed forms. 
S. Larkin, Esq., The Ridgeways, Haslemere (gr. Mr. Hales), showed a 
good specimen of Lycaste gigantea, its large green flowers with a chestnut- 
brown fringed lip being very striking. 
Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Epsom, sent a good example of 
Cattleya intermedia alba. 
R. Brooman White, Esq., Arddarroch, Garelochhead (gr. Mr. J. Smith), 
sent a fine series of cut spikes of Odontoglossum crispum, including many 
excellent varieties, and all well-grown. 
